Java Platform 1.2

javax.swing.text
Class LabelView

java.lang.Object
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Direct Known Subclasses:
InlineView

public class LabelView
extends View

A LabelView is a styled chunk of text that represents a view mapped over an element in the text model. The view supports breaking for the purpose of formatting. The fragments produced by breaking share the view that has primary responsibility for the element (i.e. they are nested classes and carry only a small amount of state of their own) so they can share its resources.

This view is generally responsible for displaying character level attributes in some way. Since this view represents text that may have tabs embedded in it, it implements the TabableView interface. Tabs will only be expanded if this view is embedded in a container that does tab expansion. ParagraphView is an example of a container that does tab expansion.


Fields inherited from class javax.swing.text.View
BadBreakWeight, ExcellentBreakWeight, ForcedBreakWeight, GoodBreakWeight, X_AXIS, Y_AXIS
 
Constructor Summary
LabelView(Element elem)
          Constructs a new view wrapped on an element.
 
Method Summary
 View breakView(int axis, int p0, float pos, float len)
          Breaks this view on the given axis at the given length.
 void changedUpdate(DocumentEvent e, Shape a, ViewFactory f)
          Gives notification from the document that attributes were changed in a location that this view is responsible for.
 View createFragment(int p0, int p1)
          Creates a view that represents a portion of the element.
 float getAlignment(int axis)
          Determines the desired alignment for this view along an axis.
 int getBreakWeight(int axis, float pos, float len)
          Determines how attractive a break opportunity in this view is.
protected  Font getFont()
          Fetch the Font used for this view.
protected  FontMetrics getFontMetrics()
          Fetch the FontMetrics used for this view.
 int getNextVisualPositionFrom(int pos, Position.Bias b, Shape a, int direction, Position.Bias[] biasRet)
          Provides a way to determine the next visually represented model location that one might place a caret.
 float getPreferredSpan(int axis)
          Determines the preferred span for this view along an axis.
 void insertUpdate(DocumentEvent e, Shape a, ViewFactory f)
          Gives notification that something was added to the document in a location that this view is responsible for.
 Shape modelToView(int pos, Shape a, Position.Bias b)
          Provides a mapping from the document model coordinate space to the coordinate space of the view mapped to it.
 void paint(Graphics g, Shape a)
          Renders a portion of a text style run.
 void removeUpdate(DocumentEvent changes, Shape a, ViewFactory f)
          Gives notification that something was removed from the document in a location that this view is responsible for.
protected  void setPropertiesFromAttributes()
          Set the cached properties from the attributes.
protected  void setStrikeThrough(boolean s)
          Set whether or not the view has a strike/line through it.
protected  void setSubscript(boolean s)
          Set whether or not the view represents a subscript.
protected  void setSuperscript(boolean s)
          Set whether or not the view represents a superscript.
protected  void setUnderline(boolean u)
          Set whether or not the view is underlined.
 String toString()
           
 int viewToModel(float x, float y, Shape a, Position.Bias[] biasReturn)
          Provides a mapping from the view coordinate space to the logical coordinate space of the model.
 
Methods inherited from class javax.swing.text.View
getAttributes, getChildAllocation, getContainer, getDocument, getElement, getEndOffset, getMaximumSpan, getMinimumSpan, getParent, getResizeWeight, getStartOffset, getView, getViewCount, getViewFactory, isVisible, modelToView, modelToView, preferenceChanged, setParent, setSize, viewToModel
 
Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait
 

Constructor Detail

LabelView

public LabelView(Element elem)
Constructs a new view wrapped on an element.
Parameters:
elem - the element
Method Detail

setUnderline

protected void setUnderline(boolean u)
Set whether or not the view is underlined.

setStrikeThrough

protected void setStrikeThrough(boolean s)
Set whether or not the view has a strike/line through it.

setSuperscript

protected void setSuperscript(boolean s)
Set whether or not the view represents a superscript.

setSubscript

protected void setSubscript(boolean s)
Set whether or not the view represents a subscript.

setPropertiesFromAttributes

protected void setPropertiesFromAttributes()
Set the cached properties from the attributes.

getFontMetrics

protected FontMetrics getFontMetrics()
Fetch the FontMetrics used for this view.

getFont

protected Font getFont()
Fetch the Font used for this view.

paint

public void paint(Graphics g,
                  Shape a)
Renders a portion of a text style run.
Parameters:
g - the rendering surface to use
a - the allocated region to render into
Overrides:
paint in class View

getPreferredSpan

public float getPreferredSpan(int axis)
Determines the preferred span for this view along an axis.
Parameters:
axis - may be either View.X_AXIS or View.Y_AXIS
Overrides:
getPreferredSpan in class View

getAlignment

public float getAlignment(int axis)
Determines the desired alignment for this view along an axis. For the label, the alignment is along the font baseline for the y axis, and the superclasses alignment along the x axis.
Parameters:
axis - may be either View.X_AXIS or View.Y_AXIS
Overrides:
getAlignment in class View

modelToView

public Shape modelToView(int pos,
                         Shape a,
                         Position.Bias b)
                  throws BadLocationException
Provides a mapping from the document model coordinate space to the coordinate space of the view mapped to it.
Parameters:
pos - the position to convert >= 0
a - the allocated region to render into
Returns:
the bounding box of the given position
Throws:
BadLocationException - if the given position does not represent a valid location in the associated document
Overrides:
modelToView in class View
See Also:
View.modelToView(int, java.awt.Shape, javax.swing.text.Position.Bias)

