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/* $Id$ */

package org.apache.xmlgraphics.java2d.ps;

import java.io.IOException;

/**
 * Interface which the Graphics2D class delegates text painting to for Postscript.
 */
public interface PSTextHandler extends org.apache.xmlgraphics.java2d.TextHandler {
    /**
     * Is called by when the "Setup" or "Prolog" of the PostScript document is generated. 
     * Subclasses can do font registration, for example.
     * @throws IOException In case of an I/O error
     */
    void writeSetup() throws IOException;

    /**
     * Is called by when a "PageSetup" section of the PostScript document is generated. 
     * Subclasses can do some font initialization if necessary.
     * @throws IOException In case of an I/O error
     */
    void writePageSetup() throws IOException;
}