Appends a single child view.

  Appends a single child view. This is a convenience
call to replace.
Parameters:
- v - the view
Since: 1.3
See Also: View.replace(int, int, javax.swing.text.View[]),

  Computes the location and extent of each child view in this BoxView given the targetSpan, which is the width (or height) of the region we have to work with.

  Computes the location and extent of each child view
in this BoxView given the targetSpan,
which is the width (or height) of the region we have to
work with.
Parameters:
- targetSpan - the total span given to the view, which would be used to layout the children
- axis - the axis being studied, either View.X_AXIS or View.Y_AXIS
- offsets - an empty array filled by this method with values specifying the location of each child view
- spans - an empty array filled by this method with values specifying the extent of each child view

  Calculates the size requirements for this BoxView by examining the size of each child view.

  Calculates the size requirements for this BoxView
by examining the size of each child view.
Returns: the newly initialized SizeRequirements object
Parameters:
- axis - the axis being studied
- r - the SizeRequirements object; if null one will be created

  Tries to break this view on the given axis.

  Tries to break this view on the given axis. This is called by views that try to do formatting of their children. For example, a view of a paragraph will typically try to place its children into row and views representing chunks of text can sometimes be broken down into smaller pieces.

This is implemented to return the view itself, which represents the default behavior on not being breakable. If the view does support breaking, the starting offset of the view returned should be the given offset, and the end offset should be less than or equal to the end offset of the view being broken.
Returns: the fragment of the view that represents the given span, if the view can be broken. If the view doesn't support breaking behavior, the view itself is returned.
Parameters:
- axis - may be either View.X_AXIS or View.Y_AXIS
- offset - the location in the document model that a broken fragment would occupy >= 0. This would be the starting offset of the fragment returned
- pos - the position along the axis that the broken view would occupy >= 0. This may be useful for things like tab calculations
- len - specifies the distance along the axis where a potential break is desired >= 0
See Also: ParagraphView,

  Calculates the size requirements for the major axis axis.

  Calculates the size requirements for the major axis
axis.
Returns: the newly initialized SizeRequirements object
Parameters:
- axis - the axis being studied
- r - the SizeRequirements object; if null one will be created
See Also: SizeRequirements,

  Calculates the size requirements for the minor axis axis.

  Calculates the size requirements for the minor axis
axis.
Returns: the newly initialized SizeRequirements object
Parameters:
- axis - the axis being studied
- r - the SizeRequirements object; if null one will be created
See Also: SizeRequirements,

  Gives notification from the document that attributes were changed in a location that this view is responsible for.

  Gives notification from the document that attributes were changed
in a location that this view is responsible for.
To reduce the burden to subclasses, this functionality is
spread out into the following calls that subclasses can
reimplement:

1. updateChildren is called
   if there were any changes to the element this view is
   responsible for. If this view has child views that are
   represent the child elements, then this method should do
   whatever is necessary to make sure the child views correctly
   represent the model.
   
2. forwardUpdate is called
   to forward the DocumentEvent to the appropriate child views.
   
3. updateLayout is called to
   give the view a chance to either repair its layout, to reschedule
   layout, or do nothing.
   

Parameters:
- e - the change information from the associated document
- a - the current allocation of the view
- f - the factory to use to rebuild if the view has children
See Also: View.changedUpdate(javax.swing.event.DocumentEvent, java.awt.Shape, javax.swing.text.ViewFactory),

  Checks the request cache and update if needed.

  Checks the request cache and update if needed.
Parameters:
- axis - the axis being studied
Throws:
- IllegalArgumentException - if axis is neither View.X_AXIS nor View.Y_AXIS

  Allocates a region for a child view.

  Allocates a region for a child view.
Parameters:
- index - the index of the child view to allocate, >= 0 && < getViewCount()
- alloc - the allocated region

  Creates a view that represents a portion of the element.

  Creates a view that represents a portion of the element.
This is potentially useful during formatting operations
for taking measurements of fragments of the view. If
the view doesn't support fragmenting (the default), it
should return itself.
Returns: the view fragment, or itself if the view doesn't support breaking into fragments
Parameters:
- p0 - the starting offset >= 0. This should be a value greater or equal to the element starting offset and less than the element ending offset.
- p1 - the ending offset > p0. This should be a value less than or equal to the elements end offset and greater than the elements starting offset.
See Also: LabelView,

  Determines in which direction the next view lays.

