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public class: InputMethodHighlight [javadoc | source]
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An InputMethodHighlight is used to describe the highlight attributes of text being composed. The description can be at two levels: at the abstract level it specifies the conversion state and whether the text is selected; at the concrete level it specifies style attributes used to render the highlight. An InputMethodHighlight must provide the description at the abstract level; it may or may not provide the description at the concrete level. If no concrete style is provided, a renderer should use java.awt.Toolkit#mapInputMethodHighlight to map to a concrete style.

The abstract description consists of three fields: selected, state, and variation. selected indicates whether the text range is the one that the input method is currently working on, for example, the segment for which conversion candidates are currently shown in a menu. state represents the conversion state. State values are defined by the input method framework and should be distinguished in all mappings from abstract to concrete styles. Currently defined state values are raw (unconverted) and converted. These state values are recommended for use before and after the main conversion step of text composition, say, before and after kana->kanji or pinyin->hanzi conversion. The variation field allows input methods to express additional information about the conversion results.

InputMethodHighlight instances are typically used as attribute values returned from AttributedCharacterIterator for the INPUT_METHOD_HIGHLIGHT attribute. They may be wrapped into Annotation instances to indicate separate text segments.

Field Summary
public static final  int RAW_TEXT    Constant for the raw text state. 
public static final  int CONVERTED_TEXT    Constant for the converted text state. 
public static final  InputMethodHighlight UNSELECTED_RAW_TEXT_HIGHLIGHT    Constant for the default highlight for unselected raw text. 
public static final  InputMethodHighlight SELECTED_RAW_TEXT_HIGHLIGHT    Constant for the default highlight for selected raw text. 
public static final  InputMethodHighlight UNSELECTED_CONVERTED_TEXT_HIGHLIGHT    Constant for the default highlight for unselected converted text. 
public static final  InputMethodHighlight SELECTED_CONVERTED_TEXT_HIGHLIGHT    Constant for the default highlight for selected converted text. 
Constructor:
 public InputMethodHighlight(boolean selected,
    int state) 
 public InputMethodHighlight(boolean selected,
    int state,
    int variation) 
 public InputMethodHighlight(boolean selected,
    int state,
    int variation,
    Map<TextAttribute, ?> style) 
    Constructs an input method highlight record. The style attributes map provided must be unmodifiable.
    Parameters:
    selected - whether the text range is selected
    state - the conversion state for the text range - RAW_TEXT or CONVERTED_TEXT
    variation - the variation for the text range
    style - the rendering style attributes for the text range, or null
    Throws:
    IllegalArgumentException - if a state other than RAW_TEXT or CONVERTED_TEXT is given
    Also see:
    InputMethodHighlight#RAW_TEXT
    InputMethodHighlight#CONVERTED_TEXT
    exception: IllegalArgumentException - if a state other than RAW_TEXT or CONVERTED_TEXT is given
    since: 1.3 -
Method from java.awt.im.InputMethodHighlight Summary:
getState,   getStyle,   getVariation,   isSelected
Methods from java.lang.Object:
clone,   equals,   finalize,   getClass,   hashCode,   notify,   notifyAll,   toString,   wait,   wait,   wait
Method from java.awt.im.InputMethodHighlight Detail:
 public int getState() 
    Returns the conversion state of the text range.
 public Map<TextAttribute, ?> getStyle() 
    Returns the rendering style attributes for the text range, or null.
 public int getVariation() 
    Returns the variation of the text range.
 public boolean isSelected() 
    Returns whether the text range is selected.