StringExtract.java

/*
 * JSwiff is an open source Java API for Macromedia Flash file generation
 * and manipulation
 *
 * Copyright (C) 2004-2005 Ralf Terdic (contact@jswiff.com)
 *
 * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
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 * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
 * (at your option) any later version.
 *
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 */

package com.jswiff.swfrecords.actions;

/**
 * <p>
 * Extracts a substring from a string. Deprecated as of SWF 5, use
 * String.substr() instead.
 * </p>
 * 
 * <p>
 * Performed stack operations:<br>
 * <code>pop count</code> (number of characters to extract)<br>
 * <code>pop index</code> (index of first character to extract)<br>
 * <code>pop string</code> (string to extract from)<br>
 * <code>push substr</code> (extracted substring)
 * </p>
 * 
 * <p>
 * ActionScript equivalent: <code>substring()</code>
 * </p>
 *
 * @since SWF 4
 */
public final class StringExtract extends Action {
  /**
   * Creates a new StringExtract action.
   */
  public StringExtract() {
    code = ActionConstants.STRING_EXTRACT;
  }

  /**
   * Returns a short description of this action.
   *
   * @return <code>"StringExtract"</code>
   */
  public String toString() {
    return "StringExtract";
  }
}