Text Overview
The classes that are part of the Open Class Text Framework
enable the creation, storage, querying ,and modification of text
strings.
The primary classes provided by the Text Framework are:
- IText,
a variable-length styled string class you can use for
storing styled or unstyled international text. The IText
class is optimized for text of any length, from short
strings to large text data segments. The length of an
IText string is limited chiefly by hardware and operating
system constraints (the theoretical limit is four billion
characters). For ease of use and consistency, IText
stores style data along with character data so that you
can use styled characters throughout the Open Class
environment.
- ITextBoundary, which implements
methods for locating boundaries of characters, words,
lines, and sentences.
- IString,
which can be useful when you do not require the style and
international text capabilities provided by IText.
- Style classes, which can be applied to individual
characters, ranges of characters, or paragraphs.
- Iterator classes, which provide access to the character
data in IText objects.

Summary of Text Display Classes
String Formats
IText
versus IString