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| Chapter 16 The java.text Package |

# FieldPosition

## Name

FieldPosition

## Synopsis

Class Name:

  `java.text.FieldPosition`

Superclass:

  `java.lang.Object`

Immediate Subclasses:

  None

Interfaces Implemented:

  None

Availability:

  New as of JDK 1.1

## Description

The `FieldPosition` class encapsulates information about fields in formatted output. The fields in a particular type of formatted output are identified by constants. A `FieldPosition` object contains its field type and the field's position within the formatted output. The field position is specified by the index of the first character in the field and the index of the last character in the field.

You can use a `FieldPosition` object to find the position of a particular field in a formatted string. Consider the following code:

    NumberFormat nf = NumberFormat.getInstance();
    StringBuffer sb = new StringBuffer();
    FieldPosition fp = new FieldPosition(NumberFormat.FRACTION_FIELD);
    nf.format(-1234.56, sb, fp);
    System.out.println(new String(sb));
    System.out.println("FRACTION_FIELD goes from " + fp.getBeginIndex()
                       + " to " + fp.getEndIndex() + ".");

This code produces the following output:

    -1,234.56
    FRACTION_FIELD goes from 7 to 9.

## Class Summary

    public class java.text.FieldPosition extends java.lang.Object {
      // Constructors
      public FieldPosition(int field);
      // Instance Methods
      public int getBeginIndex();
      public int getEndIndex();
      public int getField();
    }

## Constructors

### FieldPosition

#### public FieldPosition(int field)

Parameters

  `field`

    A field constant.

Description

  This constructor creates a `FieldPosition` object that represents the given field.

## Instance Methods

### getBeginIndex

#### public int getBeginIndex()

Returns

  The beginning index.

Description

  This method returns the beginning index of the field that is represented by this `FieldPosition`.

### getEndIndex

#### public int getEndIndex()

Returns

  The ending index of this `FieldPosition`.

Description

  This method returns the ending index of the field that is represented by this `FieldPosition`.

### getField

#### public int getField()

Returns

  The field constant of this `FieldPosition`.

Description

  This method returns the field constant of this `FieldPosition`.

## Inherited Methods

Method | Inherited From | Method | Inherited From
--- | --- | --- | ---
`clone()` | `Object` | `equals(Object)` | `Object`
`finalize()` | `Object` | `getClass()` | `Object`
`hashCode()` | `Object` | `notify()` | `Object`
`notifyAll()` | `Object` | `toString()` | `Object`
`wait()` | `Object` | `wait(long)` | `Object`
`wait(long, int)` | `Object` |  |

## See Also

`DateFormat`, `Format`, `MessageFormat`, `NumberFormat`, `ParsePosition`, `String`

DecimalFormatSymbols |  | Format