MessageFormat.Field (Java SE 12 & JDK 12 )

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

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable

Enclosing class:

MessageFormat
```
public static class MessageFormat.Field
extends Format.Field
```
Defines constants that are used as attribute keys in the AttributedCharacterIterator returned from MessageFormat.formatToCharacterIterator.

Since:

1.4

See Also:

Serialized Form

Field Summary

Fields
Modifier and Type	Field	Description
`static MessageFormat.Field`	`ARGUMENT`	Constant identifying a portion of a message that was generated from an argument passed into `formatToCharacterIterator`.

Fields declared in class java.text.AttributedCharacterIterator.Attribute
INPUT_METHOD_SEGMENT, LANGUAGE, READING

Constructor Summary

Constructors
Modifier Constructor Description

protected Field(String name)
Creates a Field with the specified name.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type Method Description

protected Object readResolve()
Resolves instances being deserialized to the predefined constants.
- Methods declared in class java.text.AttributedCharacterIterator.Attribute
  equals, getName, hashCode, toString
- Methods declared in class java.lang.Object
  clone, finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

- Field Detail
  - ARGUMENT
```
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.
- Constructor Detail
  - Field
```
protected Field(String name)
```
    Creates a Field with the specified name.
    
    Parameters:
    
    name - Name of the attribute
- Method Detail
  - readResolve
```
protected Object readResolve()
                      throws InvalidObjectException
```
    Resolves instances being deserialized to the predefined constants.
    
    Overrides:
    
    readResolve in class AttributedCharacterIterator.Attribute
    
    Returns:
    
    resolved MessageFormat.Field constant
    
    Throws:
    
    InvalidObjectException - if the constant could not be resolved.