Class StyledTextModel

java.lang.Object
jfx.incubator.scene.control.richtext.model.StyledTextModel
Direct Known Subclasses:
BasicTextModel, RichTextModel, StyledTextModelViewOnlyBase
public abstract class StyledTextModel extends Object
The base class for styled text models used by the RichTextArea.

This class handles the following functionality with the intent to simplify custom models:

  • managing listeners
  • firing events
  • decomposing the edits into multiple operations performed on individual paragraphs
  • managing Markers

Editing Link icon

The model supports editing when isWritable() returns true. Three methods participate in modification of the content: replace(StyleResolver, TextPos, TextPos, String, boolean), replace(StyleResolver, TextPos, TextPos, StyledInput, boolean), applyStyle(TextPos, TextPos, StyleAttributeMap, boolean). These methods decompose the main modification into operations with individual paragraphs and delegate these to subclasses.

At the end of this process, an event is sent to all the StyledTextModel.Listeners, followed by the skin requesting the updated paragraphs when required.

Creating a Paragraph Link icon

The model presents its content to the view(s) via immutable RichParagraph. There are two ways of adding styles to the model:
  • Using the style names in the stylesheet or inline styles (example: "-fx-font-size:200%;"), or
  • Using attributes defined in StyleAttributeMap, such as bold typeface, italic, and so on. In this case, the resulting paragraph appearance is decoupled from the stylesheet and will look the same regardless of the active stylesheet.
The latter method is intended for applications where an editable control is needed, such as general purpose rich text editor, the former is designed for view-only informational controls that must follow the application theme and therefore are coupled to the stylesheet.

Extending the Model Link icon

The subclasses are free to choose how the data is stored, the only limitation is that the model neither stores nor caches any Nodes, since multiple skins might be attached to the same model. When required, the model may contain properties which can be bound to the Nodes created in getParagraph(int). It is the responsibility of the model to store and restore the values of such properties.
Since:
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  • Property Details Link icon

  • Constructor Details Link icon

    • StyledTextModel Link icon

      public StyledTextModel()
      Constructs the instance of the model.

      This constructor registers data handlers for RTF, HTML (export only), and plain text.

  • Method Details Link icon

    • isWritable Link icon

      public abstract boolean isWritable()
      Indicates whether the model supports content modifications made via applyStyle(), replace(), undo(), redo() methods.

      Note that even when this method returns false, the model itself may still update its content and fire the change events as a response, for example, to changes in its backing data storage.

      Returns:
      true if the model supports content modifications

    • size Link icon

      public abstract int size()
      Returns the number of paragraphs in the model.
      Returns:
      number of paragraphs

    • getPlainText Link icon

      public abstract String getPlainText(int index)
      Returns the plain text string for the specified paragraph. The returned text string cannot be null and must not contain any control characters other than TAB. The callers must ensure that the value of index is within the valid document range, since doing otherwise might result in an exception or undetermined behavior.
      Parameters:
      index - the paragraph index in the range (0...size())
      Returns:
      the non-null paragraph text string

    • getParagraph Link icon

      public abstract RichParagraph getParagraph(int index)
      Returns a RichParagraph at the given model index. The callers must ensure that the value of index is within the valid document range, since doing otherwise might result in an exception or undetermined behavior.

      This method makes no guarantees that the same paragraph instance will be returned for the same model index.

      Parameters:
      index - the paragraph index in the range (0...size())
      Returns:
      the instance of RichParagraph

    • removeRange Link icon

      protected abstract void removeRange(TextPos start, TextPos end)
      Removes the specified text range. This method gets called only if the model is editable. The caller guarantees that start precedes end.
      Parameters:
      start - the start of the range to be removed
      end - the end of the range to be removed, expected to be greater than the start position
      Throws:
      UnsupportedOperationException - if the model is not writable

    • insertTextSegment Link icon

      protected abstract int insertTextSegment(int index, int offset, String text, StyleAttributeMap attrs)
      This method is called to insert a single styled text segment at the given position.
      Parameters:
      index - the paragraph index
      offset - the insertion offset within the paragraph
      text - the text to insert
      attrs - the style attributes
      Returns:
      the number of characters inserted
      Throws:
      UnsupportedOperationException - if the model is not writable

    • insertLineBreak Link icon

      protected abstract void insertLineBreak(int index, int offset)
      Inserts a line break at the specified position.
      Parameters:
      index - the model index
      offset - the text offset
      Throws:
      UnsupportedOperationException - if the model is not writable

    • insertParagraph Link icon

      protected abstract void insertParagraph(int index, Supplier<Region> generator)
      Inserts a paragraph that contains a single Region.

