Class Overview
The instances of this inner class are used as attribute keys in
 AttributedCharacterIterator that the
 formatToCharacterIterator(Object) method returns.
 
 There is no public constructor in this class, the only instances are the
 constants defined here.
 
Summary
| Protected Constructors | 
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        |  | MessageFormat.Field(String fieldName) Constructs a new instance of MessageFormat.Fieldwith the
 given field name. | 
| [Expand] Inherited Methods | 
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|  From class
  java.text.AttributedCharacterIterator.Attribute 
  
   
    
    
	 
    
        | final
            
            
            boolean | equals(Object object) Compares this attribute with the specified object. |  
        | String | getName() Returns the name of this attribute. |  
        | final
            
            
            int | hashCode() Calculates the hash code for objects of type Attribute. |  
        | Object | readResolve() Resolves a deserialized instance to the correct constant attribute. |  
        | String | toString() Returns the name of the class followed by a "(", the name of the
 attribute, and a ")". |  | 
|  From class
  java.lang.Object 
  
   
    
    
	 
    
        | Object | clone() Creates and returns a copy of this Object. |  
        | boolean | equals(Object o) Compares this instance with the specified object and indicates if they
 are equal. |  
        | void | finalize() Invoked when the garbage collector has detected that this instance is no longer reachable. |  
        | final
            
            
            Class<?> | getClass() Returns the unique instance of  Class that represents this
 object's class. |  
        | int | hashCode() Returns an integer hash code for this object. |  
        | final
            
            
            void | notify() Causes a thread which is waiting on this object's monitor (by means of
 calling one of the wait()methods) to be woken up. |  
        | final
            
            
            void | notifyAll() Causes all threads which are waiting on this object's monitor (by means
 of calling one of the wait()methods) to be woken up. |  
        | String | toString() Returns a string containing a concise, human-readable description of this
 object. |  
        | final
            
            
            void | wait() Causes the calling thread to wait until another thread calls the notify()ornotifyAll()method of this object. |  
        | final
            
            
            void | wait(long millis, int nanos) Causes the calling thread to wait until another thread calls the notify()ornotifyAll()method of this object or until the
 specified timeout expires. |  
        | final
            
            
            void | wait(long millis) Causes the calling thread to wait until another thread calls the notify()ornotifyAll()method of this object or until the
 specified timeout expires. |  | 
 
Fields
 
    
      
    
      
  This constant stands for the message argument.
 
 
Protected Constructors
 
    
      
        protected 
         
         
         
         
        
      
      MessageFormat.Field
      (String fieldName)
    
      
    
      
  Constructs a new instance of MessageFormat.Field with the
 given field name.
      Parameters
      
        
          | fieldName | the field name. |