An object that implements this interface contains text that has a direction.

abstract class HasDirectionalText extends HasText {

 /**
  * Gets the direction of this object's text.
  *
  * @return the direction of this object's text
  */
 Direction getTextDirection();

 /**
  * Sets this object's text, also declaring its direction.
  *
  * @param text the object's new text
  * @param dir the text's direction
  */
 void setText(String text, Direction dir);
}