/*
 * Java-Gnome Bindings Library
 *
 * Copyright 1998-2004 the Java-Gnome Team, all rights reserved.
 *
 * The Java-Gnome bindings library is free software distributed under
 * the terms of the GNU Library General Public License version 2.
 */

package org.gnu.pango;

import org.gnu.glib.Handle;
import org.gnu.glib.MemStruct;

/**
 * Attributed text is used in a number of places in Pango. It is used as the
 * input to the itemization process and also when creating a {@link Layout}.
 * The data types and functions in this section are used to represent and
 * manipulate sets of attributes applied to a portion of text.
 */
public class Attribute extends MemStruct {
    protected Attribute() {
    }

    protected Attribute(Handle handle) {
        super(handle);
    }

    /**
     * Returns the start index of the range
     */
    public int getStartIndex() {
        return getStartIndex(getHandle());
    }

    /**
     * Returns end index of the range. The character at this index is not
     * included in the range.
     */
    public int getEndIndex() {
        return getEndIndex(getHandle());
    }

    native static final protected int getStartIndex(Handle obj);

    native static final protected int getEndIndex(Handle obj);
}