All Implemented Interfaces:
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public class TextSegment

                    
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Represents a semantically meaningful segment (chunk/piece/fragment) of a larger entity such as a document or chat conversation. This might be a sentence, a paragraph, or any other discrete unit of text that carries meaning. This class encapsulates a piece of text and its associated metadata.

Nested Class Summary

Nested Classes
Modifier and Type	Class	Description

Field Summary

Fields
Modifier and Type	Field	Description

Constructor Summary

Constructors
Constructor	Description
`TextSegment(String text, Metadata metadata)`	Creates a new text segment.

Enum Constant Summary

Enum Constants
Enum Constant	Description

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`String`	`text()`	Returns the text.
`Metadata`	`metadata()`	Returns the metadata.
`String`	`metadata(String key)`	Returns the metadata value for the given key.
`boolean`	`equals(Object o)`
`int`	`hashCode()`
`String`	`toString()`
`static TextSegment`	`from(String text)`	Creates a new text segment.
`static TextSegment`	`from(String text, Metadata metadata)`	Creates a new text segment.
`static TextSegment`	`textSegment(String text)`	Creates a new text segment.
`static TextSegment`	`textSegment(String text, Metadata metadata)`	Creates a new text segment.

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

- Constructor Detail
  - TextSegment
```
TextSegment(String text, Metadata metadata)
```
    Creates a new text segment.
    
    Parameters:
    
    text - the text.
    
    metadata - the metadata.
- Method Detail
  - text
```
 String text()
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    Returns the text.
    
    Returns:
    
    the text.
  - metadata
```
 Metadata metadata()
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    Returns the metadata.
    
    Returns:
    
    the metadata.
  - metadata
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@Deprecated(forRemoval = true) String metadata(String key)
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    Returns the metadata value for the given key.
    
    Parameters:
    
    key - the key.
    
    Returns:
    
    the metadata value, or null if not found.
  - equals
```
 boolean equals(Object o)
```
  - hashCode
```
 int hashCode()
```
  - toString
```
 String toString()
```
  - from
```
 static TextSegment from(String text)
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    Creates a new text segment.
    
    Parameters:
    
    text - the text.
    
    Returns:
    
    the text segment.
  - from
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 static TextSegment from(String text, Metadata metadata)
```
    Creates a new text segment.
    
    Parameters:
    
    text - the text.
    
    metadata - the metadata.
    
    Returns:
    
    the text segment.
  - textSegment
```
 static TextSegment textSegment(String text)
```
    Creates a new text segment.
    
    Parameters:
    
    text - the text.
    
    Returns:
    
    the text segment.
  - textSegment
```
 static TextSegment textSegment(String text, Metadata metadata)
```
    Creates a new text segment.
    
    Parameters:
    
    text - the text.
    
    metadata - the metadata.
    
    Returns:
    
    the text segment.

Class TextSegment

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Field Summary

Constructor Summary

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Method Summary

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

Constructor Detail

TextSegment

Method Detail

text

metadata

metadata

equals

hashCode

toString

from

from

textSegment

textSegment