de.intarsys.pdf.font.outlet

Interface IFontFactory

All Known Implementing Classes:

NullFontFactory

public interface IFontFactory

A factory for PDFont instances.

The factory can create "relative" requests ("getXYZFlavor) as well as "absolute" request defining the complete font attributes.

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
PDFont	getBoldFlavor(PDFont font) A font based on font, but with "bold" style.
PDFont	getFont(IFontQuery query) A font satisfying the conditions defined in query.
PDFont	getItalicFlavor(PDFont font) A font based on font, but with "italic" style.
PDFont	getRegularFlavor(PDFont font) A font based on font, but with "regular" style.
void	registerFont(PDFont font) Register a new font available for public use.

Method Detail

getBoldFlavor

PDFont getBoldFlavor(PDFont font)
                     throws FontFactoryException

A font based on font, but with "bold" style.

The font returned may be either a new one or a font already in use in a PDDocument. This decision is up to the factory.Be careful when changing the font returned!

Parameters:

font - The base font to be "bolded".

Returns:

A font based on font, but with "bold" style.

Throws:

FontFactoryException

getFont

PDFont getFont(IFontQuery query)
               throws FontFactoryException

A font satisfying the conditions defined in query.

The font returned may be either a new one or a font already in use in a PDDocument. This decision is up to the factory. Be careful when changing the font returned!

Parameters:

query - A query defining the PDFont to be looked up.

Returns:

A font satisfying the conditions defined in query.

Throws:

FontFactoryException

getItalicFlavor

PDFont getItalicFlavor(PDFont font)
                       throws FontFactoryException

A font based on font, but with "italic" style.

The font returned may be either a new one or a font already in use in a PDDocument. This decision is up to the factory.Be careful when changing the font returned!

Parameters:

font - The base font to be "italicized".

Returns:

A font based on font, but with "italic" style.

Throws:

FontFactoryException

getRegularFlavor

PDFont getRegularFlavor(PDFont font)
                        throws FontFactoryException

A font based on font, but with "regular" style.

The font returned may be either a new one or a font already in use in a PDDocument. This decision is up to the factory. Be careful when changing the font returned!

Parameters:

font - The base font to be "regularized".

Returns:

A font based on font, but with "regular" style.

Throws:

FontFactoryException

registerFont

void registerFont(PDFont font)

Register a new font available for public use.

Parameters:

font - The new font available for clients .