BreakIterator getText() method in Java with Examples

The getText() method of java.text.BreakIterator class is used to get the text previously set by the setText() method in breakiterator.
Syntax:

public abstract CharacterIterator getText()

Parameter: This method does not accept any parameter.
Return Value: This method provides the text scanned previously.
Below are the examples to illustrate the getText() method:
Example 1:

Java

// Java program to demonstrate getText() method
 
import java.text.*;

import java.util.*;

import java.io.*;
 
public class GFG {

    public static void main(String[] argv)

    {

        // creating and initializing BreakIterator

        BreakIterator wb

            = BreakIterator.getWordInstance();
 
        // setting text for BreakIterator

        wb.setText("Code Geeks");
 
        // getting the text being scanned by

        // using getText() method

        StringCharacterIterator text

            = (StringCharacterIterator)wb.getText();
 
        // display the result

        System.out.print("Retrieved text is : "

                         + text.first());

        for (int i = text.getBeginIndex() - 1;

             i < text.getEndIndex() - 2;

             i++)

            System.out.print(text.next());

    }
}

Output

Retrieved text is : Code Geeks

Example 2:

Java

// Java program to demonstrate getText() method
 
import java.text.*;

import java.util.*;

import java.io.*;
 
public class GFG {

    public static void main(String[] argv)

    {

        // creating and initializing BreakIterator

        BreakIterator wb

            = BreakIterator.getWordInstance();
 
        // setting text for BreakIterator

        wb.setText("Geeks For GEeks");
 
        // getting the text being scanned by

        // using getText() method

        StringCharacterIterator text

            = (StringCharacterIterator)wb.getText();
 
        // display the result

        System.out.print("Retrieved text is : "

                         + text.first());

        for (int i = text.getBeginIndex() - 1;

             i < text.getEndIndex() - 2;

             i++)

            System.out.print(text.next());

    }
}