      The model should not cache or otherwise retain references to the created Regions, as they might be requested multiple times during the lifetime of the model, or by different views.

      This method allows for embedding Controls that handle user input. In this case, the model should declare necessary properties and provide bidirectional bindings between the properties in the model and the corresponding properties in the control, as well as handle copy, paste, writing to and reading from I/O streams.

      Parameters:
      index - model index
      generator - code that will be used to create a Node instance
      Throws:
      UnsupportedOperationException - if the model is not writable

    • setParagraphStyle Link icon

      protected abstract void setParagraphStyle(int index, StyleAttributeMap paragraphAttrs)
      Replaces the paragraph styles in the specified paragraph.
      Parameters:
      index - the paragraph index
      paragraphAttrs - the paragraph attributes
      Throws:
      UnsupportedOperationException - if the model is not writable

    • applyStyle Link icon

      protected abstract void applyStyle(int index, int start, int end, StyleAttributeMap a, boolean merge)
      Applies style to the specified text range within a single paragraph. The new attributes override any existing attributes. The end argument may exceed the paragraph length, in which case the outcome should be the same as supplying the paragraph length value.
      Parameters:
      index - the paragraph index
      start - the start offset
      end - the end offset
      a - the character attributes
      merge - determines whether to merge with or overwrite the existing attributes
      Throws:
      UnsupportedOperationException - if the model is not writable

    • getStyleAttributeMap Link icon

      public abstract StyleAttributeMap getStyleAttributeMap(StyleResolver resolver, TextPos pos)
      Returns the StyleAttributeMap of the character at the specified position's charIndex. When at the end of the document, returns the attributes of the last character.
      Parameters:
      resolver - the style resolver
      pos - the text position
      Returns:
      the style attributes, non-null

    • getSupportedAttributes Link icon

      protected Set<StyleAttribute<?>> getSupportedAttributes()
      Returns the set of attributes supported attributes. When this method returns a non-null set, it will be used by the methods which handle the external input for the purpose of filtering out the attributes the model cannot understand, preventing the attributes from being added to the model (for example, as a result of pasting from the system clipboard).

      The methods that utilize the filtering are: applyStyle(TextPos, TextPos, StyleAttributeMap, boolean), replace(StyleResolver, TextPos, TextPos, StyledInput, boolean), and replace(StyleResolver, TextPos, TextPos, String, boolean).

      When this method returns null, no filtering is performed.

      This method might be overridden by certain models. The base class implementation returns null.

      Returns:
      the set of supported attributes, or null if the model requires no filtering

    • addListener Link icon

      public final void addListener(StyledTextModel.Listener listener)
      Adds a StyledTextModel.Listener to this model.
      Parameters:
      listener - a non-null listener

    • removeListener Link icon

      public final void removeListener(StyledTextModel.Listener listener)
      Removes a StyledTextModel.Listener from this model.

      This method does nothing if this listener has never been added.

      Parameters:
      listener - a non-null listener

    • registerDataFormatHandler Link icon

      protected final void registerDataFormatHandler(DataFormatHandler h, boolean forExport, boolean forImport, int priority)
      Registers a format handler for export and/or import operations. The priority determines the format chosen for operations with the Clipboard when input data is available in more than one supported format. The handler with the highest priority will be used by RichTextArea.read(InputStream) and RichTextArea.write(OutputStream) methods.

      The same handler can be registered for input and export. When registering multiple handlers for the same data handler and import/export, the last registered one wins.

      This method is expected to be called from a StyledTextModel child class constructor.

