org.openpipeline.util
Interface CharSpan

All Superinterfaces:

CharSequence

All Known Implementing Classes:

FastStringBuffer, TextValue, Token

public interface CharSpan
extends CharSequence

Describes a span of characters in a char [] array.

Method Summary

char[]	getArray() Get the underlying character array.
int	getOffset() Get the offset within the char [] array where this span starts.
int	size() Return the number of characters in this span.
String	toString() Create a new String that contains the chars covered by this span.

Methods inherited from interface java.lang.CharSequence

charAt, length, subSequence

Method Detail

getArray

char[] getArray()

Get the underlying character array. The span covers some portion of this array.

Returns:

underlying char array

getOffset

int getOffset()

Get the offset within the char [] array where this span starts.

Returns:

a starting offset in the array

size

int size()

Return the number of characters in this span.

Returns:

number of chars covered

toString

String toString()

Create a new String that contains the chars covered by this span.

Specified by:

toString in interface CharSequence

Overrides:

toString in class Object