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.

Version:

$Revision$

Author:

Julien Viet

Constructor Summary

Text()

Method Summary

abstract void	appendTo(Appendable appendable)
static Text	create(byte[] bytes) 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 byte[]	getBytes()
abstract char[]	getChars()
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)
                   throws IllegalArgumentException

Create a text object from the provided byte array.

Parameters:

bytes - the markup as bytes

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

getBytes

public abstract byte[] getBytes()

getChars

public abstract char[] getChars()

appendTo

public abstract void appendTo(Appendable appendable)
                       throws IOException

Throws:

IOException

writeTo

public abstract void writeTo(Writer writer)
                      throws IOException

Throws:

IOException