Java Platform 1.2

java.awt.im
Class InputMethodHighlight

java.lang.Object
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  +--java.awt.im.InputMethodHighlight

public class InputMethodHighlight
extends Object

A InputMethodHighlight is used to describe in an abstract way the highlight attributes of text being composed. A range of text can be selected or unselected, and it can be highlighted in different ways to indicate the conversion state or other interesting, input method specific information about the text. Two states are predefined and supported directly by Graphics2D: raw (unconverted) and converted text. These styles are recommended for use before and after the main conversion step of text composition, say, before and after kana->kanji or pinyin->hanzi conversion. However, input methods can add their own style variations as necessary. InputMethodHighlight instances are typically used as attribute values returned from AttributedCharacterIterator for the INPUT_METHOD_HIGHLIGHT attribute.

See Also:
AttributedCharacterIterator

Field Summary
static int CONVERTED_TEXT
          Constant for the converted text state.
static int RAW_TEXT
          Constant for the raw text state.
static InputMethodHighlight SELECTED_CONVERTED_TEXT_HIGHLIGHT
          Constant for the default highlight for selected converted text.
static InputMethodHighlight SELECTED_RAW_TEXT_HIGHLIGHT
          Constant for the default highlight for selected raw text.
static InputMethodHighlight UNSELECTED_CONVERTED_TEXT_HIGHLIGHT
          Constant for the default highlight for unselected converted text.
static InputMethodHighlight UNSELECTED_RAW_TEXT_HIGHLIGHT
          Constant for the default highlight for unselected raw text.
 
Constructor Summary
InputMethodHighlight(boolean selected, int state)
          Constructs an input method highlight record.
InputMethodHighlight(boolean selected, int state, int variation)
          Constructs an input method highlight record.
 
Method Summary
 int getState()
          Returns the conversion state of the text range.
 int getVariation()
          Returns the style variation of the text range.
 boolean isSelected()
          Returns whether the text range is selected.
 
Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait
 

Field Detail

RAW_TEXT

public static final int RAW_TEXT
Constant for the raw text state.

CONVERTED_TEXT

public static final int CONVERTED_TEXT
Constant for the converted text state.

UNSELECTED_RAW_TEXT_HIGHLIGHT

public static final InputMethodHighlight UNSELECTED_RAW_TEXT_HIGHLIGHT
Constant for the default highlight for unselected raw text.

SELECTED_RAW_TEXT_HIGHLIGHT

public static final InputMethodHighlight SELECTED_RAW_TEXT_HIGHLIGHT
Constant for the default highlight for selected raw text.

UNSELECTED_CONVERTED_TEXT_HIGHLIGHT

public static final InputMethodHighlight UNSELECTED_CONVERTED_TEXT_HIGHLIGHT
Constant for the default highlight for unselected converted text.

SELECTED_CONVERTED_TEXT_HIGHLIGHT

public static final InputMethodHighlight SELECTED_CONVERTED_TEXT_HIGHLIGHT
Constant for the default highlight for selected converted text.
Constructor Detail

InputMethodHighlight

public InputMethodHighlight(boolean selected,
                            int state)
Constructs an input method highlight record. The variation is set to 0.
Parameters:
selected - Whether the text range is selected
state - The conversion state for the text range - RAW_TEXT or CONVERTED_TEXT
Throws:
IllegalArgumentException - if a state other than RAW_TEXT or CONVERTED_TEXT is given
See Also:
RAW_TEXT, CONVERTED_TEXT

InputMethodHighlight

public InputMethodHighlight(boolean selected,
                            int state,
                            int variation)
Constructs an input method highlight record.
Parameters:
selected - Whether the text range is selected
state - The conversion state for the text range - RAW_TEXT or CONVERTED_TEXT
variation - The style variation for the text range
Throws:
IllegalArgumentException - if a state other than RAW_TEXT or CONVERTED_TEXT is given
See Also:
RAW_TEXT, CONVERTED_TEXT
Method Detail

isSelected

public boolean isSelected()
Returns whether the text range is selected.

getState

public int getState()
Returns the conversion state of the text range.
Returns:
The conversion state for the text range - RAW_TEXT or CONVERTED_TEXT.
See Also:
RAW_TEXT, CONVERTED_TEXT

getVariation

public int getVariation()
Returns the style variation of the text range.

Java Platform 1.2

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