blackboard.base
Class FormattedText

java.lang.Object
  blackboard.base.FormattedText

public class FormattedText
extends java.lang.Object

The FormattedText class provides a means for storing a piece of text along with a companion formatting specification. FormattedText objects encapsulate Smart Text, Plain Text, and HTML Text as used in the user interface.

Since:

Bb 5.5

Version:

$Revision: #1 $ $Date: 2005/06/27 $

Nested Class Summary

static class

FormattedText.Type Enumeration class to specify possible text formats.

Constructor Summary

FormattedText()
Default constructor; creates an empty string with FormattedText.Type.SMART.

FormattedText(java.lang.String strText, FormattedText.Type eType)
Constructor, presets the string value and type.

Method Summary

boolean	equals(java.lang.Object obj) Overrides the equals() method in Object to provide a simple way to compare two FormattedText objects.
java.lang.String	getText() Returns the text associated with this FormattedText.
FormattedText.Type	getType() Returns the format type for this FormattedText.
java.lang.String	toString() Returns the contents of this BbFile object as a single line separated list of name value pairs of this object's properties.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

FormattedText

public FormattedText()

Default constructor; creates an empty string with FormattedText.Type.SMART.

FormattedText

public FormattedText(java.lang.String strText,
                     FormattedText.Type eType)

Constructor, presets the string value and type.

Method Detail

getType

public FormattedText.Type getType()

Returns the format type for this FormattedText.

Returns:

a type value as defined in FormattedText.Type

See Also:

FormattedText.Type

getText

public java.lang.String getText()

Returns the text associated with this FormattedText.

Returns:

the text value of this FormattedText as a String

equals

public boolean equals(java.lang.Object obj)

Overrides the equals() method in Object to provide a simple way to compare two FormattedText objects.

Overrides:

equals in class java.lang.Object

Parameters:

obj - the object to be compared.

Returns:

true if the two Objects are the same, false otherwise.

toString

public java.lang.String toString()

Returns the contents of this BbFile object as a single line separated list of name value pairs of this object's properties. This method can be used for debug purposes.

Overrides:

toString in class java.lang.Object

Returns:

a String that represents the contents of this object