MessageFormat.Field

public static class MessageFormat.Field
extends Format.Field

java.lang.Object
↳	java.text.AttributedCharacterIterator.Attribute
	↳	java.text.Format.Field
		↳	java.text.MessageFormat.Field

Defines constants that are used as attribute keys in the AttributedCharacterIterator returned from MessageFormat.formatToCharacterIterator.

Summary

Fields
`public static final MessageFormat.Field`	`ARGUMENT` Constant identifying a portion of a message that was generated from an argument passed into `formatToCharacterIterator`.

Inherited fields

From class java.text.AttributedCharacterIterator.Attribute

`public static final AttributedCharacterIterator.Attribute`	`INPUT_METHOD_SEGMENT` Attribute key for input method segments.
`public static final AttributedCharacterIterator.Attribute`	`LANGUAGE` Attribute key for the language of some text.
`public static final AttributedCharacterIterator.Attribute`	`READING` Attribute key for the reading of some text.

Protected constructors
`Field(String name)` Creates a Field with the specified name.

Protected methods
`Object`	`readResolve()` Resolves instances being deserialized to the predefined constants.

Inherited methods

From class


        
          java.text.AttributedCharacterIterator.Attribute

`final boolean`	`equals(Object obj)` Compares two objects for equality.
`String`	`getName()` Returns the name of the attribute.
`final int`	`hashCode()` Returns a hash code value for the object.
`Object`	`readResolve()` Resolves instances being deserialized to the predefined constants.
`String`	`toString()` Returns a string representation of the object.

From class


        
          java.lang.Object

`Object`	`clone()` Creates and returns a copy of this object.
`boolean`	`equals(Object obj)` Indicates whether some other object is "equal to" this one.
`void`	`finalize()` Called by the garbage collector on an object when garbage collection determines that there are no more references to the object.
`final Class<?>`	`getClass()` Returns the runtime class of this `Object`.
`int`	`hashCode()` Returns a hash code value for the object.
`final void`	`notify()` Wakes up a single thread that is waiting on this object's monitor.
`final void`	`notifyAll()` Wakes up all threads that are waiting on this object's monitor.
`String`	`toString()` Returns a string representation of the object.
`final void`	`wait(long timeoutMillis, int nanos)` Causes the current thread to wait until it is awakened, typically by being notified or interrupted, or until a certain amount of real time has elapsed.
`final void`	`wait(long timeoutMillis)` Causes the current thread to wait until it is awakened, typically by being notified or interrupted, or until a certain amount of real time has elapsed.
`final void`	`wait()` Causes the current thread to wait until it is awakened, typically by being notified or interrupted.

Fields

ARGUMENT

Added in API level 1

public static final MessageFormat.Field ARGUMENT

Constant identifying a portion of a message that was generated from an argument passed into formatToCharacterIterator. The value associated with the key will be an Integer indicating the index in the arguments array of the argument from which the text was generated.

Protected constructors

Field

Added in API level 1

protected Field (String name)

Creates a Field with the specified name.

Parameters
`name`	`String`: Name of the attribute

Protected methods

readResolve

Added in API level 1

protected Object readResolve ()

Resolves instances being deserialized to the predefined constants.

Returns
`Object`	resolved MessageFormat.Field constant

Throws
`InvalidObjectException`	if the constant could not be resolved.