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The MotifTextAreaUI.java Java example source code

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package com.sun.java.swing.plaf.motif;

import javax.swing.*;
import javax.swing.text.*;
import javax.swing.plaf.*;
import javax.swing.plaf.basic.BasicTextAreaUI;

/**
 * Provides the look and feel for a plain text editor.  In this
 * implementation the default UI is extended to act as a simple
 * view factory.
 * <p>
 * <strong>Warning:
 * Serialized objects of this class will not be compatible with
 * future Swing releases.  The current serialization support is appropriate
 * for short term storage or RMI between applications running the same
 * version of Swing.  A future release of Swing will provide support for
 * long term persistence.
 *
 * @author  Timothy Prinzing
 */
public class MotifTextAreaUI extends BasicTextAreaUI {

    /**
     * Creates a UI for a JTextArea.
     *
     * @param ta a text area
     * @return the UI
     */
    public static ComponentUI createUI(JComponent ta) {
        return new MotifTextAreaUI();
    }

    /**
     * Creates the object to use for a caret.  By default an
     * instance of MotifTextUI.MotifCaret is created.  This method
     * can be redefined to provide something else that implements
     * the Caret interface.
     *
     * @return the caret object
     */
    protected Caret createCaret() {
        return MotifTextUI.createCaret();
    }

}