java.awt.TextComponent

TextField and TextArea both extend the TextComponent class. TextComponent, as a matter of fact, exists solely to provide fundamental text editing capabilities for TextArea and TextField.

As evidenced by the class diagram in Figure 14-1, TextComponent provides the following functionality:

Figure 14-1. TextComponent Class Diagram. TextComponent maintains text, selection range, and editability of the component. TextComponent cannot be instantiated by classes outside the java.awt package.

  • Get and set text

  • Get and set selected text

  • Get and set editable mode

  • Position the insertion caret[2]

    [2] Since caret manipulation is handled by ...

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