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Interface HyphenationEvent

All Known Implementing Classes:

HyphenationAuto

public interface HyphenationEvent

Called by Chunk to hyphenate a word.

Author:

Paulo Soares (psoares@consiste.pt)

Method Summary

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

Method Detail

getHyphenSymbol

java.lang.String getHyphenSymbol()

Gets the hyphen symbol.

Returns:

the hyphen symbol

getHyphenatedWordPre

java.lang.String getHyphenatedWordPre(java.lang.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().

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

java.lang.String getHyphenatedWordPost()

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

Returns:

the second part of the hyphenated word