Uses of Class javax.swing.text.EditorKit (Java Platform SE 8 )
Date: 2015-05-24

## Uses of Class
javax.swing.text.EditorKit

- Packages that use EditorKit
  Package | Description
  --- | ---
  javax.swing | Provides a set of "lightweight" (all-Java language) components that, to the maximum degree possible, work the same on all platforms.
  javax.swing.plaf | Provides one interface and many abstract classes that Swing uses to provide its pluggable look-and-feel capabilities.
  javax.swing.plaf.basic | Provides user interface objects built according to the Basic look and feel.
  javax.swing.plaf.multi | Provides user interface objects that combine two or more look and feels.
  javax.swing.text | Provides classes and interfaces that deal with editable and noneditable text components.
  javax.swing.text.html | Provides the class `HTMLEditorKit` and supporting classes for creating HTML text editors.
  javax.swing.text.rtf | Provides a class (`RTFEditorKit`) for creating Rich-Text-Format text editors.

- - ### Uses of EditorKit in javax.swing

    Methods in javax.swing that return EditorKit
    Modifier and Type | Method and Description
    --- | ---
    `protected EditorKit` | JEditorPane.`createDefaultEditorKit()` Creates the default editor kit (`PlainEditorKit`) for when the component is first created.
    `protected EditorKit` | JTextPane.`createDefaultEditorKit()` Creates the `EditorKit` to use by default.
    `static EditorKit` | JEditorPane.`createEditorKitForContentType(String type)` Creates a handler for the given type from the default registry of editor kits.
    `EditorKit` | JEditorPane.`getEditorKit()` Fetches the currently installed kit for handling content.
    `EditorKit` | JEditorPane.`getEditorKitForContentType(String type)` Fetches the editor kit to use for the given type of content.

    Methods in javax.swing with parameters of type EditorKit
    Modifier and Type | Method and Description
    --- | ---
    `void` | JEditorPane.`setEditorKit(EditorKit kit)` Sets the currently installed kit for handling content.
    `void` | JTextPane.`setEditorKit(EditorKit kit)` Sets the currently installed kit for handling content.
    `void` | JEditorPane.`setEditorKitForContentType(String type, EditorKit k)` Directly sets the editor kit to use for the given type.

  - ### Uses of EditorKit in javax.swing.plaf

    Methods in javax.swing.plaf that return EditorKit
    Modifier and Type | Method and Description
    --- | ---
    `abstract EditorKit` | TextUI.`getEditorKit(JTextComponent t)` Fetches the binding of services that set a policy for the type of document being edited.

  - ### Uses of EditorKit in javax.swing.plaf.basic

    Methods in javax.swing.plaf.basic that return EditorKit
    Modifier and Type | Method and Description
    --- | ---
    `EditorKit` | BasicEditorPaneUI.`getEditorKit(JTextComponent tc)` Fetches the EditorKit for the UI.
    `EditorKit` | BasicTextUI.`getEditorKit(JTextComponent tc)` Fetches the EditorKit for the UI.

  - ### Uses of EditorKit in javax.swing.plaf.multi

    Methods in javax.swing.plaf.multi that return EditorKit
    Modifier and Type | Method and Description
    --- | ---
    `EditorKit` | MultiTextUI.`getEditorKit(JTextComponent a)` Invokes the `getEditorKit` method on each UI handled by this object.

  - ### Uses of EditorKit in javax.swing.text

    Subclasses of EditorKit in javax.swing.text
    Modifier and Type | Class and Description
    --- | ---
    `class` | `DefaultEditorKit` This is the set of things needed by a text component to be a reasonably functioning editor for some type of text document.
    `class` | `StyledEditorKit` This is the set of things needed by a text component to be a reasonably functioning editor for some type of text document.

  - ### Uses of EditorKit in javax.swing.text.html

    Subclasses of EditorKit in javax.swing.text.html
    Modifier and Type | Class and Description
    --- | ---
    `class` | `HTMLEditorKit` The Swing JEditorPane text component supports different kinds of content via a plug-in mechanism called an EditorKit.

  - ### Uses of EditorKit in javax.swing.text.rtf

    Subclasses of EditorKit in javax.swing.text.rtf
    Modifier and Type | Class and Description
    --- | ---
    `class` | `RTFEditorKit` This is the default implementation of RTF editing functionality.

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