com.itextpdf.layout.hyphenation

Class Hyphenator

java.lang.Object

com.itextpdf.layout.hyphenation.Hyphenator

public final class Hyphenator
extends Object

This class is the main entry point to the hyphenation package. You can use only the static methods or create an instance.

This work was authored by Carlos Villegas ([email protected]).

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
protected String	country
protected String	lang

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
Hyphenator(String lang, String country, int leftMin, int rightMin) Creates a new hyphenator.
Hyphenator(String lang, String country, int leftMin, int rightMin, Map<String,String> hyphPathNames) Creates a new hyphenator.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static void	clearHyphenationTreeCache() Clears the default hyphenation tree cache.
static HyphenationTree	getHyphenationTree(InputStream in, String name) Load tree from the stream.
static HyphenationTree	getHyphenationTree(String searchDirectory, String key) Load tree from xml file using configuration settings.
static HyphenationTree	getHyphenationTree(String lang, String country, Map<String,String> hyphPathNames) Returns a hyphenation tree for a given language and country, with fallback from (lang,country) to (lang).
static HyphenationTree	getHyphenationTree2(String lang, String country, Map<String,String> hyphPathNames) Returns a hyphenation tree for a given language and country.
static HyphenationTreeCache	getHyphenationTreeCache() Returns the default hyphenation tree cache.
Hyphenation	hyphenate(String word) Hyphenates a word.
static Hyphenation	hyphenate(String lang, String country, Map<String,String> hyphPathNames, String word, int leftMin, int rightMin) Hyphenates a word.
static Hyphenation	hyphenate(String lang, String country, String word, int leftMin, int rightMin) Hyphenates a word.
static void	registerAdditionalHyphenationFileDirectory(String directory) Registers additional file directories.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

lang

protected String lang

country

protected String country

Constructor Detail

Hyphenator

public Hyphenator(String lang,
                  String country,
                  int leftMin,
                  int rightMin)

Creates a new hyphenator.

Parameters:

lang - the language

country - the optional country code (may be null or "none")

leftMin - the minimum number of characters before the hyphenation point

rightMin - the minimum number of characters after the hyphenation point

Hyphenator

public Hyphenator(String lang,
                  String country,
                  int leftMin,
                  int rightMin,
                  Map<String,String> hyphPathNames)

Creates a new hyphenator.

Parameters:

lang - the language

country - the optional country code (may be null or "none")

hyphPathNames - the map with user-configured hyphenation pattern file names

leftMin - the minimum number of characters before the hyphenation point

rightMin - the minimum number of characters after the hyphenation point

Method Detail

registerAdditionalHyphenationFileDirectory

public static void registerAdditionalHyphenationFileDirectory(String directory)

Registers additional file directories.

Parameters:

directory - directory to register

getHyphenationTreeCache

public static HyphenationTreeCache getHyphenationTreeCache()

Returns the default hyphenation tree cache.

Returns:

the default (static) hyphenation tree cache

clearHyphenationTreeCache

public static void clearHyphenationTreeCache()

Clears the default hyphenation tree cache. This method can be used if the underlying data files are changed at runtime.

getHyphenationTree

public static HyphenationTree getHyphenationTree(String lang,
                                                 String country,
                                                 Map<String,String> hyphPathNames)

Returns a hyphenation tree for a given language and country, with fallback from (lang,country) to (lang). The hyphenation trees are cached.

Parameters:

lang - the language

country - the country (may be null or "none")

hyphPathNames - the map with user-configured hyphenation pattern file names

Returns:

the hyphenation tree

getHyphenationTree2

public static HyphenationTree getHyphenationTree2(String lang,
                                                  String country,
                                                  Map<String,String> hyphPathNames)

Returns a hyphenation tree for a given language and country. The hyphenation trees are cached.

Parameters:

lang - the language

country - the country (may be null or "none")

hyphPathNames - the map with user-configured hyphenation pattern file names

Returns:

the hyphenation tree

getHyphenationTree

public static HyphenationTree getHyphenationTree(String searchDirectory,
                                                 String key)

Load tree from xml file using configuration settings.

Parameters:

searchDirectory - the directory to search the file into

key - language key for the requested hyphenation file

Returns:

the requested HyphenationTree or null if it is not available

getHyphenationTree

public static HyphenationTree getHyphenationTree(InputStream in,
                                                 String name)

Load tree from the stream.

Parameters:

in - the input stream to load the tree from

name - unique key representing country-language combination

Returns:

the requested HyphenationTree or null if it is not available

hyphenate

public static Hyphenation hyphenate(String lang,
                                    String country,
                                    Map<String,String> hyphPathNames,
                                    String word,
                                    int leftMin,
                                    int rightMin)

Hyphenates a word.

Parameters:

lang - the language

country - the optional country code (may be null or "none")

hyphPathNames - the map with user-configured hyphenation pattern file names

word - the word to hyphenate

leftMin - the minimum number of characters before the hyphenation point

rightMin - the minimum number of characters after the hyphenation point

Returns:

the hyphenation result

hyphenate

public static Hyphenation hyphenate(String lang,
                                    String country,
                                    String word,
                                    int leftMin,
                                    int rightMin)

Hyphenates a word.

Parameters:

lang - the language

country - the optional country code (may be null or "none")

word - the word to hyphenate

leftMin - the minimum number of characters before the hyphenation point

rightMin - the minimum number of characters after the hyphenation point

Returns:

the hyphenation result

hyphenate

public Hyphenation hyphenate(String word)

Hyphenates a word.

Parameters:

word - the word to hyphenate

Returns:

the hyphenation result