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package flashx.textLayout.formats
{
	/**
	 * This interface provides read access to tab stop-related properties.
	 * 
	 * @playerversion Flash 10
	 * @playerversion AIR 1.5
	 * @langversion 3.0
	 */
	public interface ITabStopFormat
	{
		/**
		 * Return the value of the style specified by the <code>styleProp</code> parameter
		 * which specifies the style name.
		 * 
		 * @param styleProp The name of the style whose value is to be retrieved.
		 * @return The value of the specified style.  The type varies depending on the type of the style being
		 * accessed.  Returns <code>undefined</code> if the style is not set.
		 * 
		 * @playerversion Flash 10
		 * @playerversion AIR 1.5
		 * @langversion 3.0
		 */
		function getStyle(styleName:String):*;
		/**
		 * The position of the tab stop, in pixels, relative to the start edge of the column.
		 * <p>Legal values are numbers from 0 to 10000 and FormatValue.INHERIT.</p>
		 * <p>Default value is undefined indicating not set.</p>
		 * <p>If undefined during the cascade this property will have a value of 0.</p>
		 * @see FormatValue#INHERIT
		 * 
		 * @throws RangeError when set value is not within range for this property
		 * 
		 * @playerversion Flash 10
		 * @playerversion AIR 1.5
		 * @langversion 3.0
		 */
		function get position():*;

		/**
		 * The tab alignment for this tab stop. 
		 * <p>Legal values are TabAlignment.START, TabAlignment.CENTER, TabAlignment.END, TabAlignment.DECIMAL, FormatValue.INHERIT.</p>
		 * <p>Default value is undefined indicating not set.</p>
		 * <p>If undefined during the cascade this property will have a value of TabAlignment.START.</p>
		 * @see FormatValue#INHERIT
		 * 
		 * @throws RangeError when set value is not within range for this property
		 * 
		 * @playerversion Flash 10
		 * @playerversion AIR 1.5
		 * @langversion 3.0
		 * @see flash.text.engine.TabAlignment
		 */
		function get alignment():*;

		/**
		 * The alignment token to be used if the alignment is DECIMAL.
		 * <p>Default value is undefined indicating not set.</p>
		 * <p>If undefined during the cascade this property will have a value of null.</p>
		 * 
		 * @throws RangeError when set value is not within range for this property
		 * 
		 * @playerversion Flash 10
		 * @playerversion AIR 1.5
		 * @langversion 3.0
		 */
		function get decimalAlignmentToken():*;
	}
}