/*
* @(#)TabableView.java 1.11 05/11/17
*
* Copyright 2006 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All rights reserved.
* SUN PROPRIETARY/CONFIDENTIAL. Use is subject to license terms.
*/
package javax.swing.text;
/**
* Interface for <code>View</code>s that have size dependent upon tabs.
*
* @author Timothy Prinzing
* @author Scott Violet
* @version 1.11 11/17/05
* @see TabExpander
* @see LabelView
* @see ParagraphView
*/
public interface TabableView {
/**
* Determines the desired span when using the given
* tab expansion implementation. If a container
* calls this method, it will do so prior to the
* normal layout which would call getPreferredSpan.
* A view implementing this should give the same
* result in any subsequent calls to getPreferredSpan
* along the axis of tab expansion.
*
* @param x the position the view would be located
* at for the purpose of tab expansion >= 0.
* @param e how to expand the tabs when encountered.
* @return the desired span >= 0
*/
float getTabbedSpan(float x, TabExpander e);
/**
* Determines the span along the same axis as tab
* expansion for a portion of the view. This is
* intended for use by the TabExpander for cases
* where the tab expansion involves aligning the
* portion of text that doesn't have whitespace
* relative to the tab stop. There is therefore
* an assumption that the range given does not
* contain tabs.
*
* @param p0 the starting location in the text document >= 0
* @param p1 the ending location in the text document >= p0
* @return the span >= 0
*/
float getPartialSpan(int p0, int p1);
}