Programming Wireless Devices with the Java™ 2 Platform, Micro Edition, Second Edition

10.2. StringItem

Read-only strings can be added to a Form either directly as Strings (Java String objects) or as StringItems. StringItem is a simple class that is used to wrap Strings so they can be treated consistently with the other Items. Strings are converted to StringItems automatically when they are appended to a Form. These kinds of StringItems have null labels. When an Item that was appended as a String is retrieved from a Form, it is returned as a StringItem.

Continuing the example started in Section 9.4, “Form,” the following code illustrates how to add a new StringItem to the Form:

					 // Note: 'getImageName' is application-specific String ...