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javax.swing.text.html
class StyleSheet

java.lang.Object extended by javax.swing.text.StyleContext extended by javax.swing.text.html.StyleSheet
All Implemented Interfaces:
Serializable, AbstractDocument.AttributeContext

Most common way to construct:

HTMLDocument doc = …;

StyleSheet styles = doc.getStyleSheet();

Based on 36 examples


public class StyleSheet
extends StyleContext

Support for defining the visual characteristics of HTML views being rendered. The StyleSheet is used to translate the HTML model into visual characteristics. This enables views to be customized by a look-and-feel, multiple views over the same model can be rendered differently, etc. This can be thought of as a CSS rule repository. The key for CSS attributes is an object of type CSS.Attribute. The type of the value is up to the StyleSheet implementation, but the toString method is required to return a string representation of CSS value.

The primary entry point for HTML View implementations to get their attributes is the getViewAttributes method. This should be implemented to establish the desired policy used to associate attributes with the view. Each HTMLEditorKit (i.e. and therefore each associated JEditorPane) can have its own StyleSheet, but by default one sheet will be shared by all of the HTMLEditorKit instances. HTMLDocument instance can also have a StyleSheet, which holds the document-specific CSS specifications.

In order for Views to store less state and therefore be more lightweight, the StyleSheet can act as a factory for painters that handle some of the rendering tasks. This allows implementations to determine what they want to cache and have the sharing potentially at the level that a selector is common to multiple views. Since the StyleSheet may be used by views over multiple documents and typically the HTML attributes don't effect the selector being used, the potential for sharing is significant.

The rules are stored as named styles, and other information is stored to translate the context of an element to a rule quickly. The following code fragment will display the named styles, and therefore the CSS rules contained.

   
   import java.util.*;
   import javax.swing.text.*;
   import javax.swing.text.html.*;
   
   public class ShowStyles {
   
       public static void main(String[] args) {
   	HTMLEditorKit kit = new HTMLEditorKit();
   	HTMLDocument doc = (HTMLDocument) kit.createDefaultDocument();
   	StyleSheet styles = doc.getStyleSheet();
   	
   	Enumeration rules = styles.getStyleNames();
   	while (rules.hasMoreElements()) {
   	    String name = (String) rules.nextElement();
   	    Style rule = styles.getStyle(name);
   	    System.out.println(rule.toString());
   	}
   	System.exit(0);
       }
   }
   
 

The semantics for when a CSS style should overide visual attributes defined by an element are not well defined. For example, the html <body bgcolor=red> makes the body have a red background. But if the html file also contains the CSS rule body { background: blue } it becomes less clear as to what color the background of the body should be. The current implemention gives visual attributes defined in the element the highest precedence, that is they are always checked before any styles. Therefore, in the previous example the background would have a red color as the body element defines the background color to be red.

As already mentioned this supports CSS. We don't support the full CSS spec. Refer to the javadoc of the CSS class to see what properties we support. The two major CSS parsing related concepts we do not currently support are pseudo selectors, such as A:link { color: red }, and the important modifier.

Note: This implementation is currently incomplete. It can be replaced with alternative implementations that are complete. Future versions of this class will provide better CSS support.


Nested Class Summary
static class

           Class to carry out some of the duties of CSS formatting.
static class

           Class to carry out some of the duties of CSS list formatting.
Nested classes/interfaces inherited from class javax.swing.text.StyleContext
StyleContext.NamedStyle, StyleContext.SmallAttributeSet
   
Field Summary
 
Fields inherited from class javax.swing.text.StyleContext
DEFAULT_STYLE
 
Constructor Summary

          Construct a StyleSheet
 
Method Summary
 AttributeSet

          Adds an attribute to the given set, and returns the new representative set.
 AttributeSet

          Adds a set of attributes to the element.
 void

          Adds a CSS attribute to the given set.
 boolean

          Adds a CSS attribute to the given set.
 void

          Adds a set of rules to the sheet.
 void

          Adds the rules from the StyleSheet ss to those of the receiver.
protected MutableAttributeSet

          Creates a large set of attributes that should trade off space for time.
protected StyleContext.SmallAttributeSet

          Creates a compact set of attributes that might be shared.
 Color

          Takes a set of attributes and turn it into a background color specification.
 URL

          Returns the base.
 StyleSheet.BoxPainter

          Fetches the box formatter to use for the given set of CSS attributes.
 AttributeSet

          Translates a CSS declaration to an AttributeSet that represents the CSS declaration.
 Font

          Fetches the font to use for the given set of attributes.
 Color

          Takes a set of attributes and turn it into a foreground color specification.
static int
getIndexOfSize(float pt)

          
 StyleSheet.ListPainter

          Fetches the list formatter to use for the given set of CSS attributes.
 float
getPointSize(int index)

          Returns the point size, given a size index.
 float

          Given a string such as "+2", "-2", or "2", returns a point size value.
 Style

          Fetches the style to use to render the given type of HTML tag.
 Style
getRule(String selector)

          Fetches the rule that best matches the selector given in string form.
 StyleSheet[]