      Parameters:
      h - data format handler
      forExport - true if the handler supports export operations
      forImport - true if the handler supports import operations
      priority - from 0 (lowest, usually plain text) to Integer.MAX_VALUE

    • removeDataFormatHandler Link icon

      protected final void removeDataFormatHandler(DataFormat f, boolean forExport, boolean forImport)
      Removes the data format handler registered previously with registerDataFormatHandler(DataFormatHandler, boolean, boolean, int).
      Parameters:
      f - the data format
      forExport - whether to remove the export handler
      forImport - whether to remove the import handler

    • getSupportedDataFormats Link icon

      public final List<DataFormat> getSupportedDataFormats(boolean forExport)
      Returns an immutable list of supported data formats for either export or import operations, in the order of priority - from high to low.

      The top priority format will be used by RichTextArea.read(InputStream) and RichTextArea.write(OutputStream) methods.

      Parameters:
      forExport - determines whether the operation is export (true) or import (false)
      Returns:
      the immutable list of supported formats

    • getDataFormatHandler Link icon

      public final DataFormatHandler getDataFormatHandler(DataFormat format, boolean forExport)
      Returns a DataFormatHandler instance corresponding to the given DataFormat. This method will return null if the data format is not supported.
      Parameters:
      format - data format
      forExport - for export (true) or for input (false)
      Returns:
      DataFormatHandler or null

    • fireChangeEvent Link icon

      public void fireChangeEvent(TextPos start, TextPos end, int charsTop, int linesAdded, int charsBottom)
      Fires a text modification event for the given range.
      Parameters:
      start - start of the affected range
      end - end of the affected range
      charsTop - number of characters added before any added paragraphs
      linesAdded - number of paragraphs inserted
      charsBottom - number of characters added after any inserted paragraphs

    • fireStyleChangeEvent Link icon

      public void fireStyleChangeEvent(TextPos start, TextPos end)
      Fires a style change event for the given range. This event indicates that only the styling has changed, with no changes to any text positions.
      Parameters:
      start - the start position
      end - the end position, must be greater than the start position

    • getParagraphLength Link icon

      public int getParagraphLength(int index)
      Returns the length of text in a paragraph at the specified index.
      Parameters:
      index - the paragraph index
      Returns:
      the length

    • export Link icon

      public final void export(TextPos start, TextPos end, StyledOutput out) throws IOException
      Exports the stream of StyledSegments in the given range to the specified StyledOutput. This method does not close the StyledOutput.
      Parameters:
      start - start of the range
      end - end of the range
      out - StyledOutput to receive the stream
      Throws:
      IOException - when an I/O error occurs
      See Also:

    • exportParagraph Link icon

      protected final void exportParagraph(int index, int start, int end, boolean withParAttrs, StyledOutput out) throws IOException
      Exports part of the paragraph as a sequence of styled segments. The caller guarantees that the start position precedes the end. The subclass may override this method to provide a more performant implementation. The paragraph end argument may exceed the actual length of the paragraph, in which case it should be treated as equal to the paragraph text length.
      Parameters:
      index - the paragraph index in the model
      start - the start offset
      end - the end offset (may exceed the paragraph length)
      withParAttrs - determines whether to emit paragraph attributes
      out - the target StyledOutput
      Throws:
      IOException - when an I/O error occurs

    • getMarker Link icon

      public final Marker getMarker(TextPos pos)
      Returns the Marker at the specified position. The actual text position tracked by the marker will always be within the document boundaries.
      Parameters:
      pos - text position
      Returns:
      Marker instance

    • clamp Link icon

      public final TextPos clamp(TextPos p)
      Returns the text position guaranteed to be within the document and paragraph limits.
      Parameters:
      p - the text position, cannot be null
      Returns:
      the text position within the document and paragraph limits

    • getDocumentEnd Link icon

      public final TextPos getDocumentEnd()
      Returns the text position corresponding to the end of the document. The start of the document can be referenced by the TextPos.ZERO constant.
      Returns:
      the text position
      See Also:

    • getEndOfParagraphTextPos Link icon

      public final TextPos getEndOfParagraphTextPos(int index)
      Returns a TextPos corresponding to the end of paragraph at the given index.
      Parameters:
      index - the paragraph index
      Returns:
      the text position

    • replace Link icon

      public final TextPos replace(StyleResolver resolver, TextPos start, TextPos end, String text, boolean allowUndo)
      Replaces the given range with the provided plain text.

      This is a convenience method which eventually calls replace(StyleResolver, TextPos, TextPos, StyledInput, boolean) with the attributes provided by getStyleAttributeMap(StyleResolver, TextPos) at the start position.

