javax.swing.text
Interface TabExpander

All Known Implementing Classes:

ParagraphView, PlainView, WrappedPlainView

public interface TabExpander

Unsafe: Simple interface to allow for different types of implementations of tab expansion.

Version:

1.13 12/03/01

Author:

Timothy Prinzing

Method Summary

float

nextTabStop(float x, int tabOffset) Enabled: Returns the next tab stop position given a reference position.

Method Detail

nextTabStop

public float nextTabStop(float x,
                         int tabOffset)

Enabled: Returns the next tab stop position given a reference position. Values are expressed in points.

Parameters:

x - the position in points >= 0

tabOffset - the position within the text stream that the tab occurred at >= 0.

Returns:

the next tab stop >= 0