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/* $Id: KnuthGlue.java 198474 2005-03-08 15:03:06Z jeremias $ */

package org.apache.fop.layoutmgr;

/**
 * An instance of this class represents a piece of content with adjustable 
 * width: for example a space between words of justified text.
 * 
 * A KnuthGlue is a feasible breaking point only if it immediately follows
 * a KnuthBox.
 * 
 * The represented piece of content is suppressed if either the KnuthGlue
 * is a chosen breaking point or there isn't any KnuthBox between the
 * previous breaking point and the KnuthGlue itself.
 * 
 * So, an unsuppressible piece of content with adjustable width, for example
 * a leader or a word with adjustable letter space, cannot be represented
 * by a single KnuthGlue; it can be represented using the sequence:
 *   KnuthBox(width = 0)
 *   KnuthPenalty(width = 0, penalty = infinity)
 *   KnuthGlue(...)
 *   KnuthBox(width = 0)
 * where the infinity penalty avoids choosing the KnuthGlue as a breaking point
 * and the 0-width KnuthBoxes prevent suppression.
 * 
 * Besides the inherited methods and attributes, this class has two attributes
 * used to store the stretchability (difference between max and opt width) and
 * the shrinkability (difference between opt and min width), and the methods
 * to get these values.
 */
public class KnuthGlue extends KnuthElement {
    private int stretchability;
    private int shrinkability;

    /**
     * Create a new KnuthGlue.
     *
     * @param w the width of this glue
     * @param y the stretchability of this glue
     * @param z the shrinkability of this glue
     * @param pos the Position stored in this glue
     * @param bAux is this glue auxiliary?
     */
    public KnuthGlue(int w, int y, int z, Position pos, boolean bAux) {
        super(w, pos, bAux);
        stretchability = y;
        shrinkability = z;
    }

    public boolean isGlue() {
        return true;
    }

    /**
     * Return the stretchability of this glue.
     */
    public int getY() {
        return stretchability;
    }

    /**
     * Return the shrinkability of this glue.
     */
    public int getZ() {
        return shrinkability;
    }
}