Module java.desktop

Package javax.swing.text

Interface TabExpander

All Known Implementing Classes:

FieldView, ParagraphView, ParagraphView, PasswordView, PlainView, WrappedPlainView

public interface TabExpander

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

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
float	nextTabStop(float x, int tabOffset)	Returns the next tab stop position given a reference position.

Method Detail

nextTabStop

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