Format.Field

AI-generated Key Takeaways

Format.Field defines constants used as attribute keys in AttributedCharacterIterator and field identifiers in FieldPosition.
It's a subclass of AttributedCharacterIterator.Attribute and is used by DateFormat, MessageFormat, and NumberFormat.
The class includes a protected constructor to create a Field with a specified name.
Inherited methods provide functionality for object comparison, attribute name retrieval, hash code generation, and more.

public static class Format.Field extends AttributedCharacterIterator.Attribute

Known Direct Subclasses

DateFormat.Field, MessageFormat.Field, NumberFormat.Field

Defines constants that are used as attribute keys in the AttributedCharacterIterator returned from Format.formatToCharacterIterator and as field identifiers in FieldPosition.

Inherited Field Summary

From class java.text.AttributedCharacterIterator.Attribute

public static final AttributedCharacterIterator.Attribute	INPUT_METHOD_SEGMENT	Attribute key for input method segments.
public static final AttributedCharacterIterator.Attribute	LANGUAGE	Attribute key for the language of some text.
public static final AttributedCharacterIterator.Attribute	READING	Attribute key for the reading of some text.

Protected Constructor Summary

Field(String name)

Creates a Field with the specified name.

Inherited Method Summary

From class java.text.AttributedCharacterIterator.Attribute

final boolean	equals(Object obj) Compares two objects for equality.
String	getName() Returns the name of the attribute.
final int	hashCode() Returns a hash code value for the object.
Object	readResolve() Resolves instances being deserialized to the predefined constants.
String	toString() Returns a string representation of the object.

From class java.lang.Object

Object	clone() Creates and returns a copy of this `Object`.
boolean	equals(Object obj) Compares this instance with the specified object and indicates if they are equal.
void	finalize() Invoked when the garbage collector has detected that this instance is no longer reachable.
final Class<?>	getClass() Returns the unique instance of `Class` that represents this object's class.
int	hashCode() Returns an integer hash code for this object.
final void	notify() Causes a thread which is waiting on this object's monitor (by means of calling one of the `wait()` methods) to be woken up.
final void	notifyAll() Causes all threads which are waiting on this object's monitor (by means of calling one of the `wait()` methods) to be woken up.
String	toString() Returns a string containing a concise, human-readable description of this object.
final void	wait(long timeout, int nanos) Causes the calling thread to wait until another thread calls the `notify()` or `notifyAll()` method of this object or until the specified timeout expires.
final void	wait(long timeout) Causes the calling thread to wait until another thread calls the `notify()` or `notifyAll()` method of this object or until the specified timeout expires.
final void	wait() Causes the calling thread to wait until another thread calls the `notify()` or `notifyAll()` method of this object.

Protected Constructors

protected Field (String name)