org.apache.tapestry.util.text
Class AsciiCharacterTranslator

java.lang.Object
  org.apache.tapestry.util.text.AsciiCharacterTranslator

All Implemented Interfaces:

ICharacterTranslator

public class AsciiCharacterTranslator
extends Object
implements ICharacterTranslator

An object that translates selected ASCII characters into equivalent strings.

Since:

4.0

Author:

mb

Constructor Summary

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

Method Summary

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(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 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:

.