sources/org/apache/batik/dom/svg/SVGTextContent.java

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package org.apache.batik.dom.svg;

import java.awt.geom.Rectangle2D;
import java.awt.geom.Point2D;

/**
 * This class provides the interface for the SVGTextContentElement
 * for the bridge to implement.
 *
 * @author nicolas.socheleau@bitflash.com
 * @version $Id$
 */
public interface SVGTextContent
{
    /**
     * Returns the total number of characters to be
     * rendered within the current element.
     * Includes characters which are included
     * via a <tref> reference.
     *
     * @return Total number of characters.
     */
    int getNumberOfChars();

    /**
     * Returns a tightest rectangle which defines the
     * minimum and maximum X and Y values in the user
     * coordinate system for rendering the glyph(s)
     * that correspond to the specified character.
     * The calculations assume that  all glyphs occupy
     * the full standard glyph cell for the font. If
     * multiple consecutive characters are rendered
     * inseparably (e.g., as a single glyph or a
     * sequence of glyphs), then each of the inseparable
     * characters will return the same extent.
     *
     * @param charnum The index of the character, where the
     *    first character has an index of 0.
     * @return The rectangle which encloses all of
     *    the rendered glyph(s).
     */
    Rectangle2D getExtentOfChar(int charnum );

    /**
     * Returns the current text position before rendering
     * the character in the user coordinate system for
     * rendering the glyph(s) that correspond to the
     * specified character. The current text position has
     * already taken into account the effects of any inter-
     * character adjustments due to properties 'kerning',
     * 'letter-spacing' and 'word-spacing' and adjustments
     * due to attributes x, y, dx and dy. If multiple
     * consecutive characters are rendered inseparably
     * (e.g., as a single glyph or a sequence of glyphs),
     * then each of the inseparable characters will return
     * the start position for the first glyph.
     *
     * @param charnum The index of the character, where the
     *    first character has an index of 0.
     * @return The character's start position.
     */
    Point2D getStartPositionOfChar(int charnum);

    /**
     * Returns the current text position after rendering
     * the character in the user coordinate system for
     * rendering the glyph(s) that correspond to the
     * specified character. This current text position
     * does not take into account the effects of any inter-
     * character adjustments to prepare for the next
     * character, such as properties 'kerning',
     * 'letter-spacing' and 'word-spacing' and adjustments
     * due to attributes x, y, dx and dy. If multiple
     * consecutive characters are rendered inseparably
     * (e.g., as a single glyph or a sequence of glyphs),
     * then each of the inseparable characters will return
     * the end position for the last glyph.
     *
     * @param charnum The index of the character, where the
     *    first character has an index of 0.
     * @return The character's end position.
     */
    Point2D getEndPositionOfChar(int charnum);

    /**
     * Returns the rotation value relative to the current
     * user coordinate system used to render the glyph(s)
     * corresponding to the specified character. If
     * multiple glyph(s) are used to render the given
     * character and the glyphs each have different
     * rotations (e.g., due to text-on-a-path), the user
     * agent shall return an average value (e.g., the
     * rotation angle at the midpoint along the path for
     * all glyphs used to render this character). The
     * rotation value represents the rotation that is
     * supplemental to any rotation due to properties
     * 'glyph-orientation-horizontal' and
     * 'glyph-orientation-vertical'; thus, any glyph
     * rotations due to these properties are not included
     * into the returned rotation value. If multiple
     * consecutive characters are rendered inseparably
     * (e.g., as a single glyph or a sequence of glyphs),
     * then each of the inseparable characters will
     * return the same rotation value.
     *
     * @param charnum The index of the character, where the
     *    first character has an index of 0.
     * @return The character's rotation angle.
     */
    float getRotationOfChar(int charnum);
    /**
     * Causes the specified substring to be selected
     * just as if the user selected the substring interactively.
     *
     * @param charnum : The index of the start character
     *   which is at the given point, where the first
     *   character has an index of 0.
     * @param nchars : The number of characters in the
     *   substring. If nchars specifies more characters
     *   than are available, then the substring will
     *   consist of all characters starting with charnum
     *   until the end of the list of characters.
     */
    void selectSubString(int charnum, int nchars);

    float getComputedTextLength();

    float getSubStringLength(int charnum, int nchars);

    int getCharNumAtPosition(float x, float y);
}