public abstract class CompositeView extends View
CompositeView is an abstract View
 implementation which manages one or more child views.
 (Note that CompositeView is intended
 for managing relatively small numbers of child views.)
 CompositeView is intended to be used as
 a starting point for View implementations,
 such as BoxView, that will contain child
 Views. Subclasses that wish to manage the
 collection of child Views should use the
 replace(int, int, javax.swing.text.View[]) method.  As View invokes
 replace during DocumentListener
 notification, you normally won't need to directly
 invoke replace.
 While CompositeView
 does not impose a layout policy on its child Views,
 it does allow for inseting the child Views
 it will contain.  The insets can be set by either
 setInsets(short, short, short, short) or setParagraphInsets(javax.swing.text.AttributeSet).
 
In addition to the abstract methods of
 View,
 subclasses of CompositeView will need to
 override:
 
isBefore(int, int, java.awt.Rectangle) - Used to test if a given
     View location is before the visual space
     of the CompositeView.
 isAfter(int, int, java.awt.Rectangle) - Used to test if a given
     View location is after the visual space
     of the CompositeView.
 getViewAtPoint(int, int, java.awt.Rectangle) - Returns the view at
     a given visual location.
 childAllocation(int, java.awt.Rectangle) - Returns the bounds of
     a particular child View.
     getChildAllocation will invoke
     childAllocation after offseting
     the bounds by the Insets of the
     CompositeView.
 BadBreakWeight, ExcellentBreakWeight, ForcedBreakWeight, GoodBreakWeight, X_AXIS, Y_AXISBOTTOM, CENTER, EAST, HORIZONTAL, LEADING, LEFT, NEXT, NORTH, NORTH_EAST, NORTH_WEST, PREVIOUS, RIGHT, SOUTH, SOUTH_EAST, SOUTH_WEST, TOP, TRAILING, VERTICAL, WEST| Constructor and Description | 
|---|
| CompositeView(Element elem)Constructs a  CompositeViewfor the given element. | 
| Modifier and Type | Method and Description | 
|---|---|
| protected abstract void | childAllocation(int index,
               Rectangle a)Returns the allocation for a given child. | 
| protected boolean | flipEastAndWestAtEnds(int position,
                     Position.Bias bias)Determines in which direction the next view lays. | 
| protected short | getBottomInset()Gets the bottom inset. | 
| Shape | getChildAllocation(int index,
                  Shape a)Fetches the allocation for the given child view to
 render into. | 
| protected Rectangle | getInsideAllocation(Shape a)Translates the immutable allocation given to the view
 to a mutable allocation that represents the interior
 allocation (i.e. | 
| protected short | getLeftInset()Gets the left inset. | 
| protected int | getNextEastWestVisualPositionFrom(int pos,
                                 Position.Bias b,
                                 Shape a,
                                 int direction,
                                 Position.Bias[] biasRet)Returns the next visual position for the cursor, in either the
 east or west direction. | 
| protected int | getNextNorthSouthVisualPositionFrom(int pos,
                                   Position.Bias b,
                                   Shape a,
                                   int direction,
                                   Position.Bias[] biasRet)Returns the next visual position for the cursor, in either the
 north or south direction. | 
| 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. | 
| protected short | getRightInset()Gets the right inset. | 
| protected short | getTopInset()Gets the top inset. | 
| View | getView(int n)Returns the n-th view in this container. | 
| protected abstract View | getViewAtPoint(int x,
              int y,
              Rectangle alloc)Fetches the child view at the given coordinates. | 
| protected View | getViewAtPosition(int pos,
                 Rectangle a)Fetches the child view that represents the given position in
 the model. | 
| int | getViewCount()Returns the number of child views of this view. | 
| int | getViewIndex(int pos,
            Position.Bias b)Returns the child view index representing the given
 position in the model. | 
| protected int | getViewIndexAtPosition(int pos)Fetches the child view index representing the given position in
 the model. | 
| protected abstract boolean | isAfter(int x,
       int y,
       Rectangle alloc)Tests whether a point lies after the rectangle range. | 
| protected abstract boolean | isBefore(int x,
        int y,
        Rectangle alloc)Tests whether a point lies before the rectangle range. | 
| protected void | loadChildren(ViewFactory f)Loads all of the children to initialize the view. | 
| Shape | modelToView(int p0,
           Position.Bias b0,
           int p1,
           Position.Bias b1,
           Shape a)Provides a mapping from the document model coordinate space
 to the coordinate space of the view mapped to it. | 
| 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 | replace(int offset,
       int length,
