javax.swing.text
Interface TabExpander

All Known Implementing Classes:

PlainView, WrappedPlainView, ParagraphView

public 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