/*
 * Copyright 2002 Paulo Soares
 *
 *
 * The Original Code is 'iText, a free JAVA-PDF library'.
 *
 * The Initial Developer of the Original Code is Bruno Lowagie. Portions created by
 * the Initial Developer are Copyright (C) 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002 by Bruno Lowagie.
 * All Rights Reserved.
 * Co-Developer of the code is Paulo Soares. Portions created by the Co-Developer
 * are Copyright (C) 2000, 2001, 2002 by Paulo Soares. All Rights Reserved.
 *
 * Contributor(s): all the names of the contributors are added in the source code
 * where applicable.
 *
 *
 * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
 * modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public
 * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
 * version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
 * 
 * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
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 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
 * Library General Public License for more details.
 * 
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 * If you didn't download this code from the following link, you should check if
 * you aren't using an obsolete version:
 * http://www.lowagie.com/iText/
 */

package com.lowagie.text.pdf;

/** Called by <code>Chunk</code> to hyphenate a word.
 *
 * @author Paulo Soares (psoares@consiste.pt)
 */
public interface HyphenationEvent {

    /** Gets the hyphen symbol.
     * @return the hyphen symbol
     */    
    public String getHyphenSymbol();
    
    /** Hyphenates a word and returns the first part of it. To get
     * the second part of the hyphenated word call <CODE>getHyphenatedWordPost()</CODE>.
     * @param word the word to hyphenate
     * @param font the font used by this word
     * @param fontSize the font size used by this word
     * @param remainingWidth the width available to fit this word in
     * @return the first part of the hyphenated word including
     * the hyphen symbol, if any
     */    
    public String getHyphenatedWordPre(String word, BaseFont font, float fontSize, float remainingWidth);
    
    /** Gets the second part of the hyphenated word. Must be called
     * after <CODE>getHyphenatedWordPre()</CODE>.
     * @return the second part of the hyphenated word
     */    
    public String getHyphenatedWordPost();
}