javax.swing.text
Class Segment

java.lang.Object
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public class Segment

extends Object

A segment of a character array representing a fragment of text. It should be treated as immutable even though the array is directly accessable. This gives fast access to fragments of text without the overhead of copying around characters. This is effectively an unprotected String.

Field Summary

char[]	array This is the array containing the text of interest.
int	count This is the number of array elements that make up the text of interest.
int	offset This is the offset into the array that the desired text begins.

Constructor Summary

Segment()
Creates a new segment.

Segment(char[] array, int offset, int count)
Creates a new segment referring to an existing array.

Method Summary

String

toString() Converts a segment into a String.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

array

public char[] array

This is the array containing the text of interest. This array should never be modified; it is available only for efficiency.

offset

public int offset

This is the offset into the array that the desired text begins.

count

public int count

This is the number of array elements that make up the text of interest.

Constructor Detail

Segment

public Segment()

Creates a new segment.

Segment

public Segment(char[] array,
               int offset,
               int count)

Creates a new segment referring to an existing array.

Parameters:

array - the array to refer to

offset - the offset into the array

count - the number of characters

Method Detail

toString

public String toString()

Converts a segment into a String.

Returns:

the string

Overrides:

toString in class Object