SpannedUtils.java

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package com.commonsware.cwac.richtextutils;

import android.text.Spannable;
import android.text.SpannableString;
import android.text.Spanned;
import android.text.style.CharacterStyle;

public class SpannedUtils {
  public static <A extends CharacterStyle, B extends CharacterStyle> Spannable replaceAll(Spanned original,
                                                                                          Class<A> sourceType,
                                                                                          SpanConverter<A, B> converter) {
    SpannableString result=new SpannableString(original);
    A[] spans=result.getSpans(0, result.length(), sourceType);

    for (A span : spans) {
      int start=result.getSpanStart(span);
      int end=result.getSpanEnd(span);
      int flags=result.getSpanFlags(span);
      
      result.removeSpan(span);
      result.setSpan(converter.convert(span), start, end, flags);
    }

    return(result);
  }

  public interface SpanConverter<A extends CharacterStyle, B extends CharacterStyle> {
    B convert(A span);
  }
}