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§3.20 Interface TextComponentPeer
The text component peer interface specifies the methods that all implementations of
Abstract Window Toolkit text components must define.
public interface java.awt.peer.TextComponentPeer
extends java.awt.peer.ComponentPeer (II-§3.6)
{
// Methods
public abstract int getSelectionEnd(); §3.20.1
public abstract int getSelectionStart(); §3.20.2
public abstract String getText(); §3.20.3
public abstract void select(int selStart, int selEnd); §3.20.4
public abstract void setEditable(boolean editable) §3.20.5
public abstract void setText(String l); §3.20.6
}
getSelectionEnd
public abstract int getSelectionEnd()
- Returns:
- selected text's end position.
getSelectionStart
public abstract int getSelectionStart()
- Returns:
- selected text's start position.
getText
public abstract String getText()
- Returns:
- the text of this text component.
select
public abstract void select(int selStart, int selEnd)
- Selects the text in the text component from the start (inclusive) index to
the end (exclusive) index.
- Parameters:
selStart
- the start position of the text to select
selEnd
- the end position of the text to select
setEditable
public abstract void setEditable(boolean editable)
- Sets the text component to be user editable if the boolean argument is true.
If the flag is false, sets the text component so that the user cannot change its
contents.
- Parameters:
editable
- a flag indicating whether the text component should become
user editable
setText
public abstract void setText(String l)
- Sets the text of this text component to the specified text.
- Parameters:
l
- the new text
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