JavaTM 2 Platform
Standard Ed. 5.0

java.text
Class MessageFormat.Field

java.lang.Object
  extended by java.text.AttributedCharacterIterator.Attribute
      extended by java.text.Format.Field
          extended by 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 the AttributedCharacterIterator returned from MessageFormat.formatToCharacterIterator.

Since:
1.4
See Also:
Serialized Form

Field Summary
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
INPUT_METHOD_SEGMENT, LANGUAGE, READING
 
Constructor Summary
protected MessageFormat.Field(String name)
          Creates a Field with the specified name.
 
Method Summary
protected  Object readResolve()
          Resolves instances being deserialized to the predefined constants.
 
Methods inherited from class java.text.AttributedCharacterIterator.Attribute
equals, getName, hashCode, toString
 
Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait
 

Field Detail

ARGUMENT

public static final MessageFormat.Field 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

MessageFormat.Field

protected MessageFormat.Field(String name)
Creates a Field with the specified name.

Parameters:
name - Name of the attribute
Method Detail

readResolve

protected Object readResolve()
                      throws InvalidObjectException
Resolves instances being deserialized to the predefined constants.

Overrides:
readResolve in class AttributedCharacterIterator.Attribute
Returns:
resolved MessageFormat.Field constant
Throws:
InvalidObjectException - if the constant could not be resolved.

JavaTM 2 Platform
Standard Ed. 5.0

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