Class TextComponent
- All Implemented Interfaces:
- ImageObserver,- MenuContainer,- Serializable,- Accessible
TextComponent class is the superclass of
 any component that allows the editing of some text.
 
 A text component embodies a string of text.  The
 TextComponent class defines a set of methods
 that determine whether or not this text is editable. If the
 component is editable, it defines another set of methods
 that supports a text insertion caret.
 
In addition, the class defines methods that are used to maintain a current selection from the text. The text selection, a substring of the component's text, is the target of editing operations. It is also referred to as the selected text.
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Nested Class SummaryNested ClassesModifier and TypeClassDescriptionprotected classThis class implements accessibility support for theTextComponentclass.Nested classes/interfaces declared in class java.awt.ComponentComponent.AccessibleAWTComponent, Component.BaselineResizeBehavior, Component.BltBufferStrategy, Component.FlipBufferStrategy
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Field SummaryFieldsModifier and TypeFieldDescriptionprotected TextListenerA list of listeners that will receive events from this object.Fields declared in class java.awt.ComponentaccessibleContext, BOTTOM_ALIGNMENT, CENTER_ALIGNMENT, LEFT_ALIGNMENT, RIGHT_ALIGNMENT, TOP_ALIGNMENTFields declared in interface java.awt.image.ImageObserverABORT, ALLBITS, ERROR, FRAMEBITS, HEIGHT, PROPERTIES, SOMEBITS, WIDTH
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Method SummaryModifier and TypeMethodDescriptionvoidMakes this Component displayable by connecting it to a native screen resource.voidAdds the specified text event listener to receive text events from this text component.voidenableInputMethods(boolean enable) Enables or disables input method support for this text component.Gets the AccessibleContext associated with this TextComponent.Gets the background color of this text component.intReturns the position of the text insertion caret.<T extends EventListener>
 T[]getListeners(Class<T> listenerType) Returns an array of all the objects currently registered asFooListeners upon thisTextComponent.Returns the selected text from the text that is presented by this text component.intGets the end position of the selected text in this text component.intGets the start position of the selected text in this text component.getText()Returns the text that is presented by this text component.Returns an array of all the text listeners registered on this text component.booleanIndicates whether or not this text component is editable.protected StringReturns a string representing the state of thisTextComponent.protected voidProcesses events on this text component.protected voidProcesses text events occurring on this text component by dispatching them to any registeredTextListenerobjects.voidRemoves theTextComponent's peer.voidRemoves the specified text event listener so that it no longer receives text events from this text component Iflisnull, no exception is thrown and no action is performed.voidselect(int selectionStart, int selectionEnd) Selects the text between the specified start and end positions.voidSelects all the text in this text component.voidSets the background color of this text component.voidsetCaretPosition(int position) Sets the position of the text insertion caret.voidsetEditable(boolean b) Sets the flag that determines whether or not this text component is editable.voidsetSelectionEnd(int selectionEnd) Sets the selection end for this text component to the specified position.voidsetSelectionStart(int selectionStart) Sets the selection start for this text component to the specified position.voidSets the text that is presented by this text component to be the specified text.Methods declared in class java.awt.Componentaction, add, addComponentListener, addFocusListener, addHierarchyBoundsListener, addHierarchyListener, addInputMethodListener, addKeyListener, addMouseListener, addMouseMotionListener, addMouseWheelListener, addPropertyChangeListener, addPropertyChangeListener, applyComponentOrientation, areFocusTraversalKeysSet, bounds, checkImage, checkImage, coalesceEvents, contains, contains, createImage, createImage, createVolatileImage, createVolatileImage, deliverEvent, disable, disableEvents, dispatchEvent, doLayout, enable, enable, enableEvents, firePropertyChange, firePropertyChange, firePropertyChange, firePropertyChange, firePropertyChange, firePropertyChange, firePropertyChange, firePropertyChange, firePropertyChange, getAlignmentX, getAlignmentY, getBaseline, getBaselineResizeBehavior, getBounds, getBounds, getColorModel, getComponentAt, getComponentAt, getComponentListeners, getComponentOrientation, getCursor, getDropTarget, getFocusCycleRootAncestor, getFocusListeners, getFocusTraversalKeys, getFocusTraversalKeysEnabled, getFont, getFontMetrics, getForeground, getGraphics, getGraphicsConfiguration, getHeight, getHierarchyBoundsListeners, getHierarchyListeners, getIgnoreRepaint, getInputContext, getInputMethodListeners, getInputMethodRequests, getKeyListeners, getLocale, getLocation, getLocation, getLocationOnScreen, getMaximumSize, getMinimumSize, getMouseListeners, getMouseMotionListeners, getMousePosition, getMouseWheelListeners, getName, getParent, getPreferredSize, getPropertyChangeListeners, getPropertyChangeListeners, getSize, getSize, getToolkit, getTreeLock, getWidth, getX, getY, gotFocus, handleEvent, hasFocus, hide, imageUpdate, inside, invalidate, isBackgroundSet, isCursorSet, isDisplayable, isDoubleBuffered, isEnabled, isFocusable, isFocusCycleRoot, isFocusOwner, isFocusTraversable, isFontSet, isForegroundSet, isLightweight, isMaximumSizeSet, isMinimumSizeSet, isOpaque, isPreferredSizeSet, isShowing, isValid, isVisible, keyDown, keyUp, layout, list, list, list, list, list, locate, location, lostFocus, minimumSize, mouseDown, mouseDrag, mouseEnter, mouseExit, mouseMove, mouseUp, move, nextFocus, paint, paintAll, postEvent, preferredSize, prepareImage, prepareImage, print, printAll, processComponentEvent, processFocusEvent, processHierarchyBoundsEvent, processHierarchyEvent, processInputMethodEvent, processKeyEvent, processMouseEvent, processMouseMotionEvent, processMouseWheelEvent, remove, removeComponentListener, removeFocusListener, removeHierarchyBoundsListener, removeHierarchyListener, removeInputMethodListener, removeKeyListener, removeMouseListener, removeMouseMotionListener, removeMouseWheelListener, removePropertyChangeListener, removePropertyChangeListener, repaint, repaint, repaint, repaint, requestFocus, requestFocus, requestFocus, requestFocus, requestFocusInWindow, requestFocusInWindow, requestFocusInWindow, reshape, resize, resize, revalidate, setBounds, setBounds, setComponentOrientation, setCursor, setDropTarget, setEnabled, setFocusable, setFocusTraversalKeys, setFocusTraversalKeysEnabled, setFont, setForeground, setIgnoreRepaint, setLocale, setLocation, setLocation, setMaximumSize, setMinimumSize, setMixingCutoutShape, setName, setPreferredSize, setSize, setSize, setVisible, show, show, size, toString, transferFocus, transferFocusBackward, transferFocusUpCycle, update, validate
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Field Details- 
textListenerA list of listeners that will receive events from this object.
 
