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package javax.swing.text;
import java.io.*;
import javax.swing.Action;
import javax.swing.JEditorPane;
/**
* Establishes the set of things needed by a text component
* to be a reasonably functioning editor for some <em>type</em>
* of text content. The EditorKit acts as a factory for some
* kind of policy. For example, an implementation
* of html and rtf can be provided that is replaceable
* with other implementations.
* <p>
* A kit can safely store editing state as an instance
* of the kit will be dedicated to a text component.
* New kits will normally be created by cloning a
* prototype kit. The kit will have it's
* <code>setComponent</code> method called to establish
* it's relationship with a JTextComponent.
*
* @author Timothy Prinzing
*/
public abstract class EditorKit implements Cloneable, Serializable {
/**
* Construct an EditorKit.
*/
public EditorKit() {
}
/**
* Creates a copy of the editor kit. This is implemented
* to use Object.clone</em>. If the kit cannot be cloned,
* null is returned.
*
* @return the copy
*/
public Object clone() {
Object o;
try {
o = super.clone();
} catch (CloneNotSupportedException cnse) {
o = null;
}
return o;
}
/**
* Called when the kit is being installed into the
* a JEditorPane.
*
* @param c the JEditorPane
*/
public void install(JEditorPane c) {
}
/**
* Called when the kit is being removed from the
* JEditorPane. This is used to unregister any
* listeners that were attached.
*
* @param c the JEditorPane
*/
public void deinstall(JEditorPane c) {
}
/**
* Gets the MIME type of the data that this
* kit represents support for.
*
* @return the type
*/
public abstract String getContentType();
/**
* Fetches a factory that is suitable for producing
* views of any models that are produced by this
* kit.
*
* @return the factory
*/
public abstract ViewFactory getViewFactory();
/**
* Fetches the set of commands that can be used
* on a text component that is using a model and
* view produced by this kit.
*
* @return the set of actions
*/
public abstract Action[] getActions();
/**
* Fetches a caret that can navigate through views
* produced by the associated ViewFactory.
*
* @return the caret
*/
public abstract Caret createCaret();
/**
* Creates an uninitialized text storage model
* that is appropriate for this type of editor.
*
* @return the model
*/
public abstract Document createDefaultDocument();
/**
* Inserts content from the given stream which is expected
* to be in a format appropriate for this kind of content
* handler.
*
* @param in The stream to read from
* @param doc The destination for the insertion.
* @param pos The location in the document to place the
* content >= 0.
* @exception IOException on any I/O error
* @exception BadLocationException if pos represents an invalid
* location within the document.
*/
public abstract void read(InputStream in, Document doc, int pos)
throws IOException, BadLocationException;
/**
* Writes content from a document to the given stream
* in a format appropriate for this kind of content handler.
*
* @param out The stream to write to
* @param doc The source for the write.
* @param pos The location in the document to fetch the
* content from >= 0.
* @param len The amount to write out >= 0.
* @exception IOException on any I/O error
* @exception BadLocationException if pos represents an invalid
* location within the document.
*/
public abstract void write(OutputStream out, Document doc, int pos, int len)
throws IOException, BadLocationException;
/**
* Inserts content from the given stream which is expected
* to be in a format appropriate for this kind of content
* handler.
* <p>
* Since actual text editing is unicode based, this would
* generally be the preferred way to read in the data.
* Some types of content are stored in an 8-bit form however,
* and will favor the InputStream.
*
* @param in The stream to read from
* @param doc The destination for the insertion.
* @param pos The location in the document to place the
* content >= 0.
* @exception IOException on any I/O error
* @exception BadLocationException if pos represents an invalid
* location within the document.
*/
public abstract void read(Reader in, Document doc, int pos)
throws IOException, BadLocationException;
/**
* Writes content from a document to the given stream
* in a format appropriate for this kind of content handler.
* <p>
* Since actual text editing is unicode based, this would
* generally be the preferred way to write the data.
* Some types of content are stored in an 8-bit form however,
* and will favor the OutputStream.
*
* @param out The stream to write to
* @param doc The source for the write.
* @param pos The location in the document to fetch the
* content >= 0.
* @param len The amount to write out >= 0.
* @exception IOException on any I/O error
* @exception BadLocationException if pos represents an invalid
* location within the document.
*/
public abstract void write(Writer out, Document doc, int pos, int len)
throws IOException, BadLocationException;
}