       View[] views)Replaces child views. | 
| protected void | setInsets(short top,
         short left,
         short bottom,
         short right)Sets the insets for the view. | 
| protected void | setParagraphInsets(AttributeSet attr)Sets the insets from the paragraph attributes specified in
 the given attributes. | 
| void | setParent(View parent)Sets the parent of the view. | 
| int | viewToModel(float x,
           float y,
           Shape a,
           Position.Bias[] bias)Provides a mapping from the view coordinate space to the logical
 coordinate space of the model. | 
append, breakView, changedUpdate, createFragment, forwardUpdate, forwardUpdateToView, getAlignment, getAttributes, getBreakWeight, getContainer, getDocument, getElement, getEndOffset, getGraphics, getMaximumSpan, getMinimumSpan, getParent, getPreferredSpan, getResizeWeight, getStartOffset, getToolTipText, getViewFactory, getViewIndex, insert, insertUpdate, isVisible, modelToView, paint, preferenceChanged, remove, removeAll, removeUpdate, setSize, updateChildren, updateLayout, viewToModelpublic CompositeView(Element elem)
CompositeView for the given element.elem - the element this view is responsible forprotected void loadChildren(ViewFactory f)
setParent(javax.swing.text.View)
 method.  Subclasses can reimplement this to initialize
 their child views in a different manner.  The default
 implementation creates a child view for each
 child element.f - the view factorysetParent(javax.swing.text.View)public void setParent(View parent)
loadChildren
 method if this view does not already have children.
 The children should not be loaded in the
 constructor because the act of setting the parent
 may cause them to try to search up the hierarchy
 (to get the hosting Container for example).
 If this view has children (the view is being moved
 from one place in the view hierarchy to another),
 the loadChildren method will not be called.public int getViewCount()
getViewCount in class ViewgetView(int)public View getView(int n)
public void replace(int offset,
                    int length,
                    View[] views)
null,
 and the internal reference to them removed so that they
 may be garbage collected.replace in class Viewoffset - the starting index into the child views to insert
   the new views; >= 0 and <= getViewCountlength - the number of existing child views to remove;
   this should be a value >= 0 and <= (getViewCount() - offset)views - the child views to add; this value can be
  null
   to indicate no children are being added (useful to remove)public Shape getChildAllocation(int index, Shape a)
getChildAllocation in class Viewindex - the index of the child, >= 0 && < getViewCount()a - the allocation to this viewpublic Shape modelToView(int pos, Shape a, Position.Bias b) throws BadLocationException
modelToView in class Viewpos - the position to convert >= 0a - the allocated region to render intob - a bias value of either Position.Bias.Forward
  or Position.Bias.BackwardBadLocationException - if the given position does
   not represent a valid location in the associated documentView.modelToView(int, java.awt.Shape, javax.swing.text.Position.Bias)public Shape modelToView(int p0, Position.Bias b0, int p1, Position.Bias b1, Shape a) throws BadLocationException
modelToView in class Viewp0 - the position to convert >= 0b0 - the bias toward the previous character or the
  next character represented by p0, in case the
  position is a boundary of two views; either
  Position.Bias.Forward or
  Position.Bias.Backwardp1 - the position to convert >= 0b1 - the bias toward the previous character or the
  next character represented by p1, in case the
  position is a boundary of two viewsa - the allocated region to render intoBadLocationException - if the given position does
   not represent a valid location in the associated documentIllegalArgumentException - for an invalid bias argumentView.viewToModel(float, float, java.awt.Shape, javax.swing.text.Position.Bias[])public int viewToModel(float x,
                       float y,
                       Shape a,
                       Position.Bias[] bias)
viewToModel in class Viewx - x coordinate of the view location to convert >= 0y - y coordinate of the view location to convert >= 0a - the allocated region to render intobias - either Position.Bias.Forward or
  Position.Bias.BackwardView.viewToModel(float, float, java.awt.Shape, javax.swing.text.Position.Bias[])public int getNextVisualPositionFrom(int pos,
                                     Position.Bias b,
                                     Shape a,
                                     int direction,
                                     Position.Bias[] biasRet)
                              throws BadLocationException
getNextNorthSouthVisualPositionFrom(int, javax.swing.text.Position.Bias, java.awt.Shape, int, javax.swing.text.Position.Bias[])
 and getNextEastWestVisualPositionFrom(int, javax.swing.text.Position.Bias, java.awt.Shape, int, javax.swing.text.Position.Bias[]).
