001    /* Annotation.java -- Wrapper for a text attribute object
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037    
038    
039    package java.text;
040    
041    /**
042      * This class is used as a wrapper for a text attribute object.  Annotation
043      * objects are associated with a specific range of text.  Changing either
044      * the text range or the underlying text invalidates the object.
045      *
046      * @version 0.0
047      *
048      * @author Aaron M. Renn (arenn@urbanophile.com)
049      */
050    public class Annotation
051    {
052    
053    /*
054     * Instance Variables
055     */
056    
057    /**
058      * This is the attribute object being wrappered
059      */
060    private Object attrib;
061    
062    /*************************************************************************/
063    
064    /**
065      * Constructors
066      */
067    
068    /**
069      * This method initializes a new instance of <code>Annotation</code> to
070      * wrapper the specified text attribute object.
071      *
072      * @param attrib The text attribute <code>Object</code> to wrapper.
073      */
074    public
075    Annotation(Object attrib)
076    {
077      this.attrib = attrib;
078    }
079    
080    /*************************************************************************/
081    
082    /*
083     * Instance Variables
084     */
085    
086    /**
087      * This method returns the text attribute object this <code>Annotation</code>
088      * instance is wrappering.
089      *
090      * @return The text attribute object for this <code>Annotation</code>.
091      */
092    public Object
093    getValue()
094    {
095      return(attrib);
096    }
097    
098    /*************************************************************************/
099    
100    /**
101      * This method returns a <code>String</code> representation of this
102      * object.
103      *
104      * @return This object as a <code>String</code>.
105      */
106    public String
107    toString()
108    {
109      return(getClass().getName() + "[value=" + attrib.toString() + "]");
110    }
111    
112    } // class Annotation