Struck with Document Interface

[Balasubramanian Chandrasekaran]

I need to use Rich Text Capabilities in my application.I came to know that this can be achieved by using Document Interface(StyledDocument,DefaultStyledDocument) in javax.swing.text Package. I am new to this Document Interface can you guys guide me in this matter.

If you can point me where can i get more details about this interface. Where can i get a beginning material in this topic.I Searched for this in Google and ended up with nothing.

[Rob Spoor]

It's StyledDocument you want to work with.

This interface has methods called "setCharacterAttributes" and "setParagraphAttributes". With these method, you can set attributes for a specific range of text (to be honest, I don't know the difference between the two).

Such attributes include boldness, foreground colors, background colors, fonts, etc.

You can create attributes as follows:

MutableAttributeSet set = new SimpleAttributeSet();
StyleConstants.setBold(set, true); // turn bold on
StyleConstants.setForeground(set, Color.blue); // blue foreground
StyleConstants.setUnderline(set, false); // explicitly turn underline OFF

Check out the other StyleConstants methods.

To switch bold etc off, you explicitly have to turn it off in the attribute set, then set it. If it isn't explicitly turned to off nothing will change.

[Balasubramanian Chandrasekaran]

Thank you Rob for the information you shared.

I will work it out and reply you back