org.pentaho.reporting.libraries.fonts.registry
Interface FontRegistry

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractFontFileRegistry, AfmFontRegistry, AWTFontRegistry, CompoundFontRegistry, ITextBuiltInFontRegistry, ITextFontRegistry, MonospaceFontRegistry, PfmFontRegistry, TrueTypeFontRegistry

public interface FontRegistry

Creation-Date: 16.12.2005, 20:11:11

Author:

Thomas Morgner

Method Summary

FontMetricsFactory	createMetricsFactory() Creates a new font metrics factory.
java.lang.String[]	getAllRegisteredFamilies()
FontFamily	getFontFamily(java.lang.String name) Tries to find a font family with the given name, looking through all alternative font names if neccessary.
java.lang.String[]	getRegisteredFamilies()
FontCache	getSecondLevelCache()
void	initialize()

Method Detail

initialize

void initialize()

getSecondLevelCache

FontCache getSecondLevelCache()

getFontFamily

FontFamily getFontFamily(java.lang.String name)

Tries to find a font family with the given name, looking through all alternative font names if neccessary.

Parameters:

name -

Returns:

the font family or null, if there is no such family.

getRegisteredFamilies

java.lang.String[] getRegisteredFamilies()

getAllRegisteredFamilies

java.lang.String[] getAllRegisteredFamilies()

createMetricsFactory

FontMetricsFactory createMetricsFactory()

Creates a new font metrics factory. That factory is specific to a certain font registry and is not required to handle font records from foreign font registries. A font metrics factory should never be used on its own. It should be embedded into and used by a FontStorage implementation.

Returns: