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TEXTAREA



           TEXTAREA CLASS IN AWT


TextArea class:
            This class is used to create the text area where we want type the text  extending to the multiple             rows and columns.

Constructors:
(i) TextArea()  It is the default constructor of the TextArea class.
                        The general form is,
                                    TextArea objectname =new TextArea();
(ii) TextArea(String)   It is used to create a textarea and assign in it the default string.
                                      The general form is ,
                                    TextArea objectname=new TextArea(s);
                                    where, s is the string which will appear in the textarea by default.
(iii) TextArea(int rows,int cols)   It used to create a textarea extending upto the sepcified number of                                                         rows and columns.
                                                    The general form is ,
                                                   TextArea objectname=new TextArea(rows,cols)
                                         where,
                                    rows specify the number of rows to which the TextArea is to be extended.
                                    cols specify the number of rows to whch the TextArea is to be extended.

(iv) TextArea(String , int ,int)    It is used to create a textarea containing the default text and the                                                   specified number of rows and columns.
                                    The general form is ,
                                    TextArea objectname=new TextArea(s,rows,cols)
                                                where,
                                                            s is the default information
                                    rows : the numbers of rows to which the textarea is extended.
                                    cols  : the number of cols to which the textarea is extended.

Method                                                                                                                      
(i)         setText()          This method is used to text to be displayed in the text area.
                                                            The general form is
                                                                 void setText(String s)
                                                                         where   s is the information which we want to set in the                                                                      textarea.
(ii)   getText()              This method is used to get the text present in the text area.
                                                                        The general form is ,
                                                                                    String getText()
(iii) getSelectedText() This method will return only the selected text present in the text area.
                                                                        The general form is,
                                                                                    String getSelectedText()
(iv) getSelectionStart()            This method is used to return the index of the position from where the                                                     selection starts
.                                                The general form is ,
                                                                        int getSelectionStart()
(v) getSelectionEnd()              This method is used to return the index of the position where the                                                           selection ends.                       
                                                   The general form is ,
                                                                        int getSelectionEnd()
(vi) setSelectionStart()            This method is used to specify the index position where we want to                                                          starts the selection.
                                                                        The general form is ,
                                                                        void setSelectionStart(int index)
                                                where,
                                                                        index specify the starting index position.
(vii) setSelectionEnd()            This method is used to specify the index position where we want to end                                                   the selection.
                                                            The general form is ,
                                                                        void setSelectionEnd(int index)
                                                             where,
                                                                        index specify the ending index position
viii) select()               This method is used to select the text from    the specified index                                                              position upto another   index position.
                                                                        The general form is ,
                                                                        void select(int sindex,int eindex)
                                                                   where,
                                                                                    sindex specify the starting index position.
                                                                                    eindex specify the ending index position.
(ix)       selectAll()        This method is used to select all the text present in the textarea
                                                                        The general form is ,
                                                                        void selectAll()
(x) addTextListener()  This method is used to register the TextArea to recieve the text events.
                                                                        The general form is ,
                                                                        void addTextListener(TextListener tl)
(xi) removeTextListener()       This method is used to unregister the TextArea to recieve the text                                                             events.       
                                                        The general form is ,
                                                                        void removeTextListener()

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