  Determines in which direction the next view lays. Consider the View at index n. Typically the Views are layed out from left to right, so that the View to the EAST will be at index n + 1, and the View to the WEST will be at index n - 1. In certain situations, such as with bidirectional text, it is possible that the View to EAST is not at index n + 1, but rather at index n - 1, or that the View to the WEST is not at index n - 1, but index n + 1. In this case this method would return true, indicating the Views are layed out in descending order. Otherwise the method would return false indicating the Views are layed out in ascending order.

If the receiver is laying its Views along the Y_AXIS, this will will return the value from invoking the same method on the View responsible for rendering position and bias. Otherwise this will return false.
Returns: true if the Views surrounding the View responding for rendering position and bias are layed out in descending order; otherwise false
Parameters:
- position - position into the model
- bias - either Position.Bias.Forward or Position.Bias.Backward

  Forwards the given DocumentEvent to the child views that need to be notified of the change to the model.

  Forwards the given DocumentEvent to the child views
that need to be notified of the change to the model.
If a child changed its requirements and the allocation
was valid prior to forwarding the portion of the box
from the starting child to the end of the box will
be repainted.
Parameters:
- ec - changes to the element this view is responsible for (may be null if there were no changes)
- e - the change information from the associated document
- a - the current allocation of the view
- f - the factory to use to rebuild if the view has children
Since: 1.3
See Also: View.insertUpdate(javax.swing.event.DocumentEvent, java.awt.Shape, javax.swing.text.ViewFactory), View.removeUpdate(javax.swing.event.DocumentEvent, java.awt.Shape, javax.swing.text.ViewFactory), View.changedUpdate(javax.swing.event.DocumentEvent, java.awt.Shape, javax.swing.text.ViewFactory),

  Forwards the DocumentEvent to the give child view.

  Forwards the DocumentEvent to the give child view. This
simply messages the view with a call to insertUpdate,
removeUpdate, or changedUpdate depending
upon the type of the event. This is called by
forwardUpdate to forward
the event to children that need it.
Parameters:
- v - the child view to forward the event to
- e - the change information from the associated document
- a - the current allocation of the view
- f - the factory to use to rebuild if the view has children
Since: 1.3
See Also: View.forwardUpdate(javax.swing.event.DocumentEvent.ElementChange, javax.swing.event.DocumentEvent, java.awt.Shape, javax.swing.text.ViewFactory),

  Determines the desired alignment for this view along an axis.

  Determines the desired alignment for this view along an
axis. This is implemented to give the total alignment
needed to position the children with the alignment points
lined up along the axis orthoginal to the axis that is
being tiled. The axis being tiled will request to be
centered (i.e. 0.5f).
Returns: the desired alignment >= 0.0f && <= 1.0f; this should be a value between 0.0 and 1.0 where 0 indicates alignment at the origin and 1.0 indicates alignment to the full span away from the origin; an alignment of 0.5 would be the center of the view
Parameters:
- axis - may be either View.X_AXIS or View.Y_AXIS
Throws:
- IllegalArgumentException - for an invalid axis

  Fetches the attributes to use when rendering.

  Fetches the attributes to use when rendering. By default
this simply returns the attributes of the associated element.
This method should be used rather than using the element
directly to obtain access to the attributes to allow
view-specific attributes to be mixed in or to allow the
view to have view-specific conversion of attributes by
subclasses.
Each view should document what attributes it recognizes
for the purpose of rendering or layout, and should always
access them through the AttributeSet returned
by this method.

  Fetches the tile axis property.

  Fetches the tile axis property. This is the axis along which
the child views are tiled.
Returns: the major axis of the box, either View.X_AXIS or View.Y_AXIS
Since: 1.3

  Gets the bottom inset.

  Gets the bottom inset.
Returns: the inset >= 0

  Determines how attractive a break opportunity in this view is.

