org.exoplatform.commons.utils

Class Text

java.lang.Object

org.exoplatform.commons.utils.Text

public abstract class Text
extends Object

Represents text that can have several internal representations in order to minimize serialization when it is possible. The bytes returned by the byte oriented method must returned the data encoded with the UTF-8 encoding.

Version:

$Revision$

Author:

Julien Viet

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
Text()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static Text	create(byte[] bytes, Charset charset) Create a text object from the provided byte array.
static Text	create(char[] chars) Create a text object from the provided char array.
static Text	create(String s) Create a text object from the provided char array.
abstract void	writeTo(Writer writer)

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

Text

public Text()

Method Detail

create

public static Text create(byte[] bytes,
                          Charset charset)
                   throws IllegalArgumentException

Create a text object from the provided byte array.

Parameters:

bytes - the markup as bytes

charset - the charset

Returns:

the text object

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - if the bytes is null

create

public static Text create(char[] chars)
                   throws IllegalArgumentException

Create a text object from the provided char array.

Parameters:

chars - the markup as bytes

Returns:

the text object

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - if the chars is null

create

public static Text create(String s)
                   throws IllegalArgumentException

Create a text object from the provided char array.

Parameters:

s - the markup as bytes

Returns:

the text object

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - if the string is null

writeTo

public abstract void writeTo(Writer writer)
                      throws IOException

Throws:

IOException