javax.swing.text
Interface MutableAttributeSet

All Superinterfaces:

AttributeSet

All Known Subinterfaces:

Style

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractDocument.AbstractElement, SimpleAttributeSet, StyleContext.NamedStyle

public interface MutableAttributeSet

extends AttributeSet

A generic interface for a mutable collection of unique attributes. Implementations will probably want to provide a constructor of the form: public XXXAttributeSet(ConstAttributeSet source);

Nested Class Summary

Nested classes inherited from class javax.swing.text.AttributeSet

AttributeSet.CharacterAttribute, AttributeSet.ColorAttribute, AttributeSet.FontAttribute, AttributeSet.ParagraphAttribute

Field Summary

Fields inherited from interface javax.swing.text.AttributeSet

NameAttribute, ResolveAttribute

Method Summary

void	addAttribute(Object name, Object value) Creates a new attribute set similar to this one except that it contains an attribute with the given name and value.
void	addAttributes(AttributeSet attributes) Creates a new attribute set similar to this one except that it contains the given attributes and values.
void	removeAttribute(Object name) Removes an attribute with the given name.
void	removeAttributes(AttributeSet attributes) Removes a set of attributes with the given name.
void	removeAttributes(Enumeration names) Removes an attribute set with the given names.
void	setResolveParent(AttributeSet parent) Sets the resolving parent.

Methods inherited from interface javax.swing.text.AttributeSet

containsAttribute, containsAttributes, copyAttributes, getAttribute, getAttributeCount, getAttributeNames, getResolveParent, isDefined, isEqual

Method Detail

addAttribute

public void addAttribute(Object name,
                         Object value)

Creates a new attribute set similar to this one except that it contains an attribute with the given name and value. The object must be immutable, or not mutated by any client.

Parameters:

name - the name

value - the value

addAttributes

public void addAttributes(AttributeSet attributes)

Creates a new attribute set similar to this one except that it contains the given attributes and values.

Parameters:

attributes - the set of attributes

removeAttribute

public void removeAttribute(Object name)

Removes an attribute with the given name.

Parameters:

name - the attribute name

removeAttributes

public void removeAttributes(Enumeration names)

Removes an attribute set with the given names.

Parameters:

names - the set of names

removeAttributes

public void removeAttributes(AttributeSet attributes)

Removes a set of attributes with the given name.

Parameters:

attributes - the set of attributes

setResolveParent

public void setResolveParent(AttributeSet parent)

Sets the resolving parent. This is the set of attributes to resolve through if an attribute isn't defined locally.

Parameters:

parent - the parent