# Class Text

The Text complex data type

  AlphaType
  Text implements AlphaTypeInterface

Package: alpha::model::types
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License: The BSD License
Author: John Collins <dev@alphaframework.org>
Version: $Id: Text.inc 1496 2012-02-12 20:32:21Z alphadev $
Since: 1.0
Located at model/types/Text.inc

Methods summary
`public` | # `__construct( string $val = '' )` Constructor Constructor #### Parameters $val `string` $val #### Throws ``IllegalArguementException`` #### Since 1.0
`public` | # `setValue( string $val )` Setter for the value Setter for the value #### Parameters $val `string` $val #### Throws ``IllegalArguementException`` #### Since 1.0 #### Implementation of `AlphaTypeInterface::setValue()`
`public string` | # `getValue( )` Getter for the value Getter for the value #### Returns `string` #### Since 1.0 #### Implementation of `AlphaTypeInterface::getValue()`
`public` | # `setRule( string $rule )` Setter to override the default validation rule Setter to override the default validation rule #### Parameters $rule `string` $rule #### Since 1.0
`public string` | # `getRule( )` Get the validation rule Get the validation rule #### Returns `string` #### Since 1.0
`public` | # `setSize( integer $size )` Used to set the allowable size of the Text in the database field Used to set the allowable size of the Text in the database field #### Parameters $size `integer` $size #### Throws ``IllegalArguementException`` #### Since 1.0
`public integer` | # `getSize( )` Get the allowable size of the Double in the database field Get the allowable size of the Double in the database field #### Returns `integer` #### Since 1.0
`public` | # `setAllowHTML( boolean $allowHTML )` Set the $allowHTML value Set the $allowHTML value #### Parameters $allowHTML `boolean` $allowHTML #### Since 1.0
`public boolean` | # `getAllowHTML( )` Get the $allowHTML value Get the $allowHTML value #### Returns `boolean` #### Since 1.0

Methods inherited from AlphaType
`__toString(), getHelper(), setHelper()`

Constants summary
`integer` | `MAX_SIZE` | `65535` | # The absolute maximum size of the value for the this Text The absolute maximum size of the value for the this Text #### Since 1.0

Properties summary
`private string` | $value | `` | # The value of the Text object The value of the Text object #### Since 1.0
`private string` | $validationRule | `` | # The validation rule for the Text type The validation rule for the Text type #### Since 1.0
`private boolean` | $allowHTML | `true` | # Used to determine if the Text object can support HTML content or not. Defaults to true, if set to false then HTML content should be filtered. Used to determine if the Text object can support HTML content or not. Defaults to true, if set to false then HTML content should be filtered. #### Since 1.0
`protected string` | $helper | `'Not a valid text value!'` | # The error message for the string type when validation fails The error message for the string type when validation fails #### Since 1.0
`private integer` | $size | `65535` | # The size of the value for the this Text The size of the value for the this Text #### Since 1.0