org.exolab.javasource
Class JComment

java.lang.Object
  org.exolab.javasource.JComment

public final class JComment
extends java.lang.Object

A class that represents a Java comment.

Version:

$Revision: 6669 $ $Date: 2005-02-26 17:30:28 -0700 (Sat, 26 Feb 2005) $

Author:

Keith Visco

Field Summary

static short	AUTO_STYLE The auto style, allows this JComment to automatically choose a style for this comment.
static short	BLOCK_STYLE The block comment style.
static short	HEADER_STYLE The header style, similiar to block, but with an '*' at the start of each line.
static short	JAVADOC_STYLE Similiar to HEADER_STYLE.
static short	LINE_STYLE The line comment style.
protected static int	MAX_INDENT The maximum number of characters to indent comments.
protected static int	MAX_LENGTH The maximum number of characters per line.

Constructor Summary

JComment()
Creates a new Java Comment.

JComment(short style)
Creates a new Java comment with the given style.

Method Summary

void	appendComment(java.lang.String comment) Appends the comment String to this JDocComment.
void	print(JSourceWriter jsw) Prints this JComment using the given JSourceWriter.
void	setComment(java.lang.String comment) Sets the comment String of this JDocComment.
void	setStyle(short style) Sets the style for this JComment.
java.lang.String	toString()

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

AUTO_STYLE

public static final short AUTO_STYLE

The auto style, allows this JComment to automatically choose a style for this comment.

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BLOCK_STYLE

public static final short BLOCK_STYLE

The block comment style. \/* *\/

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LINE_STYLE

public static final short LINE_STYLE

The line comment style. \/\/

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HEADER_STYLE

public static final short HEADER_STYLE

The header style, similiar to block, but with an '*' at the start of each line.

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JAVADOC_STYLE

public static final short JAVADOC_STYLE

Similiar to HEADER_STYLE. But starts with: \/**

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MAX_LENGTH

protected static final int MAX_LENGTH

The maximum number of characters per line.

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MAX_INDENT

protected static final int MAX_INDENT

The maximum number of characters to indent comments.

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Constructor Detail

JComment

public JComment()

Creates a new Java Comment.

JComment

public JComment(short style)

Creates a new Java comment with the given style.

Parameters:

style - The desired style.

Method Detail

appendComment

public void appendComment(java.lang.String comment)

Appends the comment String to this JDocComment.

Parameters:

comment - The comment to append.

setComment

public void setComment(java.lang.String comment)

Sets the comment String of this JDocComment.

Parameters:

comment - The comment String of this JDocComment.

setStyle

public void setStyle(short style)

Sets the style for this JComment.

Parameters:

style - The style to use for this JComment.

print

public void print(JSourceWriter jsw)

Prints this JComment using the given JSourceWriter.

Parameters:

jsw - The JSourceWriter to print to.

toString

public java.lang.String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class java.lang.Object