      Parameters:
      resolver - the StyleResolver to use
      start - start text position
      end - end text position
      text - text string to insert
      allowUndo - when true, creates an undo-redo entry
      Returns:
      the text position at the end of the inserted text, or null if the model is read only
      Throws:
      UnsupportedOperationException - if the model is not writable

    • replace Link icon

      public final TextPos replace(StyleResolver resolver, TextPos start, TextPos end, StyledInput input, boolean allowUndo)
      Replaces the given range with the provided styled text input. When inserting plain text, the style is taken from the preceding text segment, or, if the text is being inserted in the beginning of the document, the style is taken from the following text segment.

      After the model applies the requested changes, an event is sent to all the registered listeners.

      Parameters:
      resolver - the StyleResolver to use, can be null
      start - the start text position
      end - the end text position
      input - the input content stream
      allowUndo - when true, creates an undo-redo entry
      Returns:
      the text position at the end of the inserted text, or null if the model is read only
      Throws:
      UnsupportedOperationException - if the model is not writable

    • applyStyle Link icon

      public final void applyStyle(TextPos start, TextPos end, StyleAttributeMap attrs, boolean mergeAttributes)
      Applies the style attributes to the specified range in the document.

      Depending on mergeAttributes parameter, the attributes will either be merged with (true) or completely replace the existing attributes within the range. The affected range might be wider than the range specified when applying the paragraph attributes.

      This operation is undoable.

      Parameters:
      start - the start of text range
      end - the end of text range
      attrs - the style attributes to set
      mergeAttributes - whether to merge or replace the attributes
      Throws:
      UnsupportedOperationException - if the model is not writable

    • clearUndoRedo Link icon

      public final void clearUndoRedo()
      Clears the undo-redo stack.

    • undo Link icon

      public final TextPos[] undo(StyleResolver resolver)
      Undoes the recent change, if possible, returning an array comprising [start, end] text positions prior to the change. Returns null when the undo operation is not possible.
      Parameters:
      resolver - the StyleResolver to use
      Returns:
      the [start, end] text positions prior to the change
      Throws:
      UnsupportedOperationException - if the model is not writable

    • redo Link icon

      public final TextPos[] redo(StyleResolver resolver)
      Redoes the recent change, if possible, returning an array comprising [start, end] text positions prior to the change. Returns null when the redo operation is not possible.
      Parameters:
      resolver - the StyleResolver to use
      Returns:
      the [start, end] text positions prior to the change
      Throws:
      UnsupportedOperationException - if the model is not writable

    • undoableProperty Link icon

      public final ReadOnlyBooleanProperty undoableProperty()
      The property describes if it's currently possible to undo the latest change of the content that was done.
      Default value:
      false
      Returns:
      the read-only property
      See Also:

    • isUndoable Link icon

      public final boolean isUndoable()
      Gets the value of the undoable property.
      Property description:
      The property describes if it's currently possible to undo the latest change of the content that was done.
      Default value:
      false
      Returns:
      the value of the undoable property
      See Also:

    • redoableProperty Link icon

      public final ReadOnlyBooleanProperty redoableProperty()
      The property describes if it's currently possible to redo the latest change of the content that was undone.
      Default value:
      false
      Returns:
      the read-only property
      See Also:

    • isRedoable Link icon

      public final boolean isRedoable()
      Gets the value of the redoable property.
      Property description:
      The property describes if it's currently possible to redo the latest change of the content that was undone.
      Default value:
      false
      Returns:
      the value of the redoable property
      See Also:

    • read Link icon

      public final void read(StyleResolver r, DataFormat f, InputStream input) throws IOException
      Replaces the content of the model with the data read from the input stream, using the specified DataFormat. This operation clears the undo/redo stack.
      Parameters:
      r - the style resolver
      f - the data format
      input - the input stream
      Throws:
      IOException - in case of an I/O error
      UnsupportedOperationException - when the data format is not supported by the model, or the model is not writable

    • write Link icon

      public final void write(StyleResolver r, DataFormat f, OutputStream out) throws IOException
      Writes the model content to the output stream using the specified DataFormat.
      Parameters:
      r - the style resolver
      f - the data format
      out - the output stream
      Throws:
      IOException - in case of an I/O error
      UnsupportedOperationException - when the data format is not supported by the model