BreakIterator setText(CharacterIterator) method in Java with Examples

The setText(CharacterIterator) method of java.text.BreakIterator class is used to set the new text into the BreakIterator using CharacterIterator object.

Syntax: 

public abstract void setText(CharacterIterator newText)

Paramter: This method takes CharacterIterator object as parameter which contains the new text to be set.



Return Value: This method returns nothing.

Below are the examples to illustrate the setText() method:

Example 1:

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// Java program to demonstrate setText() method
  
import java.text.*;
import java.util.*;
import java.io.*;
  
public class GFG {
    public static void main(String[] argv)
    {
        // creating and initializing CharacterIterator object
        CharacterIterator word
            = new StringCharacterIterator("GeeksForGEEks");
  
        // creating and initializing BreakIterator
        BreakIterator wb
            = BreakIterator.getWordInstance();
  
        // setting text for BreakIterator
        // using setText() method
        wb.setText(word);
  
        // getting the text being scanned by
        // using getText() method
        StringCharacterIterator text
            = (StringCharacterIterator)wb.getText();
  
        // display the result
        System.out.print("Retrived text is : "
                         + text.first());
        for (int i = text.getBeginIndex() - 1;
             i < text.getEndIndex() - 2;
             i++)
            System.out.print(text.next());
    }
}

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Output:


Retrived text is : GeeksForGEEks





Example 2:











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// Java program to demonstrate setText() method 


  


import java.text.*; 


import java.util.*; 


import java.io.*; 


  


public class GFG { 


    public static void main(String[] argv) 


    { 


        // creating and initializing CharacterIterator object 


        CharacterIterator word 


            = new StringCharacterIterator("TextView"); 


  


        // creating and initializing BreakIterator 


        BreakIterator wb 


            = BreakIterator.getWordInstance(); 


  


        // setting text for BreakIterator 


        // using setText() method 


        wb.setText(word); 


  


        // getting the text being scanned by 


        // using getText() method 


        StringCharacterIterator text 


            = (StringCharacterIterator)wb.getText(); 


  


        // display the result 


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


                         + text.first()); 


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


             i < text.getEndIndex() - 2; 


             i++) 


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


    } 


} 



















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Output:


Retrived text is : TextView





Reference: https://docs.oracle.com/javase/9/docs/api/java/text/BreakIterator.html#setText-java.text.CharacterIterator-





    

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