org.apache.pdfbox.pdmodel.font
Class PDFontFactory

java.lang.Object
  org.apache.pdfbox.pdmodel.font.PDFontFactory

public class PDFontFactory
extends Object

This will create the correct type of font based on information in the dictionary.

Version:

$Revision: 1.6 $

Author:

Ben Litchfield

Method Summary

static PDFont	createDefaultFont() Create a default font
static PDFont	createFont(COSDictionary dic) This will create the correct font based on information in the dictionary.
static PDFont	createFont(COSDictionary dic, Map fontCache) Deprecated. due to some side effects font caching is no longer supported, use createFont(COSDictionary) instead

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Detail

createFont

public static PDFont createFont(COSDictionary dic,
                                Map fontCache)
                         throws IOException

Deprecated. due to some side effects font caching is no longer supported, use createFont(COSDictionary) instead

This will create the correct font based on information in the dictionary.

Parameters:

dic - The populated dictionary.

fontCache - A Map to cache already created fonts

Returns:

The corrent implementation for the font.

Throws:

IOException - If the dictionary is not valid.

createFont

public static PDFont createFont(COSDictionary dic)
                         throws IOException

This will create the correct font based on information in the dictionary.

Parameters:

dic - The populated dictionary.

Returns:

The corrent implementation for the font.

Throws:

IOException - If the dictionary is not valid.

createDefaultFont

public static PDFont createDefaultFont()
                                throws IOException

Create a default font

Returns:

a default font

Throws:

IOException - if something goes wrong