viewToModel

public int viewToModel(float x,
                       float y,
                       Shape a,
                       Position.Bias[] biasReturn)
Provides a mapping from the view coordinate space to the logical coordinate space of the model.
Parameters:
x - the X coordinate >= 0
y - the Y coordinate >= 0
a - the allocated region to render into
Returns:
the location within the model that best represents the given point of view >= 0
Overrides:
viewToModel in class View
See Also:
View.viewToModel(float, float, java.awt.Shape, javax.swing.text.Position.Bias[])

getNextVisualPositionFrom

public int getNextVisualPositionFrom(int pos,
                                     Position.Bias b,
                                     Shape a,
                                     int direction,
                                     Position.Bias[] biasRet)
                              throws BadLocationException
Provides a way to determine the next visually represented model location that one might place a caret. Some views may not be visible, they might not be in the same order found in the model, or they just might not allow access to some of the locations in the model.
Parameters:
pos - the position to convert >= 0
a - the allocated region to render into
direction - the direction from the current position that can be thought of as the arrow keys typically found on a keyboard. This may be SwingConstants.WEST, SwingConstants.EAST, SwingConstants.NORTH, or SwingConstants.SOUTH.
Returns:
the location within the model that best represents the next location visual position.
Throws:
BadLocationException -  
IllegalArgumentException - for an invalid direction
Overrides:
getNextVisualPositionFrom in class View

getBreakWeight

public int getBreakWeight(int axis,
                          float pos,
                          float len)
Determines how attractive a break opportunity in this view is. This can be used for determining which view is the most attractive to call breakView on in the process of formatting. The higher the weight, the more attractive the break. A value equal to or lower than View.BadBreakWeight should not be considered for a break. A value greater than or equal to View.ForcedBreakWeight should be broken.

This is implemented to forward to the superclass for the Y_AXIS. Along the X_AXIS the following values may be returned.

View.ExcellentBreakWeight
if there is whitespace proceeding the desired break location.
View.BadBreakWeight
if the desired break location results in a break location of the starting offset.
View.GoodBreakWeight
if the other conditions don't occur.
This will normally result in the behavior of breaking on a whitespace location if one can be found, otherwise breaking between characters.
Parameters:
axis - may be either View.X_AXIS or View.Y_AXIS
pos - the potential location of the start of the broken view >= 0. This may be useful for calculating tab positions.
len - specifies the relative length from pos where a potential break is desired >= 0.
Returns:
the weight, which should be a value between View.ForcedBreakWeight and View.BadBreakWeight.
Overrides:
getBreakWeight in class View
See Also:
LabelView, ParagraphView, BadBreakWeight, GoodBreakWeight, ExcellentBreakWeight, ForcedBreakWeight

breakView

public View breakView(int axis,
                      int p0,
                      float pos,
                      float len)
Breaks this view on the given axis at the given length. This is implemented to attempt to break on a whitespace location, and returns a fragment with the whitespace at the end. If a whitespace location can't be found, the nearest character is used.
Parameters:
axis - may be either View.X_AXIS or View.Y_AXIS
p0 - the location in the model where the fragment should start it's representation >= 0.
pos - the position along the axis that the broken view would occupy >= 0. This may be useful for things like tab calculations.
len - specifies the distance along the axis where a potential break is desired >= 0.
Returns:
the fragment of the view that represents the given span, if the view can be broken. If the view doesn't support breaking behavior, the view itself is returned.
Overrides:
breakView in class View
See Also:
View.breakView(int, int, float, float)

createFragment

public View createFragment(int p0,
                           int p1)
Creates a view that represents a portion of the element. This is potentially useful during formatting operations for taking measurements of fragments of the view. If the view doesn't support fragmenting (the default), it should return itself.

This view does support fragmenting. It is implemented to return a nested class that shares state in this view representing only a portion of the view.

Parameters:
p0 - the starting offset >= 0. This should be a value greater or equal to the element starting offset and less than the element ending offset.
p1 - the ending offset > p0. This should be a value less than or equal to the elements end offset and greater than the elements starting offset.
Overrides:
createFragment in class View
See Also:
LabelView

changedUpdate

public void changedUpdate(DocumentEvent e,
                          Shape a,
                          ViewFactory f)
Gives notification from the document that attributes were changed in a location that this view is responsible for.
Parameters:
e - the change information from the associated document
a - the current allocation of the view
f - the factory to use to rebuild if the view has children
Overrides:
changedUpdate in class View
See Also:
View.changedUpdate(javax.swing.event.DocumentEvent, java.awt.Shape, javax.swing.text.ViewFactory)

insertUpdate

public void insertUpdate(DocumentEvent e,
                         Shape a,
                         ViewFactory f)
Gives notification that something was added to the document in a location that this view is responsible for.
Parameters:
changes - the change information from the associated document
a - the current allocation of the view
f - the factory to use to rebuild if the view has children
Overrides:
insertUpdate in class View
See Also:
View.insertUpdate(javax.swing.event.DocumentEvent, java.awt.Shape, javax.swing.text.ViewFactory)

removeUpdate

public void removeUpdate(DocumentEvent changes,
                         Shape a,
                         ViewFactory f)
Gives notification that something was removed from the document in a location that this view is responsible for.
Parameters:
changes - the change information from the associated document
a - the current allocation of the view
f - the factory to use to rebuild if the view has children
Overrides:
removeUpdate in class View
See Also:
View.removeUpdate(javax.swing.event.DocumentEvent, java.awt.Shape, javax.swing.text.ViewFactory)

toString

public String toString()
Overrides:
toString in class Object

Java Platform 1.2

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