jexer.teditor

Class Word

java.lang.Object

jexer.teditor.Word

public class Word
extends java.lang.Object

A Word represents text that was entered by the user. It can be either whitespace or non-whitespace. Very dumb highlighting is supported, it has no sense of parsing (not even comments). For now this only highlights some Java keywords and puctuation.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
Word(CellAttributes defaultColor, Highlighter highlighter) Construct a word with an empty string.
Word(int ch, CellAttributes defaultColor, Highlighter highlighter) Construct a word with one character.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
Word	addChar(int ch) Add a character to this word.
void	applyHighlight() Perform highlighting.
CellAttributes	getColor() Get the color used to display this word on screen.
int	getDisplayLength() Get the on-screen display length.
java.lang.String	getText() Get the text to display.
boolean	isWhitespace() See if this is a whitespace word.
void	setColor(CellAttributes color) Set the color used to display this word on screen.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

Word

public Word(int ch,
            CellAttributes defaultColor,
            Highlighter highlighter)

Construct a word with one character.

Parameters:

ch - the first character of the word

defaultColor - the color for unhighlighted text

highlighter - the highlighter to use

Word

public Word(CellAttributes defaultColor,
            Highlighter highlighter)

Construct a word with an empty string.

Parameters:

defaultColor - the color for unhighlighted text

highlighter - the highlighter to use

Method Detail

getColor

public CellAttributes getColor()

Get the color used to display this word on screen.

Returns:

the color

setColor

public void setColor(CellAttributes color)

Set the color used to display this word on screen.

Parameters:

color - the color

getText

public java.lang.String getText()

Get the text to display.

Returns:

the text

getDisplayLength

public int getDisplayLength()

Get the on-screen display length.

Returns:

the number of cells needed to display this word

isWhitespace

public boolean isWhitespace()

See if this is a whitespace word. Note that empty string is considered whitespace.

Returns:

true if this word is whitespace

applyHighlight

public void applyHighlight()

Perform highlighting.

addChar

public Word addChar(int ch)

Add a character to this word. If this is a whitespace character adding to a non-whitespace word, create a new word and return that; similarly if this a non-whitespace character adding to a whitespace word, create a new word and return that. Note package private access: this is only called by Line to figure out highlighting boundaries.

Parameters:

ch - the new character to add

Returns:

either this word (if it was added), or a new word that contains ch