Module java.desktop
Package javax.swing.event

Interface DocumentEvent.ElementChange

All Known Implementing Classes:
AbstractDocument.ElementEdit
Enclosing interface:
DocumentEvent
public static interface DocumentEvent.ElementChange
Describes changes made to a specific element.

  • Method Summary

    Modifier and Type Method Description
    Element[] getChildrenAdded()
    Gets the child elements that were added to the given parent element.
    Element[] getChildrenRemoved()
    Gets the child elements that were removed from the given parent element.
    Element getElement()
    Returns the element represented.
    int getIndex()
    Fetches the index within the element represented.

  • Method Details

    • getElement

      Element getElement()
      Returns the element represented. This is the element that was changed.
      Returns:
      the element

    • getIndex

      int getIndex()
      Fetches the index within the element represented. This is the location that children were added and/or removed.
      Returns:
      the index >= 0

    • getChildrenRemoved

      Element[] getChildrenRemoved()
      Gets the child elements that were removed from the given parent element. The element array returned is sorted in the order that the elements used to lie in the document, and must be contiguous.
      Returns:
      the child elements

    • getChildrenAdded

      Element[] getChildrenAdded()
      Gets the child elements that were added to the given parent element. The element array returned is in the order that the elements lie in the document, and must be contiguous.
      Returns:
      the child elements