Java example source code file (RTFAttribute.java)

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The RTFAttribute.java Java example source code

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package javax.swing.text.rtf;

import javax.swing.text.AttributeSet;
import javax.swing.text.MutableAttributeSet;
import java.io.IOException;

/**
 * This interface describes a class which defines a 1-1 mapping between
 * an RTF keyword and a SwingText attribute.
 */
interface RTFAttribute
{
    static final int D_CHARACTER = 0;
    static final int D_PARAGRAPH = 1;
    static final int D_SECTION = 2;
    static final int D_DOCUMENT = 3;
    static final int D_META = 4;

    /* These next three should really be public variables,
       but you can't declare public variables in an interface... */
    /* int domain; */
    public int domain();
    /* String swingName; */
    public Object swingName();
    /* String rtfName; */
    public String rtfName();

    public boolean set(MutableAttributeSet target);
    public boolean set(MutableAttributeSet target, int parameter);

    public boolean setDefault(MutableAttributeSet target);

    /* TODO: This method is poorly thought out */
    public boolean write(AttributeSet source,
                         RTFGenerator target,
                         boolean force)
        throws IOException;

    public boolean writeValue(Object value,
                              RTFGenerator target,
                              boolean force)
        throws IOException;
}