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Method Details- 
enableInputMethodspublic void enableInputMethods(boolean enable) Enables or disables input method support for this text component. If input method support is enabled and the text component also processes key events, incoming events are offered to the current input method and will only be processed by the component or dispatched to its listeners if the input method does not consume them. Whether and how input method support for this text component is enabled or disabled by default is implementation dependent.- Overrides:
- enableInputMethodsin class- Component
- Parameters:
- enable- true to enable, false to disable
- Since:
- 1.2
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addNotify
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removeNotifypublic void removeNotify()Removes theTextComponent's peer. The peer allows us to modify the appearance of theTextComponentwithout changing its functionality.- Overrides:
- removeNotifyin class- Component
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setTextSets the text that is presented by this text component to be the specified text.- Parameters:
- t- the new text; if this parameter is- nullthen the text is set to the empty string ""
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getTextReturns the text that is presented by this text component. By default, this is an empty string.- Returns:
- the value of this TextComponent
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getSelectedTextReturns the selected text from the text that is presented by this text component.- Returns:
- the selected text of this text component
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isEditablepublic boolean isEditable()Indicates whether or not this text component is editable.- Returns:
- trueif this text component is editable;- falseotherwise.
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- 1.0
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setEditablepublic void setEditable(boolean b) Sets the flag that determines whether or not this text component is editable.If the flag is set to true, this text component becomes user editable. If the flag is set tofalse, the user cannot change the text of this text component. By default, non-editable text components have a background color of SystemColor.control. This default can be overridden by calling setBackground.- Parameters:
- b- a flag indicating whether this text component is user editable.
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- 1.0
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getBackgroundGets the background color of this text component. By default, non-editable text components have a background color of SystemColor.control. This default can be overridden by calling setBackground.- Overrides:
- getBackgroundin class- Component
- Returns:
- This text component's background color. If this text component does not have a background color, the background color of its parent is returned.
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- 1.0
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setBackgroundSets the background color of this text component.- Overrides:
- setBackgroundin class- Component
- Parameters:
- c- The color to become this text component's color. If this parameter is null then this text component will inherit the background color of its parent.
- Since:
- 1.0
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getSelectionStartpublic int getSelectionStart()Gets the start position of the selected text in this text component.- Returns:
- the start position of the selected text
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setSelectionStartpublic void setSelectionStart(int selectionStart) Sets the selection start for this text component to the specified position. The new start point is constrained to be at or before the current selection end. It also cannot be set to less than zero, the beginning of the component's text. If the caller supplies a value forselectionStartthat is out of bounds, the method enforces these constraints silently, and without failure.- Parameters:
- selectionStart- the start position of the selected text
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- 1.1
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getSelectionEndpublic int getSelectionEnd()Gets the end position of the selected text in this text component.- Returns:
- the end position of the selected text
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setSelectionEndpublic void setSelectionEnd(int selectionEnd) Sets the selection end for this text component to the specified position. The new end point is constrained to be at or after the current selection start. It also cannot be set beyond the end of the component's text. If the caller supplies a value forselectionEndthat is out of bounds, the method enforces these constraints silently, and without failure.- Parameters:
- selectionEnd- the end position of the selected text
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- 1.1
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selectpublic void select(int selectionStart, int selectionEnd) Selects the text between the specified start and end positions.This method sets the start and end positions of the selected text, enforcing the restriction that the start position must be greater than or equal to zero. The end position must be greater than or equal to the start position, and less than or equal to the length of the text component's text. The character positions are indexed starting with zero. The length of the selection is endPosition-startPosition, so the character atendPositionis not selected. If the start and end positions of the selected text are equal, all text is deselected.If the caller supplies values that are inconsistent or out of bounds, the method enforces these constraints silently, and without failure. Specifically, if the start position or end position is greater than the length of the text, it is reset to equal the text length. If the start position is less than zero, it is reset to zero, and if the end position is less than the start position, it is reset to the start position. - Parameters:
- selectionStart- the zero-based index of the first character (- charvalue) to be selected
- selectionEnd- the zero-based end position of the text to be selected; the character (- charvalue) at- selectionEndis not selected
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selectAllpublic void selectAll()Selects all the text in this text component.- See Also:
 
