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## javax.swing.text
Interface TabExpander

All Known Implementing Classes:
  ParagraphView, PlainView, WrappedPlainView

public interface TabExpander

Simple interface to allow for different types of implementations of tab expansion.

Method Summary
`float` | `nextTabStop(float x, int tabOffset)` Returns the next tab stop position given a reference position.

Method Detail

### nextTabStop

    public float nextTabStop(float x,
                             int tabOffset)

  Returns the next tab stop position given a reference position. Values are expressed in points.
  Parameters:
    `x` - the position in points >= 0
    `tabOffset` - the position within the text stream that the tab occurred at >= 0.
  Returns:
    the next tab stop >= 0

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