Source for javax.swing.text.MutableAttributeSet

   1: /* MutableAttributeSet.java --
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  37: 
  38: package javax.swing.text;
  39: 
  40: import java.util.Enumeration;
  41: 
  42: /**
  43:  * An {@link AttributeSet} that supports modification of the stored
  44:  * attributes.
  45:  *
  46:  * @author      Andrew Selkirk
  47:  * @since 1.2
  48:  */
  49: public interface MutableAttributeSet extends AttributeSet
  50: {
  51:   /**
  52:    * Adds an attribute with the given <code>name</code> and <code>value</code>
  53:    * to the set.  If the set already contains an attribute with the given
  54:    * <code>name</code>, the attribute value is updated.
  55:    *
  56:    * @param name  the attribute name (<code>null</code> not permitted).
  57:    * @param value  the value (<code>null</code> not permitted).
  58:    *
  59:    * @throws NullPointerException if either argument is <code>null</code>.
  60:    */
  61:   void addAttribute(Object name, Object value);
  62: 
  63:   /**
  64:    * Adds all the attributes from <code>attributes</code> to this set.
  65:    *
  66:    * @param attributes  the set of attributes to add (<code>null</code> not
  67:    *                    permitted).
  68:    *
  69:    * @throws NullPointerException if <code>attributes</code> is
  70:    *         <code>null</code>.
  71:    */
  72:   void addAttributes(AttributeSet attributes);
  73: 
  74:   /**
  75:    * Removes the attribute with the specified <code>name</code>, if this
  76:    * attribute is defined.  This method will only remove an attribute from
  77:    * this set, not from the resolving parent.
  78:    *
  79:    * @param name  the attribute name (<code>null</code> not permitted).
  80:    *
  81:    * @throws NullPointerException if <code>name</code> is <code>null</code>.
  82:    */
  83:   void removeAttribute(Object name);
  84: 
  85:   /**
  86:    * Removes the attributes listed in <code>names</code>.
  87:    *
  88:    * @param names  the attribute names (<code>null</code> not permitted).
  89:    *
  90:    * @throws NullPointerException if <code>names</code> is <code>null</code>
  91:    *         or contains any <code>null</code> values.
  92:    */
  93:   void removeAttributes(Enumeration<?> names);
  94: 
  95:   /**
  96:    * Removes attributes from this set if they are found in the
  97:    * given set.  Only attributes whose key AND value are removed.
  98:    * Removes attributes only from this set, not from the resolving parent.
  99:    * Since the resolving parent is stored as an attribute, if
 100:    * <code>attributes</code> has the same resolving parent as this set, the
 101:    * parent will be removed from this set.
 102:    *
 103:    * @param attributes  the attributes (<code>null</code> not permitted).
 104:    */
 105:   void removeAttributes(AttributeSet attributes);
 106: 
 107:   /**
 108:    * Sets the reolving parent for this set.  When looking up an attribute, if
 109:    * it is not found in this set, then the resolving parent is also used for
 110:    * the lookup.
 111:    *
 112:    * @param parent  the parent attribute set (<code>null</code> not permitted).
 113:    *
 114:    * @throws NullPointerException if <code>parent</code> is <code>null</code>.
 115:    */
 116:   void setResolveParent(AttributeSet parent);
 117: }