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| Chapter 16 The java.text Package |

# ParsePosition

## Name

ParsePosition

## Synopsis

Class Name:

  `java.text.ParsePosition`

Superclass:

  `java.lang.Object`

Immediate Subclasses:

  None

Interfaces Implemented:

  None

Availability:

  New as of JDK 1.1

## Description

The `ParsePosition` class encapsulates information about the current position in a text string. A `ParsePosition` can be passed to the `parse()` method of a `Format` subclass to cause parsing to start at the index of the `ParsePosition`. After an object has been parsed from the string, the index of the `ParsePosition` is updated to point to just after the text that was parsed. Thus, the same `ParsePosition` can be passed to multiple `Format` objects to parse through a complex string.

## Class Summary

    public class java.text.ParsePosition extends java.lang.Object {
      // Constructors
      public ParsePosition(int index);
      // Instance Methods
      public int getIndex();
      public void setIndex(int index);
    }

## Constructors

### ParsePosition

#### public ParsePosition(int index)

Parameters

  `index`

    The initial position.

Description

  This constructor creates a `ParsePosition` object that is initialized to the given position.

## Instance Methods

### getIndex

#### public int getIndex()

Returns

  The current position of this `ParsePosition`.

Description

  This method returns the current position of this `ParsePosition`.

### setIndex

#### public void setIndex(int index)

Parameters

  `index`

    The new position of this `ParsePosition`.

Description

  This method sets the current position of this `ParsePosition`.

## 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`, `FieldPosition`, `Format`, `MessageFormat`, `NumberFormat`, `String`

ParseException |  | RuleBasedCollator