com.tensegrity.graphics.text
Class CharacterElement

java.lang.Object
  com.tensegrity.graphics.text.AbstractElement
      com.tensegrity.graphics.text.CharacterElement

All Implemented Interfaces:

Element

public class CharacterElement

extends AbstractElement

A CharacterElement represents the atomic element of a text.

Version:

$Id: CharacterElement.java,v 1.5 2004/07/14 16:15:33 GillesIachelini Exp $

Author:

Gilles Iachelini

Nested Class Summary

Nested classes inherited from class com.tensegrity.graphics.text.Element

Element.ElementIterator

Constructor Summary

CharacterElement(char c)
Constructor for CharacterElement.

Method Summary

void	addElement(Element element) Method addElement adds an element to this Element.
java.util.List	getCharacters() Method getCharacters should return a List with all CharacterElements of this Element implementation.
Element	getElement(int index) Method getElement returns the Element at position index.
int	getElementCount() Returns 1 by default, since this class represents a single character.
java.lang.String	getText() Concats all containing Elements and returns it as String.
java.util.Iterator	iterator() No iterator will be returned since instances of this class consist of only one character.
java.lang.String	toString()

Methods inherited from class com.tensegrity.graphics.text.AbstractElement

getFontFormat, getHtmlText, isEmpty, remove, removeTextElements, setFontFormat, setText

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

CharacterElement

public CharacterElement(char c)

Constructor for CharacterElement.

Parameters:

c - the Character to represent by this CharacterElement instance.

Method Detail

getElement

public Element getElement(int index)

Description copied from interface: Element

Method getElement returns the Element at position index. within this Element.

Specified by:

getElement in interface Element

Overrides:

getElement in class AbstractElement

getElementCount

public int getElementCount()

Returns 1 by default, since this class represents a single character.

Specified by:

getElementCount in interface Element

Overrides:

getElementCount in class AbstractElement

See Also:

Element.getElementCount()

iterator

public java.util.Iterator iterator()

No iterator will be returned since instances of this class consist of only one character.

Specified by:

iterator in interface Element

Overrides:

iterator in class AbstractElement

getText

public java.lang.String getText()

Description copied from class: AbstractElement

Concats all containing Elements and returns it as String.

Specified by:

getText in interface Element

Overrides:

getText in class AbstractElement

See Also:

Element.getText()

addElement

public void addElement(Element element)

Description copied from interface: Element

Method addElement adds an element to this Element.

Specified by:

addElement in interface Element

Overrides:

addElement in class AbstractElement

toString

public java.lang.String toString()

getCharacters

public java.util.List getCharacters()

Description copied from class: AbstractElement

Method getCharacters should return a List with all CharacterElements of this Element implementation.

Specified by:

getCharacters in class AbstractElement

Returns:

List with all CharacterElements within this Element and all of its subelements.