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

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 .