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Interface com.sun.java.swing.event.DocumentEvent

Implementing Classes:

AbstractDocument.DefaultDocumentEvent

public abstract interface DocumentEvent

Interface for document change notifications.

Inner Class Summary

static	DocumentEvent.ElementChange Describes changes made to an element.
static	DocumentEvent.EventType Typesafe enumeration for document event types

Method Summary

DocumentEvent.ElementChange	getChange(Element elem) Gets the change information for the given element.
Document	getDocument() Gets the document that sourced the change event.
int	getLength() Returns the length of the change.
int	getOffset() Returns the offset within the document of the start of the change.
DocumentEvent.EventType	getType() Gets the type of event.

Method Detail

getOffset

public int getOffset()

Returns the offset within the document of the start of the change.

Returns:

the offset >= 0

getLength

public int getLength()

Returns the length of the change.

Returns:

the length >= 0

getDocument

public Document getDocument()

Gets the document that sourced the change event.

getType

public DocumentEvent.EventType getType()

Gets the type of event.

Returns:

the type

getChange

public DocumentEvent.ElementChange getChange(Element elem)

Gets the change information for the given element. The change information describes what elements were added and removed and the location. If there were no changes, null is returned.

Parameters:

elem - the element

Returns:

the change information, or null if the element was not modified