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

Fields

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.

Constructors

Field

protected Field(String name)

Creates a Field with the specified name.

Parameters:

name - Name of the attribute

Methods

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.