Uses of Interface java.text.CharacterIterator (Java SE 21 & JDK 21)
Description: use: module: java.base, package: java.text, interface: CharacterIterator

# Uses of Interface
java.text.CharacterIterator

Packages that use CharacterIterator
Package
Description
java.awt
Contains all of the classes for creating user interfaces and for painting graphics and images.
java.text
Provides classes and interfaces for handling text, dates, numbers, and messages in a manner independent of natural languages.
javax.swing.text
Provides classes and interfaces that deal with editable and noneditable text components.

- ## Uses of CharacterIterator in java.awt

  Methods in java.awt with parameters of type CharacterIterator
  Modifier and Type
  Method
  Description
  `int`
  Font.`canDisplayUpTo(CharacterIterator iter, int start, int limit)`
  Indicates whether or not this `Font` can display the text specified by the `iter` starting at `start` and ending at `limit`.
  `GlyphVector`
  Font.`createGlyphVector(FontRenderContext frc, CharacterIterator ci)`
  Creates a `GlyphVector` by mapping the specified characters to glyphs one-to-one based on the Unicode cmap in this `Font`.
  `LineMetrics`
  Font.`getLineMetrics(CharacterIterator ci, int beginIndex, int limit, FontRenderContext frc)`
  Returns a `LineMetrics` object created with the specified arguments.
  `LineMetrics`
  FontMetrics.`getLineMetrics(CharacterIterator ci, int beginIndex, int limit, Graphics context)`
  Returns the `LineMetrics` object for the specified `CharacterIterator` in the specified `Graphics` context.
  `Rectangle2D`
  Font.`getStringBounds(CharacterIterator ci, int beginIndex, int limit, FontRenderContext frc)`
  Returns the logical bounds of the characters indexed in the specified `CharacterIterator` in the specified `FontRenderContext`.
  `Rectangle2D`
  FontMetrics.`getStringBounds(CharacterIterator ci, int beginIndex, int limit, Graphics context)`
  Returns the bounds of the characters indexed in the specified `CharacterIterator` in the specified `Graphics` context.

- ## Uses of CharacterIterator in java.text

  Subinterfaces of CharacterIterator in java.text
  Modifier and Type
  Interface
  Description
  `interface`
  `AttributedCharacterIterator`
  An `AttributedCharacterIterator` allows iteration through both text and related attribute information.
  Classes in java.text that implement CharacterIterator
  Modifier and Type
  Class
  Description
  `final class`
  `StringCharacterIterator`
  `StringCharacterIterator` implements the `CharacterIterator` protocol for a `String`.
  Methods in java.text that return CharacterIterator
  Modifier and Type
  Method
  Description
  `abstract CharacterIterator`
  BreakIterator.`getText()`
  Get the text being scanned
  Methods in java.text with parameters of type CharacterIterator
  Modifier and Type
  Method
  Description
  `CollationElementIterator`
  RuleBasedCollator.`getCollationElementIterator(CharacterIterator source)`
  Returns a CollationElementIterator for the given CharacterIterator.
  `abstract void`
  BreakIterator.`setText(CharacterIterator newText)`
  Set a new text for scanning.
  `void`
  CollationElementIterator.`setText(CharacterIterator source)`
  Set a new string over which to iterate.

- ## Uses of CharacterIterator in javax.swing.text

  Classes in javax.swing.text that implement CharacterIterator
  Modifier and Type
  Class
  Description
  `class`
  `Segment`
  A segment of a character array representing a fragment of text.