org.jqurantree.arabic
Class ArabicTextBuilder

java.lang.Object
  org.jqurantree.arabic.ArabicTextBuilder

public class ArabicTextBuilder
extends java.lang.Object

The ArabicTextBuilder class is used to construct ArabicText by wrapping a mutable sequence of ArabicCharacters. Since ArabicText instances are immutable, a builder is required to construct new instances. This class is analogous to the Java StringBuilder class. The class manages an internal byte[] buffer which grows on demand.

Author:

Kais Dukes

ArabicTextBuilder

public ArabicTextBuilder()

Creates a new Arabic text builder with the default initial capacity.

ArabicTextBuilder

public ArabicTextBuilder(int characterCapacity)

Creates a new Arabic text builder with the specified character capacity.

Parameters:

characterCapacity - the initial size of the byte[] buffer measured in characters. Each character will occupy 3 bytes in the buffer.

add

public void add(CharacterType characterType)

Appends a new character to the end of the buffer.

Parameters:

characterType - the type of Arabic letter or Quranic symbol to append, such as Alif or Ba.

add

public void add(DiacriticType diacriticType)

Attaches a diacritic to the last character in the buffer.

Parameters:

diacriticType - the type of diacritic to attach, such as Fatha or Shadda.

add

public void add(CharacterType characterType,
                DiacriticType... diaciritcTypes)

Appends a new character with attached diacritics to the end of the buffer.

Parameters:

characterType - the type of Arabic letter or Quranic symbol to append, such as Alif or Ba.

diaciritcTypes - a list of diacritics to attach, such as Fatha or Shadda.

addWhitespace

public void addWhitespace()

Appends a space character to the end of the buffer.

toString

public java.lang.String toString()

Converts the Arabic text builder to a string. The returned string will represent the characters in the buffer using Unicode encoding.

Overrides:

toString in class java.lang.Object

Returns:

a string representation of the characters in the buffer using Unicode encoding

toText

public ArabicText toText()

Creates a new ArabicText instance from the characters in the buffer.

Returns:

a new ArabicText instance

toByteArray

public byte[] toByteArray()

Gets a copy of the internal byte[] buffer holding only used characters.

Returns:

a byte[] array