MutableAttributeSet (Java Platform SE 8 ) (original) (raw)

• All Superinterfaces:
  AttributeSet
  All Known Subinterfaces:
  Style
  All Known Implementing Classes:
  AbstractDocument.AbstractElement, AbstractDocument.BranchElement, AbstractDocument.LeafElement, DefaultStyledDocument.SectionElement, HTMLDocument.BlockElement, HTMLDocument.RunElement, SimpleAttributeSet, StyleContext.NamedStyle

public interface MutableAttributeSet
extends AttributeSet
A generic interface for a mutable collection of unique attributes. Implementations will probably want to provide a constructor of the form:
public XXXAttributeSet(ConstAttributeSet source);

• • Nested Class Summary

     * ### Nested classes/interfaces inherited from interface javax.swing.text.[AttributeSet](../../../javax/swing/text/AttributeSet.html "interface in javax.swing.text")  
     `[AttributeSet.CharacterAttribute](../../../javax/swing/text/AttributeSet.CharacterAttribute.html "interface in javax.swing.text"), [AttributeSet.ColorAttribute](../../../javax/swing/text/AttributeSet.ColorAttribute.html "interface in javax.swing.text"), [AttributeSet.FontAttribute](../../../javax/swing/text/AttributeSet.FontAttribute.html "interface in javax.swing.text"), [AttributeSet.ParagraphAttribute](../../../javax/swing/text/AttributeSet.ParagraphAttribute.html "interface in javax.swing.text")`  

  • Field Summary

    * ### Fields inherited from interface javax.swing.text.[AttributeSet](../../../javax/swing/text/AttributeSet.html "interface in javax.swing.text")  
    `[NameAttribute](../../../javax/swing/text/AttributeSet.html#NameAttribute), [ResolveAttribute](../../../javax/swing/text/AttributeSet.html#ResolveAttribute)`  

  • Method Summary

  All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods

  Modifier and Type	Method	Description
  void	addAttribute(Object name,Object value)	Creates a new attribute set similar to this one except that it contains an attribute with the given name and value.
  void	addAttributes(AttributeSet attributes)	Creates a new attribute set similar to this one except that it contains the given attributes and values.
  void	removeAttribute(Object name)	Removes an attribute with the given name.
  void	removeAttributes(AttributeSet attributes)	Removes a set of attributes with the given name.
  void	removeAttributes(Enumeration<?> names)	Removes an attribute set with the given names.
  void	setResolveParent(AttributeSet parent)	Sets the resolving parent.

     * ### Methods inherited from interface javax.swing.text.[AttributeSet](../../../javax/swing/text/AttributeSet.html "interface in javax.swing.text")  
     `[containsAttribute](../../../javax/swing/text/AttributeSet.html#containsAttribute-java.lang.Object-java.lang.Object-), [containsAttributes](../../../javax/swing/text/AttributeSet.html#containsAttributes-javax.swing.text.AttributeSet-), [copyAttributes](../../../javax/swing/text/AttributeSet.html#copyAttributes--), [getAttribute](../../../javax/swing/text/AttributeSet.html#getAttribute-java.lang.Object-), [getAttributeCount](../../../javax/swing/text/AttributeSet.html#getAttributeCount--), [getAttributeNames](../../../javax/swing/text/AttributeSet.html#getAttributeNames--), [getResolveParent](../../../javax/swing/text/AttributeSet.html#getResolveParent--), [isDefined](../../../javax/swing/text/AttributeSet.html#isDefined-java.lang.Object-), [isEqual](../../../javax/swing/text/AttributeSet.html#isEqual-javax.swing.text.AttributeSet-)`

• • Method Detail

     * #### addAttribute  
     void addAttribute([Object](../../../java/lang/Object.html "class in java.lang") name,  
                       [Object](../../../java/lang/Object.html "class in java.lang") value)  
     Creates a new attribute set similar to this one except that it contains an attribute with the given name and value. The object must be immutable, or not mutated by any client.  
     Parameters:  
     `name` \- the name  
     `value` \- the value  
     * #### addAttributes  
     void addAttributes([AttributeSet](../../../javax/swing/text/AttributeSet.html "interface in javax.swing.text") attributes)  
     Creates a new attribute set similar to this one except that it contains the given attributes and values.  
     Parameters:  
     `attributes` \- the set of attributes  
     * #### removeAttribute  
     void removeAttribute([Object](../../../java/lang/Object.html "class in java.lang") name)  
     Removes an attribute with the given `name`.  
     Parameters:  
     `name` \- the attribute name  
     * #### removeAttributes  
     void removeAttributes([Enumeration](../../../java/util/Enumeration.html "interface in java.util")<?> names)  
     Removes an attribute set with the given `names`.  
     Parameters:  
     `names` \- the set of names  
     * #### removeAttributes  
     void removeAttributes([AttributeSet](../../../javax/swing/text/AttributeSet.html "interface in javax.swing.text") attributes)  
     Removes a set of attributes with the given `name`.  
     Parameters:  
     `attributes` \- the set of attributes  
     * #### setResolveParent  
     void setResolveParent([AttributeSet](../../../javax/swing/text/AttributeSet.html "interface in javax.swing.text") parent)  
     Sets the resolving parent. This is the set of attributes to resolve through if an attribute isn't defined locally.  
     Parameters:  
     `parent` \- the parent

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