# Class pyglet.text.document.AbstractDocument

    event.EventDispatcher --+
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                           AbstractDocument

Known Subclasses:
  FormattedDocument, UnformattedDocument

Abstract document interface used by all pyglet.text classes.

This class can be overridden to interface pyglet with a third-party document format. It may be easier to implement the document format in terms of one of the supplied concrete classes FormattedDocument or UnformattedDocument.

## Events

| on_insert_text(self, start, text) Text was inserted into the document.
| on_delete_text(self, start, end) Text was deleted from the document.
| on_style_text(self, start, end, attributes) Text character style was modified.

## Methods

| __init__(self, text=`'````'`)
int | get_paragraph_start(self, pos) Get the starting position of a paragraph.
int | get_paragraph_end(self, pos) Get the end position of a paragraph.
AbstractRunIterator | get_style_runs(self, attribute) Get a style iterator over the given style attribute.
| get_style(self, attribute, position=0) Get an attribute style at the given position.
| get_style_range(self, attribute, start, end) Get an attribute style over the given range.
AbstractRunIterator | get_font_runs(self, dpi=None) Get a style iterator over the pyglet.font.Font instances used in the document.
pyglet.font.Font | get_font(self, position, dpi=None) Get the font instance used at the given position.
| insert_text(self, start, text, attributes=None) Insert text into the document.
| delete_text(self, start, end) Delete text from the document.
| insert_element(self, position, element, attributes=None) Insert a element into the document.
InlineElement | get_element(self, position) Get the element at a specified position.
| set_style(self, start, end, attributes) Set text style of some or all of the document.
| set_paragraph_style(self, start, end, attributes) Set the style for a range of paragraphs.
| dispatch_event(self, event_type, *args) Dispatch a single event to the attached handlers. (Inherited from pyglet.event.EventDispatcher)
| event(self, *args) Function decorator for an event handler. (Inherited from pyglet.event.EventDispatcher)
| pop_handlers(self) Pop the top level of event handlers off the stack. (Inherited from pyglet.event.EventDispatcher)
| push_handlers(self, *args, **kwargs) Push a level onto the top of the handler stack, then attach zero or more event handlers. (Inherited from pyglet.event.EventDispatcher)
| register_event_type(cls, name) Register an event type with the dispatcher. (Inherited from pyglet.event.EventDispatcher)
| remove_handler(self, name, handler) Remove a single event handler. (Inherited from pyglet.event.EventDispatcher)
| remove_handlers(self, *args, **kwargs) Remove event handlers from the event stack. (Inherited from pyglet.event.EventDispatcher)
| set_handler(self, name, handler) Attach a single event handler. (Inherited from pyglet.event.EventDispatcher)
| set_handlers(self, *args, **kwargs) Attach one or more event handlers to the top level of the handler stack. (Inherited from pyglet.event.EventDispatcher)

## Properties

str | text Document text.

## Class Variables

| event_types = ``[``'``on_insert_text``'``,` `'``on_delete_text``'``,` `'``on_style_t``...``

## Event Details

### on_insert_text

on_insert_text(self, start, text)
Text was inserted into the document.

Parameters:
  start : int
    Character insertion point within document.
  text : str
    The text that was inserted.

### on_delete_text

on_delete_text(self, start, end)
Text was deleted from the document.

Parameters:
  start : int
    Starting character position of deleted text.
  end : int
    Ending character position of deleted text (exclusive).

### on_style_text

on_style_text(self, start, end, attributes)
Text character style was modified.

Parameters:
  start : int
    Starting character position of modified text.
  end : int
    Ending character position of modified text (exclusive).
  attributes : dict
    Dictionary giving updated named style attributes of the text.

## Method Details

### get_paragraph_start

get_paragraph_start(self, pos)
Get the starting position of a paragraph.

Parameters:
  pos : int
    Character position within paragraph.
Returns: int

### get_paragraph_end

get_paragraph_end(self, pos)
Get the end position of a paragraph.

Parameters:
  pos : int
    Character position within paragraph.
Returns: int

### get_style_runs

get_style_runs(self, attribute)
Get a style iterator over the given style attribute.

Parameters:
  attribute : str
    Name of style attribute to query.
Returns: AbstractRunIterator

### get_style

get_style(self, attribute, position=0)
Get an attribute style at the given position.

Parameters:
  attribute : str
    Name of style attribute to query.
  position : int
    Character position of document to query.
Returns:
  The style set for the attribute at the given position.

### get_style_range

get_style_range(self, attribute, start, end)

Get an attribute style over the given range.

If the style varies over the range, STYLE_INDETERMINATE is returned.

Parameters:
  attribute : str
    Name of style attribute to query.
  start : int
    Starting character position.
  end : int
    Ending character position (exclusive).
Returns:
  The style set for the attribute over the given range, or STYLE_INDETERMINATE if more than one value is set.

### get_font_runs

get_font_runs(self, dpi=None)

Get a style iterator over the pyglet.font.Font instances used in the document.

The font instances are created on-demand by inspection of the `font_name`, `font_size`, `bold` and `italic` style attributes.

Parameters:
  dpi : float
    Optional resolution to construct fonts at. See pyglet.font.load.
Returns: AbstractRunIterator

### get_font

get_font(self, position, dpi=None)
Get the font instance used at the given position.

Parameters:
  position : int
    Character position of document to query.
  dpi : float
    Optional resolution to construct fonts at. See pyglet.font.load.
Returns:
  pyglet.font.Font: The font at the given position.

See Also: get_font_runs

### insert_text

insert_text(self, start, text, attributes=None)
Insert text into the document.

Parameters:
  start : int
    Character insertion point within document.
  text : str
    Text to insert.
  attributes : dict
    Optional dictionary giving named style attributes of the inserted text.

### delete_text

delete_text(self, start, end)
Delete text from the document.

Parameters:
  start : int
    Starting character position to delete from.
  end : int
    Ending character position to delete to (exclusive).

### insert_element

insert_element(self, position, element, attributes=None)

Insert a element into the document.

See the InlineElement class documentation for details of usage.

Parameters:
  position : int
    Character insertion point within document.
  element : InlineElement
    Element to insert.
  attributes : dict
    Optional dictionary giving named style attributes of the inserted text.

### get_element

get_element(self, position)
Get the element at a specified position.

Parameters:
  position : int
    Position in the document of the element.
Returns: InlineElement

### set_style

set_style(self, start, end, attributes)
Set text style of some or all of the document.

Parameters:
  start : int
    Starting character position.
  end : int
    Ending character position (exclusive).
  attributes : dict
    Dictionary giving named style attributes of the text.

### set_paragraph_style

set_paragraph_style(self, start, end, attributes)

Set the style for a range of paragraphs.

This is a convenience method for set_style that aligns the character range to the enclosing paragraph(s).

Parameters:
  start : int
    Starting character position.
  end : int
    Ending character position (exclusive).
  attributes : dict
    Dictionary giving named style attributes of the paragraphs.

## Property Details

### text

Document text.

For efficient incremental updates, use the insert_text and delete_text methods instead of replacing this property.

Type:
  str

## Class Variable Details

### event_types

Value:

      ['on_insert_text', 'on_delete_text', 'on_style_text']