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package javax.swing.text;
/**
* Simple interface to allow for different types of
* implementations of tab expansion.
*
* @author Timothy Prinzing
*/
public interface TabExpander {
/**
* Returns the next tab stop position given a reference
* position. Values are expressed in points.
*
* @param x the position in points >= 0
* @param tabOffset the position within the text stream
* that the tab occurred at >= 0.
* @return the next tab stop >= 0
*/
float nextTabStop(float x, int tabOffset);
}