  Determines how attractive a break opportunity in this view is. This can be used for determining which view is the most attractive to call breakView on in the process of formatting. A view that represents text that has whitespace in it might be more attractive than a view that has no whitespace, for example. The higher the weight, the more attractive the break. A value equal to or lower than BadBreakWeight should not be considered for a break. A value greater than or equal to ForcedBreakWeight should be broken.

This is implemented to provide the default behavior of returning BadBreakWeight unless the length is greater than the length of the view in which case the entire view represents the fragment. Unless a view has been written to support breaking behavior, it is not attractive to try and break the view. An example of a view that does support breaking is LabelView. An example of a view that uses break weight is ParagraphView.
Returns: the weight, which should be a value between ForcedBreakWeight and BadBreakWeight
Parameters:
- axis - may be either View.X_AXIS or View.Y_AXIS
- pos - the potential location of the start of the broken view >= 0. This may be useful for calculating tab positions
- len - specifies the relative length from pos where a potential break is desired >= 0
See Also: LabelView, ParagraphView, View.BadBreakWeight, View.GoodBreakWeight, View.ExcellentBreakWeight, View.ForcedBreakWeight,

  Fetches the allocation for the given child view.

  Fetches the allocation for the given child view.
This enables finding out where various views
are located. This is implemented to return
null if the layout is invalid,
otherwise the superclass behavior is executed.
Returns: the allocation to the child; or null if a is null; or null if the layout is invalid
Parameters:
- index - the index of the child, >= 0 && < getViewCount()
- a - the allocation to this view

  Fetches the container hosting the view.

  Fetches the container hosting the view. This is useful for
things like scheduling a repaint, finding out the host
components font, etc. The default implementation
of this is to forward the query to the parent view.
Returns: the container, null if none

  Fetches the model associated with the view.

  Fetches the model associated with the view.
Returns: the view model, null if none
See Also: View.getDocument(),

  Fetches the structural portion of the subject that this view is mapped to.

  Fetches the structural portion of the subject that this
view is mapped to. The view may not be responsible for the
entire portion of the element.
Returns: the subject
See Also: View.getElement(),

  Fetches the portion of the model for which this view is responsible.

  Fetches the portion of the model for which this view is
responsible.
Returns: the ending offset into the model >= 0
See Also: View.getEndOffset(),

  Fetch a Graphics for rendering.

  Fetch a Graphics for rendering.
This can be used to determine
font characteristics, and will be different for a print view
than a component view.
Returns: a Graphics object for rendering
Since: 1.3

  Returns the current height of the box.

  Returns the current height of the box. This is the height that
it was last allocated.
Returns: the current height of the box

  Translates the immutable allocation given to the view to a mutable allocation that represents the interior allocation (i.e.

  Translates the immutable allocation given to the view
to a mutable allocation that represents the interior
allocation (i.e. the bounds of the given allocation
with the top, left, bottom, and right insets removed.
It is expected that the returned value would be further
mutated to represent an allocation to a child view.
This is implemented to reuse an instance variable so
it avoids creating excessive Rectangles. Typically
the result of calling this method would be fed to
the childAllocation method.
Returns: the allocation that represents the inside of the view after the margins have all been removed; if the given allocation was null, the return value is null
Parameters:
- a - the allocation given to the view

  Gets the left inset.

  Gets the left inset.
Returns: the inset >= 0

  Determines the maximum span for this view along an axis.

  Determines the maximum span for this view along an
axis.
Returns: the span the view would like to be rendered into >= 0; typically the view is told to render into the span that is returned, although there is no guarantee; the parent may choose to resize or break the view
Parameters:
- axis - may be either View.X_AXIS or View.Y_AXIS
Throws:
- IllegalArgumentException - for an invalid axis type

  Determines the minimum span for this view along an axis.

  Determines the minimum span for this view along an
axis.
Returns: the span the view would like to be rendered into >= 0; typically the view is told to render into the span that is returned, although there is no guarantee; the parent may choose to resize or break the view
Parameters:
- axis - may be either View.X_AXIS or View.Y_AXIS
Throws:
- IllegalArgumentException - for an invalid axis type

  Returns the next visual position for the cursor, in either the east or west direction.

