monq.jfa

Interface TextSplitter

All Known Implementing Classes:

RegexpSplitter

public interface TextSplitter

defines the interface of a method which separates a string into parts and stores them in a TextStore.

Hint:Typically a TextSplitter and a Formatter are used in tandem and communicate via a TextStore.

Author:

© 2004 Harald Kirsch

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
static TextSplitter	NULLSPLITTER is an instance of a TextSplitter which does not split the incoming text at all, but appends it completely as a new part onto the given TextStore.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
void	split(TextStore dst, java.lang.StringBuilder source, int start) separates the stretch of text defined by the suffix of source, starting at start into parts and stores the parts in dst.

Field Detail

NULLSPLITTER

static final TextSplitter NULLSPLITTER

is an instance of a TextSplitter which does not split the incoming text at all, but appends it completely as a new part onto the given TextStore. The TextStore is not cleared before.

Method Detail

split

void split(TextStore dst,
           java.lang.StringBuilder source,
           int start)

separates the stretch of text defined by the suffix of source, starting at start into parts and stores the parts in dst.

The method normally does not clear the TextStore, but implementations may choose to do so.

Postcondition: Implementations of this method must treat source read-only.