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setCaretPositionpublic void setCaretPosition(int position) Sets the position of the text insertion caret. The caret position is constrained to be between 0 and the last character of the text, inclusive. If the passed-in value is greater than this range, the value is set to the last character (or 0 if theTextComponentcontains no text) and no error is returned. If the passed-in value is less than 0, anIllegalArgumentExceptionis thrown.- Parameters:
- position- the position of the text insertion caret
- Throws:
- IllegalArgumentException- if- positionis less than zero
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- 1.1
 
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getCaretPositionpublic int getCaretPosition()Returns the position of the text insertion caret. The caret position is constrained to be between 0 and the last character of the text, inclusive. If the text or caret have not been set, the default caret position is 0.- Returns:
- the position of the text insertion caret
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- 1.1
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addTextListenerAdds the specified text event listener to receive text events from this text component. Iflisnull, no exception is thrown and no action is performed.Refer to AWT Threading Issues for details on AWT's threading model. - Parameters:
- l- the text event listener
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removeTextListenerRemoves the specified text event listener so that it no longer receives text events from this text component Iflisnull, no exception is thrown and no action is performed.Refer to AWT Threading Issues for details on AWT's threading model. - Parameters:
- l- the text listener
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- 1.1
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getTextListenersReturns an array of all the text listeners registered on this text component.- Returns:
- all of this text component's TextListeners or an empty array if no text listeners are currently registered
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- 1.4
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getListenersReturns an array of all the objects currently registered asFooListeners upon thisTextComponent.FooListeners are registered using theaddFooListenermethod.You can specify the listenerTypeargument with a class literal, such asFooListener.class. For example, you can query aTextComponent tfor its text listeners with the following code:TextListener[] tls = (TextListener[])(t.getListeners(TextListener.class)); If no such listeners exist, this method returns an empty array.- Overrides:
- getListenersin class- Component
- Type Parameters:
- T- the type of the listeners
- Parameters:
- listenerType- the type of listeners requested; this parameter should specify an interface that descends from- java.util.EventListener
- Returns:
- an array of all objects registered as
          FooListeners on this text component, or an empty array if no such listeners have been added
- Throws:
- ClassCastException- if- listenerTypedoesn't specify a class or interface that implements- java.util.EventListener
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- 1.3
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processEventProcesses events on this text component. If the event is aTextEvent, it invokes theprocessTextEventmethod else it invokes its superclass'sprocessEvent.Note that if the event parameter is nullthe behavior is unspecified and may result in an exception.- Overrides:
- processEventin class- Component
- Parameters:
- e- the event
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processTextEventProcesses text events occurring on this text component by dispatching them to any registeredTextListenerobjects.NOTE: This method will not be called unless text events are enabled for this component. This happens when one of the following occurs: - A TextListenerobject is registered viaaddTextListener
- Text events are enabled via enableEvents
 Note that if the event parameter is nullthe behavior is unspecified and may result in an exception.- Parameters:
- e- the text event
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paramStringReturns a string representing the state of thisTextComponent. This method is intended to be used only for debugging purposes, and the content and format of the returned string may vary between implementations. The returned string may be empty but may not benull.- Overrides:
- paramStringin class- Component
- Returns:
- the parameter string of this text component
 
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getAccessibleContextGets the AccessibleContext associated with this TextComponent. For text components, the AccessibleContext takes the form of an AccessibleAWTTextComponent. A new AccessibleAWTTextComponent instance is created if necessary.- Specified by:
- getAccessibleContextin interface- Accessible
- Overrides:
- getAccessibleContextin class- Component
- Returns:
- an AccessibleAWTTextComponent that serves as the AccessibleContext of this TextComponent
- Since:
- 1.3
 
 
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