  Returns the next visual position for the cursor, in either the
east or west direction.
Returns: the location within the model that best represents the next west or east location
Parameters:
- pos - the position to convert >= 0
- b - a bias value of either Position.Bias.Forward or Position.Bias.Backward
- a - the allocated region to render into
- direction - the direction from the current position that can be thought of as the arrow keys typically found on a keyboard; this may be one of the following:

• SwingConstants.WEST
• SwingConstants.EAST

- biasRet - an array containing the bias that was checked
Throws:
- BadLocationException -
- IllegalArgumentException - if direction is invalid
See Also: CompositeView.getNextVisualPositionFrom(int, javax.swing.text.Position.Bias, java.awt.Shape, int, javax.swing.text.Position.Bias[]),

  Returns the next visual position for the cursor, in either the north or south direction.

  Returns the next visual position for the cursor, in either the
north or south direction.
Returns: the location within the model that best represents the next north or south location the next position west of the passed in position
Parameters:
- pos - the position to convert >= 0
- b - a bias value of either Position.Bias.Forward or Position.Bias.Backward
- a - the allocated region to render into
- direction - the direction from the current position that can be thought of as the arrow keys typically found on a keyboard; this may be one of the following:

• SwingConstants.NORTH
• SwingConstants.SOUTH

- biasRet - an array containing the bias that was checked
Throws:
- BadLocationException -
- IllegalArgumentException - if direction is invalid
See Also: CompositeView.getNextVisualPositionFrom(int, javax.swing.text.Position.Bias, java.awt.Shape, int, javax.swing.text.Position.Bias[]),

  Provides a way to determine the next visually represented model location that one might place a caret.

  Provides a way to determine the next visually represented model
location that one might place a caret. Some views may not be visible,
they might not be in the same order found in the model, or they just
might not allow access to some of the locations in the model.
This is a convenience method for CompositeView.getNextNorthSouthVisualPositionFrom(int, javax.swing.text.Position.Bias, java.awt.Shape, int, javax.swing.text.Position.Bias[])
and CompositeView.getNextEastWestVisualPositionFrom(int, javax.swing.text.Position.Bias, java.awt.Shape, int, javax.swing.text.Position.Bias[]).
Returns: the location within the model that best represents the next location visual position
Parameters:
- pos - the position to convert >= 0
- b - a bias value of either Position.Bias.Forward or Position.Bias.Backward
- a - the allocated region to render into
- direction - the direction from the current position that can be thought of as the arrow keys typically found on a keyboard; this may be one of the following:

• SwingConstants.WEST
• SwingConstants.EAST
• SwingConstants.NORTH
• SwingConstants.SOUTH

- biasRet - an array containing the bias that was checked
Throws:
- BadLocationException -
- IllegalArgumentException - if direction is invalid

  Fetches the offset of a particular child's current layout.

  Fetches the offset of a particular child's current layout.
Returns: the offset (location) for the specified child
Parameters:
- axis - the axis being studied
- childIndex - the index of the requested child

  Returns the parent of the view.

  Returns the parent of the view.
Returns: the parent, or null if none exists

  Determines the preferred span for this view along an axis.

  Determines the preferred span for this view along an
axis.
Returns: the span the view would like to be rendered into >= 0; typically the view is told to render into the span that is returned, although there is no guarantee; the parent may choose to resize or break the view
Parameters:
- axis - may be either View.X_AXIS or View.Y_AXIS
Throws:
- IllegalArgumentException - for an invalid axis type

  Gets the resize weight.

  Gets the resize weight. A value of 0 or less is not resizable.
Returns: the weight
Parameters:
- axis - may be either View.X_AXIS or View.Y_AXIS
Throws:
- IllegalArgumentException - for an invalid axis

  Gets the right inset.

  Gets the right inset.
Returns: the inset >= 0

  Fetches the span of a particular childs current layout.

  Fetches the span of a particular childs current layout.
Returns: the span (width or height) of the specified child
Parameters:
- axis - the axis being studied
- childIndex - the index of the requested child

  Returns the size of the view along an axis.

  Returns the size of the view along an axis. This is implemented
to return zero.
Returns: the current span of the view along the given axis, >= 0
Parameters:
- axis - may be either View.X_AXIS or View.Y_AXIS

  Fetches the portion of the model for which this view is responsible.

