Class Overview
Wrapper for a text attribute value which represents an annotation. An
annotation has two special aspects:
- it is connected to a range of main text; if this range or the main text
is changed then the annotation becomes invalid,
- it can not be joined with adjacent annotations even if the text attribute
value is the same.
By wrapping text attribute values into an Annotation
, these aspects
will be taken into account when handling annotation text and the
corresponding main text.
Note: There is no semantic connection between this annotation class and the
java.lang.annotation
package.
Summary
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Inherited Methods |
From class java.lang.Object
Object
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clone()
Creates and returns a copy of this Object .
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boolean
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equals(Object o)
Compares this instance with the specified object and indicates if they
are equal.
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void
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finalize()
Is called before the object's memory is being reclaimed by the VM.
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final
Class<? extends Object>
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getClass()
Returns the unique instance of Class which represents this
object's class.
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int
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hashCode()
Returns an integer hash code for this object.
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final
void
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notify()
Causes a thread which is waiting on this object's monitor (by means of
calling one of the wait() methods) to be woken up.
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final
void
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notifyAll()
Causes all threads which are waiting on this object's monitor (by means
of calling one of the wait() methods) to be woken up.
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String
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toString()
Returns a string containing a concise, human-readable description of this
object.
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final
void
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wait(long millis, int nanos)
Causes the calling thread to wait until another thread calls the notify() or notifyAll() method of this object or until the
specified timeout expires.
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final
void
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wait(long millis)
Causes the calling thread to wait until another thread calls the notify() or notifyAll() method of this object or until the
specified timeout expires.
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final
void
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wait()
Causes the calling thread to wait until another thread calls the notify() or notifyAll() method of this object.
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Public Constructors
public
Annotation
(Object attribute)
Constructs a new Annotation
.
Parameters
attribute
| the attribute attached to this annotation. This may be
null .
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Public Methods
public
Object
getValue
()
Returns the value of this annotation. The value may be null
.
Returns
- the value of this annotation or
null
.
public
String
toString
()
Returns this annotation in string representation.
Returns
- the string representation of this annotation.