AttributedCharacterIterator
Interface AttributedCharacterIterator
- All Superinterfaces:
- CharacterIterator, Cloneable
public interface AttributedCharacterIterator extends CharacterIterator
An AttributedCharacterIterator
allows iteration through both text and related attribute information.
An attribute is a key/value pair, identified by the key. No two attributes on a given character can have the same key.
The values for an attribute are immutable, or must not be mutated by clients or storage. They are always passed by reference, and not cloned.
A run with respect to an attribute is a maximum text range for which:
- the attribute is undefined or
null
for the entire range, or - the attribute value is defined and has th