Package com.lowagie.text.pdf

Class LayoutProcessor

java.lang.Object

com.lowagie.text.pdf.LayoutProcessor

public class LayoutProcessor
extends Object

Provides glyph layout e.g. for accented Latin letters.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
static GlyphVector	computeGlyphVector(BaseFont baseFont, float fontSize, String text)	Computes glyph positioning
static void	enable()	Enables the processor
static void	enable(int flags)	Enables the processor providing flags This method can only be called once.
static int	getFlags()
static boolean	isEnabled()
static boolean	isSet(int queryFlags)
static void	loadFont(BaseFont baseFont, String filename)	Loads the AWT font needed for layout
static Point2D	showText(PdfContentByte cb, BaseFont baseFont, float fontSize, String text)	Shows a text using glyph positioning (if needed)
static boolean	supportsFont(BaseFont baseFont)

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Method Detail

enable

public static void enable()

Enables the processor

enable

public static void enable(int flags)

Enables the processor providing flags This method can only be called once.

Parameters:

flags - see java.awt.Font.layoutGlyphVector

isEnabled

public static boolean isEnabled()

getFlags

public static int getFlags()

isSet

public static boolean isSet(int queryFlags)

supportsFont

public static boolean supportsFont(BaseFont baseFont)

loadFont

public static void loadFont(BaseFont baseFont,
                            String filename)

Loads the AWT font needed for layout

Parameters:

baseFont - OpenPdf base font

filename - of the font file

Throws:

RuntimeException - if font can not be loaded

computeGlyphVector

public static GlyphVector computeGlyphVector(BaseFont baseFont,
                                             float fontSize,
                                             String text)

Computes glyph positioning

Parameters:

baseFont - OpenPdf base font

text - input text

Returns:

glyph vector containing reordered text, width and positioning info

showText

public static Point2D showText(PdfContentByte cb,
                               BaseFont baseFont,
                               float fontSize,
                               String text)

Shows a text using glyph positioning (if needed)

Parameters:

cb - object containing the content of the page

baseFont - base font to use

fontSize - font size to apply

text - text to show

Returns:

layout position correction to correct the start of the next line