ECode MessageFormat::FormatToCharacterIterator(
/* [in] */ IInterface* object,
/* [out] */ IAttributedCharacterIterator** characterIterator)
{
VALIDATE_NOT_NULL(characterIterator);
*characterIterator = NULL;
VALIDATE_NOT_NULL(object);
StringBuffer buffer;
List<AutoPtr<FieldContainer> > fields;
// format the message, and find fields
AutoPtr<IFieldPosition> position;
CFieldPosition::New(0, (IFieldPosition**)&position);
AutoPtr<ArrayOf<IInterface*> > arr = ArrayOf<IInterface*>::Alloc(1);
arr->Set(0, object);
FormatImpl(arr, &buffer, position, &fields);
// create an AttributedString with the formatted buffer
AutoPtr<IAttributedString> as;
String outstr;
buffer.Substring(0, buffer.GetLength(),&outstr);
CAttributedString::New(outstr, (IAttributedString**)&as);
// add MessageFormat field attributes and values to the AttributedString
List<AutoPtr<FieldContainer> >::Iterator fc = fields.Begin();
for ( ; fc != fields.End(); ++fc) {
FAIL_RETURN(as->AddAttribute((*fc)->mAttribute, (*fc)->mValue, (*fc)->mStart, (*fc)->mEnd));
}
// return the CharacterIterator from AttributedString
return as->GetIterator(characterIterator);
}
