Element (OmegaT 6.0.0 API)

All Known Implementing Classes:

AggregatedTag, Comment, DTD, OutOfTurnTag, ProcessingInstruction, Tag, Text, XMLContentBasedTag, XMLEntityText, XMLIntactTag, XMLOutOfTurnTag, XMLPseudoTag, XMLTag, XMLText, Xtag
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public interface Element
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Element of the translatable entry. Can be a tag or a piece of text.

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`java.lang.String`	`toOriginal()`	Returns the element in its original form as it was in original document.
`java.lang.String`	`toSafeCalcShortcut()`	Returns shorcuts like '\b_i0_\b' for statistics calculation
`java.lang.String`	`toShortcut()`	Returns shortcut string representation of the element.
`java.lang.String`	`toTMX()`	Returns long XML-encoded representation of the element for storing in TMX.

- Method Detail
  - toShortcut
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java.lang.String toShortcut()
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    Returns shortcut string representation of the element. E.g. for <strong> tag should return <s3>.
  - toSafeCalcShortcut
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java.lang.String toSafeCalcShortcut()
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    Returns shorcuts like '\b_i0_\b' for statistics calculation
  - toTMX
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java.lang.String toTMX()
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    Returns long XML-encoded representation of the element for storing in TMX. E.g. for <strong> tag should return <bpt i="3"><strong></bpt>.
  - toOriginal
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java.lang.String toOriginal()
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    Returns the element in its original form as it was in original document. E.g. for <strong> tag should return <bpt i="3"><strong></bpt>.