com.ivata.mask.web.format
Class LinkFormat

java.lang.Object
  com.ivata.mask.web.format.LinkFormat

All Implemented Interfaces:

HTMLFormat

public class LinkFormat

extends java.lang.Object

implements HTMLFormat

This class converts URLs in the text into HTML anchor links.

Since:

ivata masks 0.4 (2002-06-19)

Version:

$Revision: 1.3 $

Author:

Colin MacLeod colin.macleod@ivata.com

Constructor Summary

LinkFormat()

Method Summary

java.lang.String

format(java.lang.String hTMLTextParam) Convert all URLs in the text provided into HTML 'anchor' links.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

LinkFormat

public LinkFormat()

Method Detail

format

public final java.lang.String format(java.lang.String hTMLTextParam)

Convert all URLs in the text provided into HTML 'anchor' links. Currently, this method knows and converts URLs beginning with:

• http://
• https://
• ftp://

Specified by:

format in interface HTMLFormat

Parameters:

hTMLTextParam - HTML text to convert URLs in.

Returns:

formatted text, with all of the URLs converted to HTML anchor tags.