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## javax.swing.text
Interface AbstractDocument.Content

All Known Implementing Classes:
  GapContent, StringContent

Enclosing interface:
  AbstractDocument

public static interface AbstractDocument.Content

Interface to describe a sequence of character content that can be edited. Implementations may or may not support a history mechanism which will be reflected by whether or not mutations return an UndoableEdit implementation.

See Also:
  `AbstractDocument`

Method Summary
`Position` | `createPosition(int offset)` Creates a position within the content that will track change as the content is mutated.
`void` | `getChars(int where, int len, Segment txt)` Gets a sequence of characters and copies them into a Segment.
`String` | `getString(int where, int len)` Fetches a string of characters contained in the sequence.
`UndoableEdit` | `insertString(int where, String str)` Inserts a string of characters into the sequence.
`int` | `length()` Current length of the sequence of character content.
`UndoableEdit` | `remove(int where, int nitems)` Removes some portion of the sequence.

Method Detail

### createPosition

    public Position createPosition(int offset)
                            throws BadLocationException

  Creates a position within the content that will track change as the content is mutated.

  Parameters:
    `offset` - the offset in the content >= 0
  Returns:
    a Position
  Throws:
    `BadLocationException` - for an invalid offset

### length

    public int length()

  Current length of the sequence of character content.

  Returns:
    the length >= 0

### insertString

    public UndoableEdit insertString(int where,
                                     String str)
                              throws BadLocationException

  Inserts a string of characters into the sequence.

  Parameters:
    `where` - offset into the sequence to make the insertion >= 0
    `str` - string to insert
  Returns:
    if the implementation supports a history mechanism, a reference to an `Edit` implementation will be returned, otherwise returns `null`
  Throws:
    `BadLocationException` - thrown if the area covered by the arguments is not contained in the character sequence

### remove

    public UndoableEdit remove(int where,
                               int nitems)
                        throws BadLocationException

  Removes some portion of the sequence.

  Parameters:
    `where` - The offset into the sequence to make the insertion >= 0.
    `nitems` - The number of items in the sequence to remove >= 0.
  Returns:
    If the implementation supports a history mechansim, a reference to an Edit implementation will be returned, otherwise null.
  Throws:
    `BadLocationException` - Thrown if the area covered by the arguments is not contained in the character sequence.

### getString

    public String getString(int where,
                            int len)
                     throws BadLocationException

  Fetches a string of characters contained in the sequence.

  Parameters:
    `where` - Offset into the sequence to fetch >= 0.
    `len` - number of characters to copy >= 0.
  Returns:
    the string
  Throws:
    `BadLocationException` - Thrown if the area covered by the arguments is not contained in the character sequence.

### getChars

    public void getChars(int where,
                         int len,
                         Segment txt)
                  throws BadLocationException

  Gets a sequence of characters and copies them into a Segment.

  Parameters:
    `where` - the starting offset >= 0
    `len` - the number of characters >= 0
    `txt` - the target location to copy into
  Throws:
    `BadLocationException` - Thrown if the area covered by the arguments is not contained in the character sequence.

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