MessageFormat.Field

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

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
`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

Constructors

Modifier	Constructor and Description
`protected`	`Field(String name)` Creates a Field with the specified name.

Method Summary

All Methods

Instance Methods

Concrete Methods
Modifier and Type	Method and Description
`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
  - Field
```
protected 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.