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    SpannableString
    open class SpannableString : CharSequence, GetChars, Spannable
    
    This is the class for text whose content is immutable but to which markup objects can be attached and detached. For mutable text, see SpannableStringBuilder.
    Summary
    
      
        
          | Public constructors | 
        
          | For the backward compatibility reasons, this constructor copies all spans including . | 
      
    
    
    
    Public constructors
    
      SpannableString
      
      SpannableString(source: CharSequence!)
      For the backward compatibility reasons, this constructor copies all spans including .
      
     
    Public methods
    
      equals
      
      open fun equals(other: Any?): Boolean
      Indicates whether some other object is "equal to" this one. 
       The equals method implements an equivalence relation on non-null object references: 
       
        - It is reflexive: for any non-null reference value x,x.equals(x)should returntrue.
- It is symmetric: for any non-null reference values xandy,x.equals(y)should returntrueif and only ify.equals(x)returnstrue.
- It is transitive: for any non-null reference values x,y, andz, ifx.equals(y)returnstrueandy.equals(z)returnstrue, thenx.equals(z)should returntrue.
- It is consistent: for any non-null reference values xandy, multiple invocations ofx.equals(y)consistently returntrueor consistently returnfalse, provided no information used inequalscomparisons on the objects is modified.
- For any non-null reference value x,x.equals(null)should returnfalse.
 An equivalence relation partitions the elements it operates on into equivalence classes; all the members of an equivalence class are equal to each other. Members of an equivalence class are substitutable for each other, at least for some purposes.
      
        
          
            | Parameters | 
          
            | obj | the reference object with which to compare. | 
          
            | o | This value may be null. | 
        
      
      
        
          
            | Return | 
          
            | Boolean | trueif this object is the same as the obj argument;falseotherwise. | 
        
      
     
    
      get
      
      fun get(i: Int): Char
      
        
          
            | Parameters | 
          
            | index | the index of the charvalue to be returned | 
        
      
      
        
          
            | Return | 
          
            | Char | the specified charvalue | 
        
      
      
        
          
            | Exceptions | 
          
            | java.lang.IndexOutOfBoundsException | if the indexargument is negative or not less thanlength() | 
        
      
     
    
    
      getSpanEnd
      
      open fun getSpanEnd(what: Any!): Int
     
    
      getSpanFlags
      
      open fun getSpanFlags(what: Any!): Int
     
    
      getSpanStart
      
      open fun getSpanStart(what: Any!): Int
     
    
      getSpans
      
      open fun <T : Any!> getSpans(
    queryStart: Int, 
    queryEnd: Int, 
    kind: Class<T>!
): Array<T>!
     
    
      hashCode
      
      open fun hashCode(): Int
      
        
          
            | Return | 
          
            | Int | a hash code value for this object. | 
        
      
     
    
      nextSpanTransition
      
      open fun nextSpanTransition(
    start: Int, 
    limit: Int, 
    kind: Class<Any!>!
): Int
     
    
      removeSpan
      
      open fun removeSpan(what: Any!): Unit
     
    
    
      subSequence
      
      fun subSequence(
    startIndex: Int, 
    endIndex: Int
): CharSequence
      
        
          
            | Parameters | 
          
            | start | the start index, inclusive | 
          
            | end | the end index, exclusive | 
        
      
      
      
        
          
            | Exceptions | 
          
            | java.lang.IndexOutOfBoundsException | if startorendare negative, ifendis greater thanlength(), or ifstartis greater thanend | 
        
      
     
    
      toString
      
      fun toString(): String
      
        
          
            | Return | 
          
            | String | a string consisting of exactly this sequence of characters | 
        
      
     
    
    Properties
    
      length
      
      val length: Int
      
        
          
            | Return | 
          
            | Int | the number of chars in this sequence | 
        
      
     
  
  
  
    
  
 
  
    
    
      
       
    
    
  
  
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