Interface IRegion

All Known Subinterfaces:
ITypedRegion
All Known Implementing Classes:
DirtyRegion, Region, TypedRegion

public interface IRegion
A region describes a certain range in an indexed text store. Text stores are for example documents or strings. A region is defined by its offset into the text store and its length.

A region is considered a value object. Its offset and length do not change over time.

Clients may implement this interface or use the standard implementation Region.

  • Method Summary

    Modifier and Type
    Method
    Description
    int
    Returns the length of the region.
    int
    Returns the offset of the region.
  • Method Details

    • getLength

      int getLength()
      Returns the length of the region.
      Returns:
      the length of the region
    • getOffset

      int getOffset()
      Returns the offset of the region.
      Returns:
      the offset of the region