Package net.time4j.format.expert

Class ElementPosition

java.lang.Object

net.time4j.format.expert.ElementPosition

public final class ElementPosition
extends Object

Represents a position information of a chronological element with a formatted text.

Since:

3.0

Author:

Meno Hochschild

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
ElementPosition(ChronoElement<?> element, int startIndex, int endIndex)	Creates a new instance of an ElementPosition.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
boolean	equals(Object obj)	Compares element, start index and end index.
ChronoElement<?>	getElement()	Yields the formatted chronolocial element.
int	getEndIndex()	Yields the end index of associated formatted text.
int	getStartIndex()	Yields the start index of associated formatted text.
int	hashCode()
String	toString()	For debugging purposes.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Details

ElementPosition

public ElementPosition(ChronoElement<?> element,
 int startIndex,
 int endIndex)

Creates a new instance of an ElementPosition.

The section text.substring(startIndex, endIndex) of the formatted text referring to given element denotes the element-specific text.

Parameters:

element - chronological element

startIndex - index in formatted text which indicates the starting position of associated element (inclusive)

endIndex - index in formatted text which indicates the end position of associated element (exclusive)

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - if the start index is negative or after the end index

Method Details

getElement

public ChronoElement<?> getElement()

Yields the formatted chronolocial element.

Returns:

ChronoElement

getStartIndex

public int getStartIndex()

Yields the start index of associated formatted text.

Returns:

int

getEndIndex

public int getEndIndex()

Yields the end index of associated formatted text.

Returns:

int

equals

public boolean equals(Object obj)

Compares element, start index and end index.

Overrides:

equals in class Object

hashCode

public int hashCode()

Overrides:

hashCode in class Object

toString

public String toString()

For debugging purposes.

Overrides:

toString in class Object