/*
* @(#)Style.java 1.22 05/11/17
*
* Copyright 2006 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All rights reserved.
* SUN PROPRIETARY/CONFIDENTIAL. Use is subject to license terms.
*/
package javax.swing.text;
import java.awt.Component;
import javax.swing.event.ChangeListener;
import javax.swing.event.ChangeEvent;
import java.util.Enumeration;
import java.util.Hashtable;
/**
* A collection of attributes to associate with an element in a document.
* Since these are typically used to associate character and paragraph
* styles with the element, operations for this are provided. Other
* customized attributes that get associated with the element will
* effectively be name-value pairs that live in a hierarchy and if a name
* (key) is not found locally, the request is forwarded to the parent.
* Commonly used attributes are separated out to facilitate alternative
* implementations that are more efficient.
*
* @author Timothy Prinzing
* @version 1.22 11/17/05
*/
public interface Style extends MutableAttributeSet {
/**
* Fetches the name of the style. A style is not required to be named,
* so <code>null</code> is returned if there is no name
* associated with the style.
*
* @return the name
*/
public String getName();
/**
* Adds a listener to track whenever an attribute
* has been changed.
*
* @param l the change listener
*/
public void addChangeListener(ChangeListener l);
/**
* Removes a listener that was tracking attribute changes.
*
* @param l the change listener
*/
public void removeChangeListener(ChangeListener l);
}