javax.microedition.lcdui
Class StringItem

java.lang.Object
  javax.microedition.lcdui.Item
      javax.microedition.lcdui.StringItem

public class StringItem
extends Item

An item that can contain a string. A StringItem is display-only; the user cannot edit the contents. Both the label and the textual content of a StringItem may be modified by the application. The visual representation of the label may differ from that of the textual contents

Since:

MIDP 1.0.

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class javax.microedition.lcdui.Item

BUTTON, HYPERLINK, LAYOUT_2, LAYOUT_BOTTOM, LAYOUT_CENTER, LAYOUT_DEFAULT, LAYOUT_EXPAND, LAYOUT_LEFT, LAYOUT_NEWLINE_AFTER, LAYOUT_NEWLINE_BEFORE, LAYOUT_RIGHT, LAYOUT_SHRINK, LAYOUT_TOP, LAYOUT_VCENTER, LAYOUT_VEXPAND, LAYOUT_VSHRINK, PLAIN

Constructor Summary

StringItem(java.lang.String label, java.lang.String text)
Creates a new StringItem object.

StringItem(java.lang.String label, java.lang.String text, int appearanceMode)
Creates a new StringItem object with the given label, textual content, and appearance mode.

Method Summary

int	getAppearanceMode() Returns the appearance mode of the StringItem.
Font	getFont() Gets the application's preferred font for rendering this StringItem.
java.lang.String	getText() Gets the text contents of the StringItem, or null if the StringItem is empty.
void	setFont(Font font) Sets the application's preferred font for rendering this StringItem.
void	setText(java.lang.String text) Sets the text contents of the StringItem.

Methods inherited from class javax.microedition.lcdui.Item

addCommand, getCommands, getLabel, getLayout, getLayoutHint, getMinimumHeight, getMinimumWidth, getPreferredHeight, getPreferredWidth, notifyStateChanged, removeCommand, setCommand, setDefaultCommand, setItemCommandListener, setLabel, setLayout, setLayoutHint, setPreferredSize

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

StringItem

public StringItem(java.lang.String label,
                  java.lang.String text)

Creates a new StringItem object. Calling this constructor is equivalent to calling

 StringItem(label, text, PLAIN);
 

Parameters:

label - the Item label

text - the text contents

See Also:

StringItem(String, String, int)

StringItem

public StringItem(java.lang.String label,
                  java.lang.String text,
                  int appearanceMode)

Creates a new StringItem object with the given label, textual content, and appearance mode. Either label or text may be present or null.

The appearanceMode parameter (see Appearance Modes) is a hint to the platform of the application's intended use for this StringItem. To provide hyperlink- or button-like behavior, the application should associate a default Command with this StringItem and add an ItemCommandListener to this StringItem.

Here is an example showing the use of a StringItem as a button:

  StringItem strItem =
       new StringItem("Default: ", "Set",
                      Item.BUTTON);
  strItem.setDefaultCommand(
       new Command("Set", Command.ITEM, 1);
  // icl is ItemCommandListener
  strItem.setItemCommandListener(icl);
 

Parameters:

label - the StringItem's label, or null if no label

text - the StringItem's text contents, or null if the contents are initially empty

appearanceMode - the appearance mode of the StringItem, one of Item.PLAIN, Item.HYPERLINK, or Item.BUTTON. A StringItem that has item commands and the appearance mode Item.PLAIN MUST always be presented as a StringItem with added command(s) and appearance mode Item.HYPERLINK.

Throws:

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException - if appearanceMode invalid

Since:

MIDP 2.0

Method Detail

getText

public java.lang.String getText()

Gets the text contents of the StringItem, or null if the StringItem is empty.

Returns:

a string with the content of the item

See Also:

setText(java.lang.String)

setText

public void setText(java.lang.String text)

Sets the text contents of the StringItem. If text is null, the StringItem is set to be empty.

Parameters:

text - the new content

See Also:

getText()

getAppearanceMode

public int getAppearanceMode()

Returns the appearance mode of the StringItem. See Appearance Modes.

Returns:

the appearance mode value, one of Item.PLAIN, Item.HYPERLINK, or Item.BUTTON

Since:

MIDP 2.0

setFont

public void setFont(Font font)

Sets the application's preferred font for rendering this StringItem. The font is a hint, and the implementation may disregard the application's preferred font.

The font parameter must be a valid Font object or null. If the font parameter is null, the implementation must use its default font to render the StringItem.

Parameters:

font - the preferred font to use to render this StringItem

Since:

MIDP 2.0

See Also:

getFont()

getFont

public Font getFont()

Gets the application's preferred font for rendering this StringItem. The value returned is the font that had been set by the application, even if that value had been disregarded by the implementation. If no font had been set by the application, or if the application explicitly set the font to null, the value is the default font chosen by the implementation.

Returns:

the preferred font to use to render this StringItem

Since:

MIDP 2.0

See Also:

setFont(javax.microedition.lcdui.Font)