  Fetches the portion of the model for which this view is
responsible.
Returns: the starting offset into the model >= 0
See Also: View.getStartOffset(),

  Returns the tooltip text at the specified location.

  Returns the tooltip text at the specified location. The default
implementation returns the value from the child View identified by
the passed in location.
Since: 1.4
See Also: JTextComponent.getToolTipText(java.awt.event.MouseEvent),

  Gets the top inset.

  Gets the top inset.
Returns: the inset >= 0

  Returns the n-th view in this container.

  Returns the n-th view in this container.
Returns: the view at index n
Parameters:
- n - the number of the desired view, >= 0 && < getViewCount()

  Fetches the child view at the given coordinates.

  Fetches the child view at the given coordinates.
Returns: the view
Parameters:
- x - the X coordinate >= 0
- y - the Y coordinate >= 0
- alloc - the parents inner allocation on entry, which should be changed to the childs allocation on exit

  Fetches the child view that represents the given position in the model.

  Fetches the child view that represents the given position in
the model. This is implemented to fetch the view in the case
where there is a child view for each child element.
Returns: the view representing the given position, or null if there isn't one
Parameters:
- pos - the position >= 0
- a - the allocation to the interior of the box on entry, and the allocation of the view containing the position on exit

  Returns the number of child views of this view.

  Returns the number of child views of this view.
Returns: the number of views >= 0
See Also: CompositeView.getView(int),

  Fetches the ViewFactory implementation that is feeding the view hierarchy.

  Fetches the ViewFactory implementation that is feeding
the view hierarchy. Normally the views are given this
as an argument to updates from the model when they
are most likely to need the factory, but this
method serves to provide it at other times.
Returns: the factory, null if none

  Returns the child view index representing the given position in the view.

  Returns the child view index representing the given position in
the view. This iterates over all the children returning the
first with a bounds that contains x, y.
Returns: index of the view representing the given location, or -1 if no view represents that position
Parameters:
- x - the x coordinate
- y - the y coordinate
- allocation - current allocation of the View.
Since: 1.4

  Returns the child view index representing the given position in the model.

  Returns the child view index representing the given
position in the model. This is implemented to call the
getViewIndexByPosition
method for backward compatibility.
Returns: index of the view representing the given position, or -1 if no view represents that position
Parameters:
- pos - the position >= 0
Since: 1.3

  Returns the current width of the box.

  Returns the current width of the box. This is the width that
it was last allocated.
Returns: the current width of the box

  Inserts a single child view.

  Inserts a single child view. This is a convenience
call to replace.
Parameters:
- offs - the offset of the view to insert before >= 0
- v - the view
Since: 1.3
See Also: View.replace(int, int, javax.swing.text.View[]),

  Determines if a point falls after an allocated region.

  Determines if a point falls after an allocated region.
Returns: true if the point lies after the region else false
Parameters:
- x - the X coordinate >= 0
- y - the Y coordinate >= 0
- innerAlloc - the allocated region; this is the area inside of the insets

  Are the allocations for the children still valid?

  Are the allocations for the children still
valid?
Returns: true if allocations still valid

  Determines if a point falls before an allocated region.

  Determines if a point falls before an allocated region.
Returns: true if the point lies before the region else false
Parameters:
- x - the X coordinate >= 0
- y - the Y coordinate >= 0
- innerAlloc - the allocated region; this is the area inside of the insets

  Determines if the layout is valid along the given axis.

  Determines if the layout is valid along the given axis.
Parameters:
- axis - either View.X_AXIS or View.Y_AXIS
Since: 1.4

  Returns a boolean that indicates whether the view is visible or not.

  Returns a boolean that indicates whether
the view is visible or not. By default
all views are visible.
Returns: always returns true

  Perform layout on the box

  Perform layout on the box
Parameters:
- width - the width (inside of the insets) >= 0
- height - the height (inside of the insets) >= 0

  Invalidates the layout along an axis.

  Invalidates the layout along an axis. This happens
automatically if the preferences have changed for
any of the child views. In some cases the layout
may need to be recalculated when the preferences
have not changed. The layout can be marked as
invalid by calling this method. The layout will
be updated the next time the setSize method
is called on this view (typically in paint).
Parameters:
- axis - either View.X_AXIS or View.Y_AXIS
Since: 1.3

  Performs layout for the major axis of the box (i.e.

