com.lowagie.text.xml.simpleparser
Class EntitiesToSymbol

java.lang.Object
  com.lowagie.text.xml.simpleparser.EntitiesToSymbol

public class EntitiesToSymbol
extends Object

This class contains entities that can be used in an entity tag.

Field Summary

static HashMap

map This is a map that contains all possible id values of the entity tag that can be translated to a character in font Symbol.

Constructor Summary

EntitiesToSymbol()

Method Summary

static Chunk	get(String e, Font font) Gets a chunk with a symbol character.
static char	getCorrespondingSymbol(String name) Looks for the corresponding symbol in the font Symbol.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

map

public static final HashMap map

This is a map that contains all possible id values of the entity tag that can be translated to a character in font Symbol.

Constructor Detail

EntitiesToSymbol

public EntitiesToSymbol()

Method Detail

get

public static Chunk get(String e,
                        Font font)

Gets a chunk with a symbol character.

Parameters:

e - a symbol value (see Entities class: alfa is greek alfa,...)

font - the font if the symbol isn't found (otherwise Font.SYMBOL)

Returns:

a Chunk

getCorrespondingSymbol

public static char getCorrespondingSymbol(String name)

Looks for the corresponding symbol in the font Symbol.

Parameters:

name - the name of the entity

Returns:

the corresponding character in font Symbol