public static final class TextLinks.Request.Builder
extends Object



A builder for building TextLinks requests.

Summary

Public constructors

Builder(CharSequence text)

Public methods

TextLinks.Request build()

Builds and returns the request object.

TextLinks.Request.Builder setDefaultLocales(LocaleList defaultLocales)

Sets ordered list of locale preferences that may be used to disambiguate the provided text.

TextLinks.Request.Builder setEntityConfig(TextClassifier.EntityConfig entityConfig)

Sets the entity configuration to use.

TextLinks.Request.Builder setExtras(Bundle extras)

Sets the extended data.

TextLinks.Request.Builder setReferenceTime(ZonedDateTime referenceTime)

Sets the reference time based on which relative dates (e.g.

Inherited methods

From class java.lang.Object

Object clone()

Creates and returns a copy of this object.

boolean equals(Object obj)

Indicates whether some other object is "equal to" this one.

void finalize()

Called by the garbage collector on an object when garbage collection determines that there are no more references to the object.

final Class<?> getClass()

Returns the runtime class of this Object.

int hashCode()

Returns a hash code value for the object.

final void notify()

Wakes up a single thread that is waiting on this object's monitor.

final void notifyAll()

Wakes up all threads that are waiting on this object's monitor.

String toString()

Returns a string representation of the object.

final void wait(long timeoutMillis, int nanos)

Causes the current thread to wait until it is awakened, typically by being notified or interrupted, or until a certain amount of real time has elapsed.

final void wait(long timeoutMillis)

Causes the current thread to wait until it is awakened, typically by being notified or interrupted, or until a certain amount of real time has elapsed.

final void wait()

Causes the current thread to wait until it is awakened, typically by being notified or interrupted.

Public constructors

Builder

public Builder (CharSequence text)
Parameters
text CharSequence: This value cannot be null.

Public methods

setDefaultLocales

public TextLinks.Request.Builder setDefaultLocales (LocaleList defaultLocales)

Sets ordered list of locale preferences that may be used to disambiguate the provided text.

Parameters
defaultLocales LocaleList: ordered list of locale preferences that may be used to disambiguate the provided text. If no locale preferences exist, set this to null or an empty locale list.
Returns
TextLinks.Request.Builder this builder.
This value cannot be null.

setEntityConfig

public TextLinks.Request.Builder setEntityConfig (TextClassifier.EntityConfig entityConfig)

Sets the entity configuration to use. This determines what types of entities the TextClassifier will look for. Set to null for the default entity config and the TextClassifier will automatically determine what links to generate.

Parameters
entityConfig TextClassifier.EntityConfig: This value may be null.
Returns
TextLinks.Request.Builder this builder

setReferenceTime

public TextLinks.Request.Builder setReferenceTime (ZonedDateTime referenceTime)

Sets the reference time based on which relative dates (e.g. "tomorrow") should be interpreted.

Parameters
referenceTime ZonedDateTime: reference time based on which relative dates. This should usually be the time when the text was originally composed.
This value may be null.
Returns
TextLinks.Request.Builder this builder.
This value cannot be null.

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Last updated 2026-02-13 UTC.