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| |
| package java.text; |
| |
| /** |
| * Wrapper for a text attribute value which represents an annotation. An |
| * annotation has two special aspects: |
| * <ol> |
| * <li>it is connected to a range of main text; if this range or the main text |
| * is changed then the annotation becomes invalid,</li> |
| * <li>it can not be joined with adjacent annotations even if the text attribute |
| * value is the same.</li> |
| * </ol> |
| * <p> |
| * By wrapping text attribute values into an {@code Annotation}, these aspects |
| * will be taken into account when handling annotation text and the |
| * corresponding main text. |
| * <p> |
| * Note: There is no semantic connection between this annotation class and the |
| * {@code java.lang.annotation} package. |
| */ |
| public class Annotation { |
| |
| private Object value; |
| |
| /** |
| * Constructs a new {@code Annotation}. |
| * |
| * @param attribute the attribute attached to this annotation. This may be |
| * {@code null}. |
| */ |
| public Annotation(Object attribute) { |
| value = attribute; |
| } |
| |
| /** |
| * Returns the value of this annotation. The value may be {@code null}. |
| * |
| * @return the value of this annotation or {@code null}. |
| */ |
| public Object getValue() { |
| return value; |
| } |
| |
| /** |
| * Returns this annotation in string representation. |
| * |
| * @return the string representation of this annotation. |
| */ |
| @Override |
| public String toString() { |
| return getClass().getName() + "[value=" + value + ']'; |
| } |
| } |