          Returns an array of the linked StyleSheets.
 AttributeSet

          Fetches a set of attributes to use in the view for displaying.
 void

          Imports a style sheet from url.
 void
loadRules(Reader in, URL ref)

          Loads a set of rules that have been specified in terms of CSS1 grammar.
 AttributeSet

          Removes an attribute from the set.
 AttributeSet

          Removes a set of attributes.
 AttributeSet

          Removes a set of attributes for the element.
 void

          Removes a named style previously added to the document.
 void

          Removes the StyleSheet ss from those of the receiver.
 void
setBase(URL base)

          Sets the base.
 void

          Sets the base font size, with valid values between 1 and 7.
 void

          Sets the base font size from the passed in String.
 Color

          Converts a color string such as "RED" or "#NNNNNN" to a Color.
 AttributeSet

          Converts a set of HTML attributes to an equivalent set of CSS attributes.
 
Methods inherited from class javax.swing.text.StyleContext
addAttribute, addAttributes, addChangeListener, addStyle, createLargeAttributeSet, createSmallAttributeSet, getBackground, getChangeListeners, getCompressionThreshold, getDefaultStyleContext, getEmptySet, getFont, getFont, getFontMetrics, getForeground, getStaticAttribute, getStaticAttributeKey, getStyle, getStyleNames, readAttributes, readAttributeSet, reclaim, registerStaticAttributeKey, removeAttribute, removeAttributes, removeAttributes, removeChangeListener, removeStyle, toString, writeAttributes, writeAttributeSet
 
Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait
 

Constructor Detail

StyleSheet

public StyleSheet()
Construct a StyleSheet

Method Detail

addAttribute

public AttributeSet addAttribute(AttributeSet old,
                                 Object key,
                                 Object value)
Adds an attribute to the given set, and returns the new representative set. This is reimplemented to convert StyleConstant attributes to CSS prior to forwarding to the superclass behavior. The StyleConstants attribute has no corresponding CSS entry, the StyleConstants attribute is stored (but will likely be unused).

Overrides:
addAttribute in class StyleContext
Parameters:
old - the old attribute set
key - the non-null attribute key
value - the attribute value
Returns:
the updated attribute set

addAttributes

public AttributeSet addAttributes(AttributeSet old,
                                  AttributeSet attr)
Adds a set of attributes to the element. If any of these attributes are StyleConstants attributes, they will be converted to CSS prior to forwarding to the superclass behavior.

Overrides:
addAttributes in class StyleContext
Parameters:
old - the old attribute set
attr - the attributes to add
Returns:
the updated attribute set

addCSSAttribute

public void addCSSAttribute(MutableAttributeSet attr,
                            CSS.Attribute key,
                            String value)
Adds a CSS attribute to the given set.

Parameters:
attr
key
value

addCSSAttributeFromHTML

public boolean addCSSAttributeFromHTML(MutableAttributeSet attr,
                                       CSS.Attribute key,
                                       String value)
Adds a CSS attribute to the given set.

Parameters:
attr
key
value

addRule

public void addRule(String rule)
Adds a set of rules to the sheet. The rules are expected to be in valid CSS format. Typically this would be called as a result of parsing a <style> tag.

Parameters:
rule

addStyleSheet

public void addStyleSheet(StyleSheet ss)
Adds the rules from the StyleSheet ss to those of the receiver. ss's rules will override the rules of any previously added style sheets. An added StyleSheet will never override the rules of the receiving style sheet.

Parameters:
ss

createLargeAttributeSet

protected MutableAttributeSet createLargeAttributeSet(AttributeSet a)
Creates a large set of attributes that should trade off space for time. This set will not be shared. This is a hook for subclasses that want to alter the behavior of the larger attribute storage format (which is SimpleAttributeSet by default). This can be reimplemented to return a MutableAttributeSet that provides some sort of attribute conversion.

Overrides:
createLargeAttributeSet in class StyleContext
Parameters:
a - The set of attributes to be represented in the the larger form.

createSmallAttributeSet

protected StyleContext.SmallAttributeSet createSmallAttributeSet(AttributeSet a)
Creates a compact set of attributes that might be shared. This is a hook for subclasses that want to alter the behavior of SmallAttributeSet. This can be reimplemented to return an AttributeSet that provides some sort of attribute conversion.

Overrides:
createSmallAttributeSet in class StyleContext
Parameters:
a - The set of attributes to be represented in the the compact form.

getBackground

public Color getBackground(AttributeSet a)
Takes a set of attributes and turn it into a background color specification. This might be used to specify things like brighter, more hue, etc.

Overrides:
getBackground in class StyleContext
Parameters:
a - the set of attributes
Returns:
the color

getBase

public URL getBase()
Returns the base.


getBoxPainter

public StyleSheet.BoxPainter getBoxPainter(AttributeSet a)
Fetches the box formatter to use for the given set of CSS attributes.

Parameters:
a

getDeclaration

public AttributeSet getDeclaration(String decl)
Translates a CSS declaration to an AttributeSet that represents the CSS declaration. Typically this would be called as a result of encountering an HTML style attribute.

Parameters:
decl

getFont

public Font getFont(AttributeSet a)
Fetches the font to use for the given set of attributes.

