Module java.desktop

Interface MutableAttributeSet

All Superinterfaces:
AttributeSet
All Known Subinterfaces:
Style
All Known Implementing Classes:
AbstractDocument.AbstractElement, AbstractDocument.BranchElement, AbstractDocument.LeafElement, DefaultStyledDocument.SectionElement, HTMLDocument.BlockElement, HTMLDocument.RunElement, SimpleAttributeSet, StyleContext.NamedStyle

public interface MutableAttributeSet extends AttributeSet
A generic interface for a mutable collection of unique attributes. Implementations will probably want to provide a constructor of the form:

 public XXXAttributeSet(ConstAttributeSet source);
  • Method Details

    • addAttribute

      void addAttribute(Object name, Object value)
      Creates a new attribute set similar to this one except that it contains an attribute with the given name and value. The object must be immutable, or not mutated by any client.
      Parameters:
      name - the name
      value - the value
    • addAttributes

      void addAttributes(AttributeSet attributes)
      Creates a new attribute set similar to this one except that it contains the given attributes and values.
      Parameters:
      attributes - the set of attributes
    • removeAttribute

      void removeAttribute(Object name)
      Removes an attribute with the given name.
      Parameters:
      name - the attribute name
    • removeAttributes

      void removeAttributes(Enumeration<?> names)
      Removes an attribute set with the given names.
      Parameters:
      names - the set of names
    • removeAttributes

      void removeAttributes(AttributeSet attributes)
      Removes a set of attributes with the given name.
      Parameters:
      attributes - the set of attributes
    • setResolveParent

      void setResolveParent(AttributeSet parent)
      Sets the resolving parent. This is the set of attributes to resolve through if an attribute isn't defined locally.
      Parameters:
      parent - the parent