com.lowagie.text.pdf
Class DefaultSplitCharacter

java.lang.Object
  com.lowagie.text.pdf.DefaultSplitCharacter

All Implemented Interfaces:

SplitCharacter

public class DefaultSplitCharacter
extends Object
implements SplitCharacter

The default class that is used to determine whether or not a character is a split character. You can subclass this class to define your own split characters.

Since:

2.1.2

Field Summary

static SplitCharacter

DEFAULT An instance of the default SplitCharacter.

Constructor Summary

DefaultSplitCharacter()

Method Summary

protected char	getCurrentCharacter(int current, char[] cc, PdfChunk[] ck) Returns the current character
boolean	isSplitCharacter(int start, int current, int end, char[] cc, PdfChunk[] ck) Checks if a character can be used to split a PdfString.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

DEFAULT

public static final SplitCharacter DEFAULT

An instance of the default SplitCharacter.

Constructor Detail

DefaultSplitCharacter

public DefaultSplitCharacter()

Method Detail

isSplitCharacter

public boolean isSplitCharacter(int start,
                                int current,
                                int end,
                                char[] cc,
                                PdfChunk[] ck)

Checks if a character can be used to split a PdfString.

for the moment every character less than or equal to SPACE, the character '-' and some specific unicode ranges are 'splitCharacters'.

Specified by:

isSplitCharacter in interface SplitCharacter

Parameters:

start - start position in the array

current - current position in the array

end - end position in the array

cc - the character array that has to be checked

ck - chunk array

Returns:

true if the character can be used to split a string, false otherwise

getCurrentCharacter

protected char getCurrentCharacter(int current,
                                   char[] cc,
                                   PdfChunk[] ck)

Returns the current character

Parameters:

current - current position in the array

cc - the character array that has to be checked

ck - chunk array

Returns:

the current character