  Performs layout for the major axis of the box (i.e. the
axis that it represents). The results of the layout (the
offset and span for each children) are placed in the given
arrays which represent the allocations to the children
along the major axis.
Parameters:
- targetSpan - the total span given to the view, which would be used to layout the children
- axis - the axis being layed out
- offsets - the offsets from the origin of the view for each of the child views; this is a return value and is filled in by the implementation of this method
- spans - the span of each child view; this is a return value and is filled in by the implementation of this method

  Performs layout for the minor axis of the box (i.e.

  Performs layout for the minor axis of the box (i.e. the
axis orthoginal to the axis that it represents). The results
of the layout (the offset and span for each children) are
placed in the given arrays which represent the allocations to
the children along the minor axis.
Parameters:
- targetSpan - the total span given to the view, which would be used to layout the children
- axis - the axis being layed out
- offsets - the offsets from the origin of the view for each of the child views; this is a return value and is filled in by the implementation of this method
- spans - the span of each child view; this is a return value and is filled in by the implementation of this method

  Provides a mapping from the document model coordinate space to the coordinate space of the view mapped to it.

  Provides a mapping from the document model coordinate space
to the coordinate space of the view mapped to it.
Returns: the bounding box of the given position is returned
Parameters:
- p0 - the position to convert >= 0
- b0 - the bias toward the previous character or the next character represented by p0, in case the position is a boundary of two views; either Position.Bias.Forward or Position.Bias.Backward
- p1 - the position to convert >= 0
- b1 - the bias toward the previous character or the next character represented by p1, in case the position is a boundary of two views
- a - the allocated region to render into
Throws:
- BadLocationException - if the given position does not represent a valid location in the associated document
- IllegalArgumentException - for an invalid bias argument
See Also: View.viewToModel(float, float, java.awt.Shape, javax.swing.text.Position.Bias[]),

  Provides a mapping from the document model coordinate space to the coordinate space of the view mapped to it.

  Provides a mapping from the document model coordinate space
to the coordinate space of the view mapped to it. This is
implemented to default the bias to Position.Bias.Forward
which was previously implied.
Returns: the bounding box of the given position is returned
Parameters:
- pos - the position to convert >= 0
- a - the allocated region in which to render
Throws:
- BadLocationException - if the given position does not represent a valid location in the associated document
See Also: View.modelToView(int, java.awt.Shape, javax.swing.text.Position.Bias),

  Provides a mapping from the document model coordinate space to the coordinate space of the view mapped to it.

  Provides a mapping from the document model coordinate space
to the coordinate space of the view mapped to it. This makes
sure the allocation is valid before calling the superclass.
Returns: the bounding box of the given position
Parameters:
- pos - the position to convert >= 0
- a - the allocated region to render into
Throws:
- BadLocationException - if the given position does not represent a valid location in the associated document
See Also: View.modelToView(int, java.awt.Shape, javax.swing.text.Position.Bias),

  Renders the BoxView using the given rendering surface and area on that surface.

  Renders the BoxView using the given
rendering surface and area
on that surface. Only the children that intersect
the clip bounds of the given Graphics
will be rendered.
Parameters:
- g - the rendering surface to use
- allocation - the allocated region to render into
See Also: View.paint(java.awt.Graphics, java.awt.Shape),

  Paints a child.

  Paints a child. By default
that is all it does, but a subclass can use this to paint
things relative to the child.
Parameters:
- g - the graphics context
- alloc - the allocated region to paint into
- index - the child index, >= 0 && < getViewCount()

  This is called by a child to indicate its preferred span has changed.

  This is called by a child to indicate its
preferred span has changed. This is implemented to
throw away cached layout information so that new
calculations will be done the next time the children
need an allocation.
Parameters:
- child - the child view
- width - true if the width preference should change
- height - true if the height preference should change

  Removes one of the children at the given position.

  Removes one of the children at the given position.
This is a convenience call to replace.
Since: 1.3

  Removes all of the children.

