com.flagstone.transform.util.font
Interface FontDecoder

All Known Implementing Classes:

SWFFontDecoder, TTFDecoder

public interface FontDecoder

FontDecoder is an interface that classes used to decode different fonts formats should implement in order to be registered with the FontRegistry.

Method Summary

List<Font>	getFonts() Get the list of fonts decoded.
void	read(File file) Read a font from a file.
void	read(URL url) Read a font from a file referenced by a URL.

Method Detail

read

void read(File file)
          throws IOException,
                 DataFormatException

Read a font from a file.

Parameters:

file - the path to the file.

Throws:

IOException - if there is an error reading the font data.

DataFormatException - if the file contains an unsupported format.

read

void read(URL url)
          throws IOException,
                 DataFormatException

Read a font from a file referenced by a URL.

Parameters:

url - the reference to the file.

Throws:

IOException - if there is an error reading the font data.

DataFormatException - if the file contains an unsupported format.

getFonts

List<Font> getFonts()

Get the list of fonts decoded.

Returns:

a list of fonts.