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## javax.swing.text
Interface Position

    public interface Position

Represents a location within a document. It is intended to abstract away implementation details of the document and enable specification of positions within the document that are capable of tracking of change as the document is edited (i.e. offsets are fragile).

Nested Class Summary
`static class` | `Position.Bias` A typesafe enumeration to indicate bias to a position in the model.

Method Summary
`int` | `getOffset()` Fetches the current offset within the document.

Method Detail

### getOffset

    int getOffset()

  Fetches the current offset within the document.

  Returns:
    the offset >= 0

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