 This method enables specifying a position to convert
 within the range of >=0.  If the value is -1, a position
 will be calculated automatically.  If the value < -1,
 the BadLocationException will be thrown.getNextVisualPositionFrom in class Viewpos - the position to convertb - a bias value of either Position.Bias.Forward
  or Position.Bias.Backwarda - the allocated region to render intodirection - the direction from the current position that can
  be thought of as the arrow keys typically found on a keyboard;
  this may be one of the following:
  SwingConstants.WEST
  SwingConstants.EAST
  SwingConstants.NORTH
  SwingConstants.SOUTH
  biasRet - an array containing the bias that was checkedBadLocationException - the given position is not a valid
                                 position within the documentIllegalArgumentException - if direction is invalidpublic int getViewIndex(int pos,
                        Position.Bias b)
getViewIndexByPosition
 method for backward compatibility.getViewIndex in class Viewpos - the position >= 0protected abstract boolean isBefore(int x,
                                    int y,
                                    Rectangle alloc)
x - the X coordinate >= 0y - the Y coordinate >= 0alloc - the rectangleprotected abstract boolean isAfter(int x,
                                   int y,
                                   Rectangle alloc)
x - the X coordinate >= 0y - the Y coordinate >= 0alloc - the rectangleprotected abstract View getViewAtPoint(int x, int y, Rectangle alloc)
x - the X coordinate >= 0y - the Y coordinate >= 0alloc - the parent's allocation on entry, which should
   be changed to the child's allocation on exitprotected abstract void childAllocation(int index,
                                        Rectangle a)
index - the index of the child, >= 0 && < getViewCount()a - the allocation to the interior of the box on entry,
   and the allocation of the child view at the index on exit.protected View getViewAtPosition(int pos, Rectangle a)
pos - the position >= 0a - the allocation to the interior of the box on entry,
   and the allocation of the view containing the position on exitnull if there isn't oneprotected int getViewIndexAtPosition(int pos)
pos - the position >= 0protected Rectangle getInsideAllocation(Shape a)
childAllocation method.a - the allocation given to the viewnull,
   the return value is nullprotected void setParagraphInsets(AttributeSet attr)
attr - the attributesprotected void setInsets(short top,
                         short left,
                         short bottom,
                         short right)
top - the top inset >= 0left - the left inset >= 0bottom - the bottom inset >= 0right - the right inset >= 0protected short getLeftInset()
protected short getRightInset()
protected short getTopInset()
protected short getBottomInset()
protected int getNextNorthSouthVisualPositionFrom(int pos,
                                                  Position.Bias b,
                                                  Shape a,
                                                  int direction,
                                                  Position.Bias[] biasRet)
                                           throws BadLocationException
pos - the position to convert >= 0b - a bias value of either Position.Bias.Forward
  or Position.Bias.Backwarda - the allocated region to render intodirection - the direction from the current position that can
  be thought of as the arrow keys typically found on a keyboard;
  this may be one of the following:
  SwingConstants.NORTH
  SwingConstants.SOUTH
  biasRet - an array containing the bias that was checkedBadLocationExceptionIllegalArgumentException - if direction is invalidgetNextVisualPositionFrom(int, javax.swing.text.Position.Bias, java.awt.Shape, int, javax.swing.text.Position.Bias[])protected int getNextEastWestVisualPositionFrom(int pos,
                                                Position.Bias b,
                                                Shape a,
                                                int direction,
                                                Position.Bias[] biasRet)
                                         throws BadLocationException
pos - the position to convert >= 0b - a bias value of either Position.Bias.Forward
  or Position.Bias.Backwarda - the allocated region to render intodirection - the direction from the current position that can
  be thought of as the arrow keys typically found on a keyboard;
  this may be one of the following:
  SwingConstants.WEST
  SwingConstants.EAST
  biasRet - an array containing the bias that was checkedBadLocationExceptionIllegalArgumentException - if direction is invalidgetNextVisualPositionFrom(int, javax.swing.text.Position.Bias, java.awt.Shape, int, javax.swing.text.Position.Bias[])protected boolean flipEastAndWestAtEnds(int position,
                                        Position.Bias bias)
View at index n. Typically the
 Views are layed out from left to right,
 so that the View to the EAST will be
 at index n + 1, and the View to the WEST
 will be at index n - 1. In certain situations,
 such as with bidirectional text, it is possible
 that the View to EAST is not at index n + 1,
 but rather at index n - 1, or that the View
 to the WEST is not at index n - 1, but index n + 1.
 In this case this method would return true, indicating the
 Views are layed out in descending order.
 
 This unconditionally returns false, subclasses should override this
 method if there is the possibility for laying Views in
 descending order.
position - position into the modelbias - either Position.Bias.Forward or
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