OptionalCharacterProperty (Apache FOP 2.5 API)

java.lang.Object
- org.apache.fop.fo.properties.Property
- - org.apache.fop.fo.properties.OptionalCharacterProperty

```
public final class OptionalCharacterProperty
extends Property
```
Superclass for properties that wrap an optional character value TODO convert character value to int in order to denote unicode scalar value instead of a single UTF-16 code element

Nested Class Summary

Nested Classes
Modifier and Type Class Description

static class OptionalCharacterProperty.Maker
Inner class for creating instances of OptionalCharacterProperty

Field Summary
- Fields inherited from class org.apache.fop.fo.properties.Property
  log

Method Summary

All Methods Static Methods Instance Methods Concrete Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`boolean`	`equals(java.lang.Object obj)`
`char`	`getCharacter()`	This method expects to be overridden by subclasses
`static OptionalCharacterProperty`	`getInstance(java.lang.Character character)`	Get character property instance for character.
`java.lang.Object`	`getObject()`	This method expects to be overridden by subclasses
`java.lang.String`	`getString()`	This method expects to be overridden by subclasses.
`int`	`hashCode()`

Methods inherited from class org.apache.fop.fo.properties.Property
getColor, getCondLength, getEnum, getKeep, getLength, getLengthPair, getLengthRange, getList, getNCname, getNumber, getNumeric, getSpace, getSpecifiedValue, isAuto, setSpecifiedValue, toString

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

- Method Detail
  - getInstance
```
public static OptionalCharacterProperty getInstance(java.lang.Character character)
```
    Get character property instance for character.
    
    Parameters:
    
    character - the character
    
    Returns:
    
    the character property instance
  - getObject
```
public java.lang.Object getObject()
```
    Description copied from class: Property
    
    This method expects to be overridden by subclasses
    
    Overrides:
    
    getObject in class Property
    
    Returns:
    
    this.character cast as an Object
  - getCharacter
```
public char getCharacter()
```
    Description copied from class: Property
    
    This method expects to be overridden by subclasses
    
    Overrides:
    
    getCharacter in class Property
    
    Returns:
    
    this.character
  - getString
```
public java.lang.String getString()
```
    Description copied from class: Property
    
    This method expects to be overridden by subclasses.
    
    Overrides:
    
    getString in class Property
    
    Returns:
    
    this.character cast as a String
  - equals
```
public boolean equals(java.lang.Object obj)
```
    Overrides:
    
    equals in class java.lang.Object
  - hashCode
```
public int hashCode()
```
    Overrides:
    
    hashCode in class java.lang.Object