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§3.19 Interface TextAreaPeer

The text area peer interface specifies the methods that all implementations of Abstract Window Toolkit text areas must define.

public  interface  java.awt.peer.TextAreaPeer
    extends java.awt.peer.TextComponentPeer  (II-§3.20)
{
        // Methods
    public abstract void insertText(String  txt, int  pos);	§3.19.1
        public abstract Dimension 	§3.19.2
        minimumSize(int  rows, int  cols);
    public abstract Dimension	§3.19.3
        preferredSize(int  rows, int  cols);
    public abstract void replaceText(String  txt, int  start,	§3.19.4
              int  end);
}

insertText

public abstract void insertText(String  txt, int  pos)

Inserts the specified text at the specified position.

Parameters:: str -the text to insert; pos -the position at which to insert the text

minimumSize

public abstract Dimension minimumSize(int  rows, int  cols)

Returns:: the minimum dimensions needed for the text area.

preferredSize

public abstract Dimension preferredSize(int  rows, int  cols)

Returns:: the preferred dimensions needed for the text area.

replaceText

public abstract void

replaceText(String  txt, int  start, int  end)

Replaces the text from the start (inclusive) index to the end (exclusive) index with the new text specified.

Parameters:: str -the replacement text; start -the start position; end -the end position
See Also:: insertText (II-§3.19.1).

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