de.intarsys.pdf.font

Class CharacterSelector

java.lang.Object

de.intarsys.pdf.font.CharacterSelector

Direct Known Subclasses:

CharacterSelectorCID, CharacterSelectorCode, CharacterSelectorName

public abstract class CharacterSelector
extends Object

A selector for a character within a font. Within PDF only CID's are supported.

A character may be identified by different means (name, index, unicode..).

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
static CharacterSelector	Notdef The special selector for undefined glyphs.
static int	NotdefCID The special CID value for undefined glyphs.

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
int	getFontNumber() The font number referenced by this selector.
abstract int	getLength() The number of bytes this selector occupies.
abstract int	getValue() The integer equivalent of the selector.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

Notdef

public static final CharacterSelector Notdef

The special selector for undefined glyphs.

NotdefCID

public static final int NotdefCID

The special CID value for undefined glyphs.

See Also:

Constant Field Values

Method Detail

getFontNumber

public int getFontNumber()

The font number referenced by this selector.

In PDF this is always 0.

Returns:

The font number referenced by this selector.

getLength

public abstract int getLength()

The number of bytes this selector occupies.

Returns:

The number of bytes this selector occupies.

getValue

public abstract int getValue()

The integer equivalent of the selector.

A selector must not be larger than the platform integer size.

Returns:

The integer equivalent of the selector.