diva.sketch.toolbox

Class TextData

java.lang.Object

diva.util.xml.AbstractXmlBuilder

diva.sketch.toolbox.TextData

All Implemented Interfaces:

TypedData, XmlBuilder

public class TextData
extends AbstractXmlBuilder
implements TypedData

A typed data that holds a recognized text string. An object of this type might is generated by the Calligrapher recognizer, and can be used as a common type for text recognized by any handwriting recognition software.

Version:

$Revision: 1.9 $

Author:

Michael Shilman (michaels@eecs.berkeley.edu)

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
static Type	type The static type associated with this typed data.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
TextData() Construct a text data that contains an empty string.
TextData(String text) Construct a text data that contains the given string.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
Object	build(XmlElement in, String type) Given an XmlElement, create and return an internal representtion of it.
boolean	equals(Object o) Equality test: are the strings identical?
XmlElement	generate(Object in) Unable to generate XML by default.
String	getText() Return the text string contained by this data.
Type	getType() Return the type of this data, implementing the TypedData interface.
void	setText(String text) Set the text string contained by this data.
String	toString() Return a string representation of this data for debugging.

Methods inherited from class diva.util.xml.AbstractXmlBuilder

getDelegate, setDelegate

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Methods inherited from interface diva.util.xml.XmlBuilder

setDelegate

Field Detail

type

public static final Type type

The static type associated with this typed data.

Constructor Detail

TextData

public TextData()

Construct a text data that contains an empty string.

TextData

public TextData(String text)

Construct a text data that contains the given string.

Method Detail

getType

public Type getType()

Return the type of this data, implementing the TypedData interface. Returns the static type TextData.type.

Specified by:

getType in interface TypedData

getText

public String getText()

Return the text string contained by this data.

setText

public void setText(String text)

Set the text string contained by this data.

equals

public boolean equals(Object o)

Equality test: are the strings identical?

Overrides:

equals in class Object

build

public Object build(XmlElement in,
                    String type)

Description copied from class: AbstractXmlBuilder

Given an XmlElement, create and return an internal representtion of it. Implementors should also provide a more type-specific version of this method:

   public Graph build (XmlELement elt, String type);
 

Specified by:

build in interface XmlBuilder

Specified by:

build in class AbstractXmlBuilder

generate

public XmlElement generate(Object in)

Description copied from class: AbstractXmlBuilder

Unable to generate XML by default.

Specified by:

generate in interface XmlBuilder

Overrides:

generate in class AbstractXmlBuilder

toString

public String toString()

Return a string representation of this data for debugging.

Overrides:

toString in class Object