java.text
Class MessageFormat.Field

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 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.