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Interface com.sun.java.swing.text.TabExpander

All Known Implementing Classes:

ParagraphView, PlainView, WrappedPlainView

public abstract interface TabExpander

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

Method Summary

float

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

Method Detail

nextTabStop

public float nextTabStop(float x,
                         int tabOffset)

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