net.sf.jasperreports.engine.fill
Interface JRTextMeasurer

All Known Implementing Classes:

JdkGlyphFixTextMeasurer, TextMeasurer

public interface JRTextMeasurer

Text measurer interface. A text measurer is responsible for fitting a text in a given space and for computing other text measuring information.

Version:

$Id: JRTextMeasurer.java 4595 2011-09-08 15:55:10Z teodord $

Author:

Lucian Chirita (lucianc@users.sourceforge.net)

Method Summary

JRMeasuredText

measure(JRStyledText styledText, int remainingTextStart, int availableStretchHeight, boolean canOverflow) Fit a text chunk in a given space.

Method Detail

measure

JRMeasuredText measure(JRStyledText styledText,
                       int remainingTextStart,
                       int availableStretchHeight,
                       boolean canOverflow)

Fit a text chunk in a given space.

Parameters:

styledText - the full text

remainingTextStart - the start index of the remaining text

availableStretchHeight - the available stretch height

canOverflow - whether the text element is able to overflow

Returns:

text measuring information