Overrides:
getFont in class StyleContext
Parameters:
a

getForeground

public Color getForeground(AttributeSet a)
Takes a set of attributes and turn it into a foreground color specification. This might be used to specify things like brighter, more hue, etc.

Overrides:
getForeground in class StyleContext
Parameters:
a - the set of attributes
Returns:
the color

getIndexOfSize

public static int getIndexOfSize(float pt)
Parameters:
pt

getListPainter

public StyleSheet.ListPainter getListPainter(AttributeSet a)
Fetches the list formatter to use for the given set of CSS attributes.

Parameters:
a

getPointSize

public float getPointSize(int index)
Returns the point size, given a size index.

Parameters:
index

getPointSize

public float getPointSize(String size)
Given a string such as "+2", "-2", or "2", returns a point size value.

Parameters:
size

getRule

public Style getRule(HTML.Tag t,
                     Element e)
Fetches the style to use to render the given type of HTML tag. The element given is representing the tag and can be used to determine the nesting for situations where the attributes will differ if nesting inside of elements.

Parameters:
t - the type to translate to visual attributes
e - the element representing the tag; the element can be used to determine the nesting for situations where the attributes will differ if nested inside of other elements
Returns:
the set of CSS attributes to use to render the tag

getRule

public Style getRule(String selector)
Fetches the rule that best matches the selector given in string form. Where selector is a space separated String of the element names. For example, selector might be 'html body tr td''

The attributes of the returned Style will change as rules are added and removed. That is if you to ask for a rule with a selector "table p" and a new rule was added with a selector of "p" the returned Style would include the new attributes from the rule "p".

Parameters:
selector

getStyleSheets

public StyleSheet[] getStyleSheets()
Returns an array of the linked StyleSheets. Will return null if there are no linked StyleSheets.


getViewAttributes

public AttributeSet getViewAttributes(View v)
Fetches a set of attributes to use in the view for displaying. This is basically a set of attributes that can be used for View.getAttributes.

Parameters:
v

importStyleSheet

public void importStyleSheet(URL url)
Imports a style sheet from url. The resulting rules are directly added to the receiver. If you do not want the rules to become part of the receiver, create a new StyleSheet and use addStyleSheet to link it in.

Parameters:
url

loadRules

public void loadRules(Reader in,
                      URL ref)
               throws IOException
Loads a set of rules that have been specified in terms of CSS1 grammar. If there are collisions with existing rules, the newly specified rule will win.

Parameters:
in - the stream to read the CSS grammar from
ref - the reference URL. This value represents the location of the stream and may be null. All relative URLs specified in the stream will be based upon this parameter.
Throws:
IOException

removeAttribute

public AttributeSet removeAttribute(AttributeSet old,
                                    Object key)
Removes an attribute from the set. If the attribute is a StyleConstants attribute, the request will be converted to a CSS attribute prior to forwarding to the superclass behavior.

Overrides:
removeAttribute in class StyleContext
Parameters:
old - the old set of attributes
key - the non-null attribute name
Returns:
the updated attribute set

removeAttributes

public AttributeSet removeAttributes(AttributeSet old,
                                     AttributeSet attrs)
Removes a set of attributes. If any of the attributes is a StyleConstants attribute, the request will be converted to a CSS attribute prior to forwarding to the superclass behavior.

Overrides:
removeAttributes in class StyleContext
Parameters:
old - the old attribute set
attrs - the attributes
Returns:
the updated attribute set

removeAttributes

public AttributeSet removeAttributes(AttributeSet old,
                                     Enumeration names)
Removes a set of attributes for the element. If any of the attributes is a StyleConstants attribute, the request will be converted to a CSS attribute prior to forwarding to the superclass behavior.

Overrides:
removeAttributes in class StyleContext
Parameters:
old - the old attribute set
names - the attribute names
Returns:
the updated attribute set

removeStyle

public void removeStyle(String nm)
Removes a named style previously added to the document.

Overrides:
removeStyle in class StyleContext
Parameters:
nm - the name of the style to remove

removeStyleSheet

public void removeStyleSheet(StyleSheet ss)
Removes the StyleSheet ss from those of the receiver.

Parameters:
ss

setBase

public void setBase(URL base)
Sets the base. All import statements that are relative, will be relative to base.

Parameters:
base

setBaseFontSize

public void setBaseFontSize(int sz)
Sets the base font size, with valid values between 1 and 7.

Parameters:
sz

setBaseFontSize

public void setBaseFontSize(String size)
Sets the base font size from the passed in String. The string can either identify a specific font size, with legal values between 1 and 7, or identifiy a relative font size such as +1 or -2.

Parameters:
size

stringToColor

public Color stringToColor(String string)
Converts a color string such as "RED" or "#NNNNNN" to a Color. Note: This will only convert the HTML3.2 color strings or a string of length 7; otherwise, it will return null.

Parameters:
string

translateHTMLToCSS

public AttributeSet translateHTMLToCSS(AttributeSet htmlAttrSet)
Converts a set of HTML attributes to an equivalent set of CSS attributes.

Parameters:
htmlAttrSet - AttributeSet containing the HTML attributes.


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