Class DefaultStyledDocument.ElementBuffer

public ElementBuffer(Element root)

Creates a new ElementBuffer for the specified root element.

Parameters:

root - the root element for this ElementBuffer

public void change(int offset,
                   int length,
                   AbstractDocument.DefaultDocumentEvent ev)

Modifies the element structure so that the specified interval starts and ends at an element boundary. Content and paragraph elements are split and created as necessary. This also updates the DefaultDocumentEvent to reflect the structural changes. The bulk work is delegated to changeUpdate().

Parameters:

offset - the start index of the interval to be changed

length - the length of the interval to be changed

ev - the DefaultDocumentEvent describing the change

protected void changeUpdate()

Performs the actual work for change(int,int,AbstractDocument.DefaultDocumentEvent). The elements at the interval boundaries are split up (if necessary) so that the interval boundaries are located at element boundaries.

public Element clone(Element parent,
                     Element clonee)

Creates and returns a deep clone of the specified clonee with the specified parent as new parent. This method can only clone direct instances of AbstractDocument.BranchElement or AbstractDocument.LeafElement.

Parameters:

parent - the new parent

clonee - the element to be cloned

Returns:

the cloned element with the new parent

public Element getRootElement()

Returns the root element of this ElementBuffer.

Returns:

the root element of this ElementBuffer

public void insert(int offset,
                   int length,
                   DefaultStyledDocument.ElementSpec[] data,
                   AbstractDocument.DefaultDocumentEvent ev)

Inserts new Element in the document at the specified position. Most of the work is done by insertUpdate(DefaultStyledDocument.ElementSpec[]), after some fields have been prepared for it.

Parameters:

offset - the location in the document at which the content is inserted

length - the length of the inserted content

data - the element specifications for the content to be inserted

ev - the document event that is updated to reflect the structural changes

protected void insertUpdate(DefaultStyledDocument.ElementSpec[] data)

Inserts new content.

Parameters:

data - the element specifications for the elements to be inserted

public void remove(int offs,
                   int len,
                   AbstractDocument.DefaultDocumentEvent ev)

Removes the content. This method sets some internal parameters and delegates the work to removeUpdate().

Parameters:

offs - the offset from which content is remove

len - the length of the removed content

ev - the document event that records the changes

protected void removeUpdate()

Updates the element structure of the document in response to removal of content. It removes the affected Elements from the document structure.