/*
* @(#)TabExpander.java 1.16 05/11/17
*
* Copyright 2006 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All rights reserved.
* SUN PROPRIETARY/CONFIDENTIAL. Use is subject to license terms.
*/
package javax.swing.text;
/**
* Simple interface to allow for different types of
* implementations of tab expansion.
*
* @author Timothy Prinzing
* @version 1.16 11/17/05
*/
public interface TabExpander {
/**
* Returns the next tab stop position given a reference
* position. Values are expressed in points.
*
* @param x the position in points >= 0
* @param tabOffset the position within the text stream
* that the tab occurred at >= 0.
* @return the next tab stop >= 0
*/
float nextTabStop(float x, int tabOffset);
}