org.apache.tapestry.util.text

Class AsciiCharacterTranslator

java.lang.Object

org.apache.tapestry.util.text.AsciiCharacterTranslator

All Implemented Interfaces:

ICharacterTranslator

public class AsciiCharacterTranslator
extends java.lang.Object
implements ICharacterTranslator

An object that translates selected ASCII characters into equivalent strings.

Since:

4.0

Author:

mb

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
AsciiCharacterTranslator(java.lang.String[][] characterMap) Creates and initializes a new translator that translates the provided ASCII characters into strings.

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
java.lang.String	translate(char ch) Translates the provided character into a string

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

AsciiCharacterTranslator

public AsciiCharacterTranslator(java.lang.String[][] characterMap)

Creates and initializes a new translator that translates the provided ASCII characters into strings. All other characters will be translated to null.

Parameters:

characterMap - an array of pairs of strings. Each pair consists of a key that must be a single ASCII character, and a value that is its equivalent string.

Method Detail

translate

public java.lang.String translate(char ch)

Description copied from interface: ICharacterTranslator

Translates the provided character into a string

Specified by:

translate in interface ICharacterTranslator

Parameters:

ch - the character to be translated

Returns:

null if the character is not to be translated, an empty string if the character is to be ignored, or another string to represent the character translation

See Also:

ICharacterTranslator.translate(char)