com.ibm.icu.text
Class MessagePatternUtil

java.lang.Object
  com.ibm.icu.text.MessagePatternUtil

public final class MessagePatternUtil
extends Object

Utilities for working with a MessagePattern. Intended for use in tools when convenience is more important than minimizing runtime and object creations.

This class only has static methods. Each of the nested classes is immutable and thread-safe.

This class and its nested classes are not intended for public subclassing.

Author:

Markus Scherer

Status:

Draft ICU 49.

Nested Class Summary

static class	MessagePatternUtil.ArgNode A piece of MessageNode contents representing a message argument and its details.
static class	MessagePatternUtil.ComplexArgStyleNode A Node representing details of the argument style of a complex argument.
static class	MessagePatternUtil.MessageContentsNode A piece of MessageNode contents.
static class	MessagePatternUtil.MessageNode A Node representing a parsed MessageFormat pattern string.
static class	MessagePatternUtil.Node Common base class for all elements in a tree of nodes returned by buildMessageNode(MessagePattern).
static class	MessagePatternUtil.TextNode Literal text, a piece of MessageNode contents.
static class	MessagePatternUtil.VariantNode A Node representing a nested message (nested inside an argument) with its selection criterium.

Method Summary

static MessagePatternUtil.MessageNode	buildMessageNode(MessagePattern pattern) Factory method, builds and returns a MessageNode from a MessagePattern.
static MessagePatternUtil.MessageNode	buildMessageNode(String patternString) Factory method, builds and returns a MessageNode from a MessageFormat pattern string.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Detail

buildMessageNode

public static MessagePatternUtil.MessageNode buildMessageNode(String patternString)

Factory method, builds and returns a MessageNode from a MessageFormat pattern string.

Parameters:

patternString - a MessageFormat pattern string

Returns:

a MessageNode or a ComplexArgStyleNode

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - if the MessagePattern is empty or does not represent a MessageFormat pattern

Status:

Draft ICU 49.

buildMessageNode

public static MessagePatternUtil.MessageNode buildMessageNode(MessagePattern pattern)

Factory method, builds and returns a MessageNode from a MessagePattern.

Parameters:

pattern - a parsed MessageFormat pattern string

Returns:

a MessageNode or a ComplexArgStyleNode

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - if the MessagePattern is empty or does not represent a MessageFormat pattern

Status:

Draft ICU 49.