TextAreaPeer

Name

Description

TextAreaPeer is an interface that defines the basis for text areas.

Interface Definition

public abstract interface java.awt.peer.TextAreaPeer extends java.awt.peer.TextComponentPeer {
 // Interface Methods public abstract Dimension getMinimumSize (int rows, int columns); public abstract Dimension getPreferredSize (int rows, int columns); public abstract void insert (String string, int position); public abstract void insertText (String string, int position);  public abstract Dimension minimumSize (int rows, int columns);  public abstract Dimension preferredSize (int rows, int columns);  public abstract void replaceRange (String string, int startPosition, int endPosition); public abstract void replaceText (String string, int startPosition, int endPosition); 
}

Interface Methods

getMinimumSize

public abstract Dimension getMinimumSize (int rows, int columns)

• Parameters
• • rows
  • Number of rows within the text area's peer.
  • columns
  • Number of columns within the text area's peer.
• Returns
• The minimum dimensions of a text area's peer of the given size.

getPreferredSize

public abstract Dimension getPreferredSize (int rows, int columns)

• Parameters
• • rows
  • Number of rows within the text area's peer.
  • columns
  • Number of columns within the text area's peer.
• Returns
• The preferred dimensions of a text area's peer of the given size.

insert

public abstract void insert (String string, int position)

• Parameters
• • string
  • Content to place within the text area's peer.
  • position
  • Location at which to insert the content.
• Description
• Places additional text within the text area's peer.

insertText

public abstract void insertText (String string, int position)

• Parameters
• • string
  • Content to place within the text area's peer.
  • position
  • Location at which to insert the content.
• Description
• Places additional text within the text area's peer. Replaced by insert(String, int).

minimumSize

public abstract Dimension minimumSize (int rows, int columns)

• Parameters
• • rows
  • Number of rows within the text area's peer.
  • columns
  • Number of columns within the text area's peer.
• Returns
• The minimum dimensions of a text area's peer of the given size. Replaced by getMinimumSize(int, int).

preferredSize

public abstract Dimension preferredSize (int rows, int columns)

• Parameters
• • rows
  • Number of rows within the text area's peer.
  • columns
  • Number of columns within the text area's peer.
• Returns
• The preferred dimensions of a text area's peer of the given size. Replaced by getPreferredSize(int, int).

replaceRange

public abstract void replaceRange (String string, int startPosition, int endPosition)

• Parameters
• • string
  • New content to place in the text area's peer.
  • startPosition
  • Starting position of the content to replace.
  • endPosition
  • Ending position of the content to replace.
• Description
• Replaces a portion of the text area peer's content with the given text.

replaceText

public abstract void replaceText (String string, int startPosition, int endPosition)

• Parameters
• • string
  • New content to place in the text area's peer.
  • startPosition
  • Starting position of the content to replace.
  • endPosition
  • Ending position of the content to replace.
• Description
• Replaces a portion of the text area peer's content with the given text. Replaced by replaceRange(String, int, int).

See Also

Dimension, String, TextComponentPeer