Module com.github.librepdf.openpdf

Package com.lowagie.text.pdf

Class HyphenationAuto

java.lang.Object

com.lowagie.text.pdf.HyphenationAuto

All Implemented Interfaces:

HyphenationEvent

public class HyphenationAuto
extends Object
implements HyphenationEvent

Hyphenates words automatically accordingly to the language and country. The hyphenator engine was taken from FOP and uses the TEX patterns. If a language is not provided and a TEX pattern for it exists, it can be easily adapted.

Author:

Paulo Soares (psoares@consiste.pt)

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field	Description
protected Hyphenator	hyphenator	The hyphenator engine.
protected String	post	The second part of the hyphenated word.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
HyphenationAuto(String lang, String country, int leftMin, int rightMin)	Creates a new hyphenation instance usable in Chunk.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
String	getHyphenatedWordPost()	Gets the second part of the hyphenated word.
String	getHyphenatedWordPre(String word, BaseFont font, float fontSize, float remainingWidth)	Hyphenates a word and returns the first part of it.
String	getHyphenSymbol()	Gets the hyphen symbol.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

hyphenator

protected Hyphenator hyphenator

The hyphenator engine.

post

protected String post

The second part of the hyphenated word.

Constructor Detail

HyphenationAuto

public HyphenationAuto(String lang,
                       String country,
                       int leftMin,
                       int rightMin)

Creates a new hyphenation instance usable in Chunk.

Parameters:

lang - the language ("en" for English, for example)

country - the country ("GB" for Great-Britain or "none" for no country, for example)

leftMin - the minimum number of letters before the hyphen

rightMin - the minimum number of letters after the hyphen

Method Detail

getHyphenSymbol

public String getHyphenSymbol()

Gets the hyphen symbol.

Specified by:

getHyphenSymbol in interface HyphenationEvent

Returns:

the hyphen symbol

getHyphenatedWordPre

public String getHyphenatedWordPre(String word,
                                   BaseFont font,
                                   float fontSize,
                                   float remainingWidth)

Hyphenates a word and returns the first part of it. To get the second part of the hyphenated word call getHyphenatedWordPost().

Specified by:

getHyphenatedWordPre in interface HyphenationEvent

Parameters:

word - the word to hyphenate

font - the font used by this word

fontSize - the font size used by this word

remainingWidth - the width available to fit this word in

Returns:

the first part of the hyphenated word including the hyphen symbol, if any

getHyphenatedWordPost

public String getHyphenatedWordPost()

Gets the second part of the hyphenated word. Must be called after getHyphenatedWordPre().

Specified by:

getHyphenatedWordPost in interface HyphenationEvent

Returns:

the second part of the hyphenated word