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A custom view component is an object which reacts to certain document changes and updates the views of one or or more XML node views accordingly. A custom view component may be visual (e.g. a java.awt.Component or com.xmlmind.xmledit.gadget.Gadget implementing an interface specializing CustomViewManager.CustomView) or non-visual.
A custom view component is not declared anywhere. It is registered with the CustomViewManager of a ViewFactoryBase in the constructor of a stylesheet extension class using add methods such as CustomViewManager.add.
Implement one of the interfaces specializing CustomViewManager.CustomView, for example BasicElementObserver. See sample BasicElementObserver.
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3. StyleSpecs, an object which knows about the intrinsic styles of an element |  | 5. ComponentFactory |