  Removes all of the children. This is a convenience
call to replace.
Since: 1.3

  Invalidates the layout and resizes the cache of requests/allocations.

  Invalidates the layout and resizes the cache of
requests/allocations. The child allocations can still
be accessed for the old layout, but the new children
will have an offset and span of 0.
Parameters:
- index - the starting index into the child views to insert the new views; this should be a value >= 0 and <= getViewCount
- length - the number of existing child views to remove; This should be a value >= 0 and <= (getViewCount() - offset)
- elems - the child views to add; this value can be nullto indicate no children are being added (useful to remove)

  Sets the tile axis property.

  Sets the tile axis property. This is the axis along which
the child views are tiled.
Parameters:
- axis - either View.X_AXIS or View.Y_AXIS
Since: 1.3

  Sets the insets for the view.

  Sets the insets for the view.
Parameters:
- top - the top inset >= 0
- left - the left inset >= 0
- bottom - the bottom inset >= 0
- right - the right inset >= 0

  Sets the insets from the paragraph attributes specified in the given attributes.

  Sets the insets from the paragraph attributes specified in
the given attributes.
Parameters:
- attr - the attributes

  Sets the parent of the view.

  Sets the parent of the view.
This is reimplemented to provide the superclass
behavior as well as calling the loadChildren
method if this view does not already have children.
The children should not be loaded in the
constructor because the act of setting the parent
may cause them to try to search up the hierarchy
(to get the hosting Container for example).
If this view has children (the view is being moved
from one place in the view hierarchy to another),
the loadChildren method will not be called.
Parameters:
- parent - the parent of the view, null if none

  Sets the size of the view.

  Sets the size of the view. This should cause
layout of the view if the view caches any layout
information. This is implemented to call the
layout method with the sizes inside of the insets.
Parameters:
- width - the width >= 0
- height - the height >= 0

  Sets the size of the view along an axis.

  Sets the size of the view along an axis. This should cause
layout of the view along the given axis.
Parameters:
- axis - may be either View.X_AXIS or View.Y_AXIS
- span - the span to layout to >= 0

Propagates the current allocations to the child views.

  Updates the layout in response to receiving notification of change from the model.

  Updates the layout in response to receiving notification of
change from the model. This is implemented to call
preferenceChanged to reschedule a new layout
if the ElementChange record is not null.
Parameters:
- ec - changes to the element this view is responsible for (may be null if there were no changes)
- e - the change information from the associated document
- a - the current allocation of the view
Since: 1.3
See Also: View.insertUpdate(javax.swing.event.DocumentEvent, java.awt.Shape, javax.swing.text.ViewFactory), View.removeUpdate(javax.swing.event.DocumentEvent, java.awt.Shape, javax.swing.text.ViewFactory), View.changedUpdate(javax.swing.event.DocumentEvent, java.awt.Shape, javax.swing.text.ViewFactory),

  Resizes the given layout array to match the new number of child views.

  Resizes the given layout array to match the new number of
child views. The current number of child views are used to
produce the new array. The contents of the old array are
inserted into the new array at the appropriate places so that
the old layout information is transferred to the new array.
Returns: the new layout array
Parameters:
- oldArray - the original layout array
- offset - location where new views will be inserted
- nInserted - the number of child views being inserted; therefore the number of blank spaces to leave in the new array at location offset

  Provides a mapping from the view coordinate space to the logical coordinate space of the model.

  Provides a mapping from the view coordinate space to the logical
coordinate space of the model.
Returns: the location within the model that best represents the given point in the view >= 0
Parameters:
- x - the X coordinate >= 0
- y - the Y coordinate >= 0
- a - the allocated region in which to render
See Also: View.viewToModel(float, float, java.awt.Shape, javax.swing.text.Position.Bias[]),

  Provides a mapping from the view coordinate space to the logical coordinate space of the model.

  Provides a mapping from the view coordinate space to the logical
coordinate space of the model.
Returns: the location within the model that best represents the given point in the view >= 0
Parameters:
- x - x coordinate of the view location to convert >= 0
- y - y coordinate of the view location to convert >= 0
- a - the allocated region to render into
See Also: View.viewToModel(float, float, java.awt.Shape, javax.swing.text.Position.Bias[]),