org.gjt.sp.jedit.textarea
Class Selection

java.lang.Object
  org.gjt.sp.jedit.textarea.Selection

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.lang.Cloneable

Direct Known Subclasses:

Selection.Range, Selection.Rect

public abstract class Selection

extends java.lang.Object

implements java.lang.Cloneable

An abstract class that holds data on a region of selected text. As an abstract class, it cannot be used directly, but instead serves as a parent class for two specific types of selection structures:

• Selection.Range - represents an ordinary range of selected text.
• Selection.Rect - represents a rectangular selection.

Since:

jEdit 3.2pre1

Version:

$Id: Selection.java,v 1.22 2004/04/06 19:05:31 spestov Exp $

Author:

Slava Pestov, John Gellene (API documentation)

Nested Class Summary

static class	Selection.Range An ordinary range selection.
static class	Selection.Rect A rectangular selection.

Method Summary

java.lang.Object	clone()
int	getEnd() Returns the end offset of this selection.
abstract int	getEnd(Buffer buffer, int line) Returns the end of the portion of the selection falling on the specified line.
int	getEndLine() Returns the ending line number of this selection.
int	getStart() Returns the start offset of this selection.
abstract int	getStart(Buffer buffer, int line) Returns the beginning of the portion of the selection falling on the specified line.
int	getStartLine() Returns the starting line number of this selection.
boolean	overlaps(Selection s) Returns if this selection and the specified selection overlap.
java.lang.String	toString()

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Method Detail

getStart

public int getStart()

Returns the start offset of this selection.

getEnd

public int getEnd()

Returns the end offset of this selection.

getStart

public abstract int getStart(Buffer buffer,
                             int line)

Returns the beginning of the portion of the selection falling on the specified line. Used to manipulate selection text on a line-by-line basis.

Parameters:

buffer - The buffer

line - The line number

Since:

jEdit 4.1pre1

getEnd

public abstract int getEnd(Buffer buffer,
                           int line)

Returns the end of the portion of the selection falling on the specified line. Used to manipulate selection text on a line-by-line basis.

Parameters:

buffer - The buffer

line - The line number

Since:

jEdit 4.1pre1

getStartLine

public int getStartLine()

Returns the starting line number of this selection.

getEndLine

public int getEndLine()

Returns the ending line number of this selection.

overlaps

public boolean overlaps(Selection s)

Returns if this selection and the specified selection overlap.

Parameters:

s - The other selection

Since:

jEdit 4.1pre1

toString

public java.lang.String toString()

clone

public java.lang.Object clone()