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package javax.swing.text;

/**

 * Simple interface to allow for different types of

 * implementations of tab expansion.

 *

 * @author  Timothy Prinzing

 */

public interface TabExpander {

    /**

     * Returns the next tab stop position given a reference

     * position.  Values are expressed in points.

     *

     * @param x the position in points >= 0

     * @param tabOffset the position within the text stream

     *   that the tab occurred at >= 0.

     * @return the next tab stop >= 0

     */

    float nextTabStop(float x, int tabOffset);

}