com.lowagie.text

Class Entities


public class Entities
extends java.lang.Object

This class contains entities that can be used in an entity tag.

Field Summary

static HashMap
map
This is a map that contains all possible id values of the entity tag.

Method Summary

static Chunk
get(String e, Font font)
Gets a chunk with a symbol character.
static int
getCorrespondingSymbol(String c)
Looks for the corresponding symbol in the font Symbol.
static boolean
isTag(String tag)
Checks if a given tag corresponds with this object.

Field Details

map

public static final HashMap map
This is a map that contains all possible id values of the entity tag.

Method Details

get

public static Chunk get(String e,
                        Font font)
Gets a chunk with a symbol character.
Parameters:
e - a symbol value (see Entities class: alfa is greek alfa,...)
font - the font if the symbol isn't found (otherwise Font.SYMBIL)
Returns:
a Chunk

getCorrespondingSymbol

public static int getCorrespondingSymbol(String c)
Looks for the corresponding symbol in the font Symbol.
Parameters:
c - the original ASCII-char
Returns:
the corresponding symbol in font Symbol

isTag

public static boolean isTag(String tag)
Checks if a given tag corresponds with this object.
Parameters:
tag - the given tag
Returns:
true if the tag corresponds