MessageFormat.Field (Java Platform SE 8 ) (original) (raw)

• java.lang.Object

• • java.text.AttributedCharacterIterator.Attribute
  • • java.text.Format.Field
      • • java.text.MessageFormat.Field

• All Implemented Interfaces:
  Serializable
  Enclosing class:
  MessageFormat

public static class MessageFormat.Field
extends Format.Field
Defines constants that are used as attribute keys in theAttributedCharacterIterator returned from MessageFormat.formatToCharacterIterator.
Since:
1.4
See Also:
Serialized Form

• • Field Summary

  Fields

  Modifier and Type	Field	Description
  static MessageFormat.Field	ARGUMENT	Constant identifying a portion of a message that was generated from an argument passed into formatToCharacterIterator.

     * ### Fields inherited from class java.text.[AttributedCharacterIterator.Attribute](../../java/text/AttributedCharacterIterator.Attribute.html "class in java.text")  
     `[INPUT_METHOD_SEGMENT](../../java/text/AttributedCharacterIterator.Attribute.html#INPUT%5FMETHOD%5FSEGMENT), [LANGUAGE](../../java/text/AttributedCharacterIterator.Attribute.html#LANGUAGE), [READING](../../java/text/AttributedCharacterIterator.Attribute.html#READING)`  

  • Constructor Summary

  Constructors

  Modifier	Constructor	Description
  protected	Field(String name)	Creates a Field with the specified name.

  • Method Summary

  All Methods Instance Methods Concrete Methods

  Modifier and Type	Method	Description
  protected Object	readResolve()	Resolves instances being deserialized to the predefined constants.

     * ### Methods inherited from class java.text.[AttributedCharacterIterator.Attribute](../../java/text/AttributedCharacterIterator.Attribute.html "class in java.text")  
     `[equals](../../java/text/AttributedCharacterIterator.Attribute.html#equals-java.lang.Object-), [getName](../../java/text/AttributedCharacterIterator.Attribute.html#getName--), [hashCode](../../java/text/AttributedCharacterIterator.Attribute.html#hashCode--), [toString](../../java/text/AttributedCharacterIterator.Attribute.html#toString--)`  
     * ### Methods inherited from class java.lang.[Object](../../java/lang/Object.html "class in java.lang")  
     `[clone](../../java/lang/Object.html#clone--), [finalize](../../java/lang/Object.html#finalize--), [getClass](../../java/lang/Object.html#getClass--), [notify](../../java/lang/Object.html#notify--), [notifyAll](../../java/lang/Object.html#notifyAll--), [wait](../../java/lang/Object.html#wait--), [wait](../../java/lang/Object.html#wait-long-), [wait](../../java/lang/Object.html#wait-long-int-)`

• • Field Detail

     * #### ARGUMENT  
     public static final [MessageFormat.Field](../../java/text/MessageFormat.Field.html "class in java.text") ARGUMENT  
     Constant identifying a portion of a message that was generated from an argument passed into `formatToCharacterIterator`. The value associated with the key will be an `Integer` indicating the index in the `arguments` array of the argument from which the text was generated.  

  • Constructor Detail

    * #### Field  
    protected Field([String](../../java/lang/String.html "class in java.lang") name)  
    Creates a Field with the specified name.  
    Parameters:  
    `name` \- Name of the attribute  

  • Method Detail

    * #### readResolve  
    protected [Object](../../java/lang/Object.html "class in java.lang") readResolve()  
                          throws [InvalidObjectException](../../java/io/InvalidObjectException.html "class in java.io")  
    Resolves instances being deserialized to the predefined constants.  
    Overrides:  
    `[readResolve](../../java/text/AttributedCharacterIterator.Attribute.html#readResolve--)` in class `[AttributedCharacterIterator.Attribute](../../java/text/AttributedCharacterIterator.Attribute.html "class in java.text")`  
    Returns:  
    resolved MessageFormat.Field constant  
    Throws:  
    `[InvalidObjectException](../../java/io/InvalidObjectException.html "class in java.io")` \- if the constant could not be resolved.

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