gov.sandia.cognition.text.document

Interface Field

All Superinterfaces:

Textual

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractField, DefaultDateField, DefaultTextField

public interface Field
extends Textual

Defines the interface for a field in the document. A field has a name plus some textual content.

Since:

3.0

Author:

Justin Basilico

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
java.lang.String	getName() Gets the name of the field.
java.lang.String	getText() Gets the full text of the field.
java.io.Reader	readText() Gets a new reader for the content of the field.

Method Detail

getName

java.lang.String getName()

Gets the name of the field.

Returns:

The name of the field.

readText

java.io.Reader readText()

Gets a new reader for the content of the field.

Specified by:

readText in interface Textual

Returns:

A new reader for the content of the field.

getText

java.lang.String getText()

Gets the full text of the field.

Specified by:

getText in interface Textual

Returns:

The full text of the field.