Text

org.elasticsearch.common.text

Interface Text

All Superinterfaces:

Comparable<Text>, Serializable

All Known Implementing Classes:

BytesText, StringAndBytesText, StringText
```
public interface Text
extends Comparable<Text>, Serializable
```
Text represents a (usually) long text data. We use this abstraction instead of String so we can represent it in a more optimized manner in memory as well as serializing it over the network as well as converting it to json format.

Method Summary

All Methods

Instance Methods

Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method and Description
`BytesReference`	`bytes()` The UTF8 bytes representing the the text, might be converted on the fly, see `hasBytes()`
`boolean`	`hasBytes()` Are bytes available without the need to be converted into bytes when calling `bytes()`.
`boolean`	`hasString()` Is there a `String` representation of the text.
`String`	`string()` Returns the string representation of the text, might be converted to a string on the fly.
`String`	`toString()` Returns the string representation of the text, might be converted to a string on the fly.

Methods inherited from interface java.lang.Comparable
compareTo

- Method Detail
  - hasBytes
```
boolean hasBytes()
```
    Are bytes available without the need to be converted into bytes when calling bytes().
  - bytes
```
BytesReference bytes()
```
    The UTF8 bytes representing the the text, might be converted on the fly, see hasBytes()
  - hasString
```
boolean hasString()
```
    Is there a String representation of the text. If not, then it hasBytes().
  - string
```
String string()
```
    Returns the string representation of the text, might be converted to a string on the fly.
  - toString
```
String toString()
```
    Returns the string representation of the text, might be converted to a string on the fly.