Java Platform 1.2

javax.swing.text
Interface Position


public abstract interface Position

Represents a location within a document. It is intended to abstract away implementation details of the document and enable specification of positions within the document that are capable of tracking of change as the document is edited (i.e. offsets are fragile).


Inner Class Summary
static class Position.Bias
          A typesafe enumeration to indicate bias to a position in the model.
 
Method Summary
 int getOffset()
          Fetches the current offset within the document.
 

Method Detail

getOffset

public int getOffset()
Fetches the current offset within the document.
Returns:
the offset >= 0

Java Platform 1.2

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