FontMetrics.java

/* FontMetrics.java -- Information about about a fonts display characteristics
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package java.awt;

// FIXME: I leave many methods basically unimplemented.  This
// should be reviewed.

/**
  * This class returns information about the display characteristics of
  * a font.  It is abstract, and concrete subclasses should implement at
  * least the following methods:
  * <p>
  * <ul>
  * <li>getAscent
  * <li>getDescent
  * <li>getLeading()
  * <li>getMaxAdvance()
  * <li>charWidth(char)
  * <li>charsWidth(char[], int, int)
  * </ul>
  *
  * @author Aaron M. Renn (arenn@urbanophile.com)
  */
public abstract class FontMetrics implements java.io.Serializable
{

/*
 * Static Variables
 */

// Serialization constant
private static final long serialVersionUID = 1681126225205050147L;

/*************************************************************************/

/*
 * Instance Variables
 */

/**
  * This is the font for which metrics will be returned.
  */
protected Font font;

/*************************************************************************/

/*
 * Constructors
 */

/**
  * Initializes a new instance of <code>FontMetrics</code> for the
  * specified font.
  *
  * @param font The font to return metric information for.
  */
protected
FontMetrics(Font font)
{
  this.font = font;
}

/*************************************************************************/

/*
 * Instance Methods
 */

/**
  * Returns the font that this object is creating metric information fo.
  *
  * @return The font for this object.
  */
public Font
getFont()
{
  return(font);
}

/*************************************************************************/

/**
  * Returns the leading, or spacing between lines, for this font.
  *
  * @return The font leading.
  */
public int
getLeading()
{
  return(0);
}

/*************************************************************************/

/**
  * Returns the ascent of the font, which is the distance from the base
  * to the top of the majority of characters in the set.  Some characters
  * can exceed this value however.
  *
  * @return The font ascent.
  */
public int
getAscent()
{
  return(1);
}

/*************************************************************************/

/**
  * Returns the descent of the font, which is the distance from the base
  * to the bottom of the majority of characters in the set.  Some characters
  * can exceed this value however.
  *
  * @return The font descent.
  */
public int
getDescent()
{
  return(1);
}

/*************************************************************************/

/**
  * Returns the height of a line in this font.  This will be the sum
  * of the leading, the ascent, and the descent.
  *
  * @return The height of the font.
  */
public int
getHeight()
{
  return(getAscent() + getDescent() + getLeading());
}

/*************************************************************************/

/**
  * Returns the maximum ascent value.  This is the maximum distance any
  * character in the font rised above the baseline.
  *
  * @return The maximum ascent for this font.
  */
public int
getMaxAscent()
{
  return(getAscent());
}

/*************************************************************************/

/**
  * Returns the maximum descent value.  This is the maximum distance any
  * character in the font extends below the baseline.
  *
  * @return The maximum descent for this font.
  */
public int
getMaxDescent()
{
  return(getDescent());
}

/*************************************************************************/

/**
  * Returns the maximum descent value.  This is the maximum distance any
  * character in the font extends below the baseline.
  *
  * @return The maximum descent for this font.
  *
  * @deprecated This method is deprecated in favor of
  * <code>getMaxDescent()</code>.
  */
public int
getMaxDecent()
{
  return(getMaxDescent());
}

/*************************************************************************/

/**
  * Returns the width of the widest character in the font.
  *
  * @return The width of the widest character in the font.
  */
public int
getMaxAdvance()
{
  return(-1);
}

/*************************************************************************/

/**
  * Returns the width of the specified character.
  *
  * @param ch The character to return the width of.
  *
  * @return The width of the specified character.
  */
public int
charWidth(int ch)
{
  return(charWidth((char)ch));
}

/*************************************************************************/

/**
  * Returns the width of the specified character.
  *
  * @param ch The character to return the width of.
  *
  * @return The width of the specified character.
  */
public int
charWidth(char ch)
{
  return(1);
}

/*************************************************************************/

/**
  * Returns the total width of the specified string
  *
  * @param str The string to return the width of.
  *
  * @return The width of the string.
  */
public int
stringWidth(String str)
{
  char[] buf = new char[str.length()];
  str.getChars(0, str.length(), buf, 0);

  return(charsWidth(buf, 0, buf.length));
}

/*************************************************************************/

/**
  * Returns the total width of the specified character array.
  *
  * @param buf The character array containing the data.
  * @param offset The offset into the array to start calculating from.
  * @param len The total number of bytes to process.
  *
  * @return The width of the requested characters.
  */
public int
charsWidth(char buf[], int offset, int len)
{
  int total_width = 0;
  for (int i = offset; i < len; i++)
    total_width = charWidth(buf[i]);

  return(total_width);
}

/*************************************************************************/

/**
  * Returns the total width of the specified byte array.
  *
  * @param buf The byte array containing the data.
  * @param offset The offset into the array to start calculating from.
  * @param len The total number of bytes to process.
  *
  * @return The width of the requested characters.
  */
public int
bytesWidth(byte buf[], int offset, int len)
{
  int total_width = 0;
  for (int i = offset; i < len; i++)
    total_width = charWidth((char)buf[i]);

  return(total_width);
}

/*************************************************************************/

/**
  * Returns the widths of the first 256 characters in the font.
  *
  * @return The widths of the first 256 characters in the font.
  */
public int[]
getWidths()
{
  return(new int[256]);
}

/*************************************************************************/

/**
  * Returns a string representation of this object.
  *
  * @return A string representation of this object.
  */
public String
toString()
{
  return (this.getClass() + "[font=" + font + ",ascent=" + getAscent() 
	  + ",descent=" + getDescent() + ",height=" + getHeight() + "]");
}

} // class FontMetrics