org.pdfbox.pdmodel.font
Class PDFontFactory

java.lang.Object
  org.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	createFont(COSDictionary dic) This will create the correct font based on information in the dictionary.
static PDFont	createFont(COSDictionary dic, Map fontCache) Create a font from the dictionary.

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

Create a font from the dictionary. Use the fontCache to get the existing object instead of creating it.

Parameters:

dic - The font dictionary.

fontCache - The font cache.

Returns:

The PDModel object for the cos dictionary.

Throws:

IOException - If there is an error creating the font.

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.