Class EntitiesToSymbol

java.lang.Object

com.aowagie.text.xml.simpleparser.EntitiesToSymbol

public class EntitiesToSymbol
extends Object

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

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field	Description
private static final HashMap	map	This is a map that contains all possible id values of the entity tag that can be translated to a character in font Symbol.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
EntitiesToSymbol()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
static Chunk	get(String e, Font font)	Gets a chunk with a symbol character.
private static char	getCorrespondingSymbol(String name)	Looks for the corresponding symbol in the font Symbol.

Methods inherited from class Object

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

Field Details

map

private static final HashMap map

This is a map that contains all possible id values of the entity tag that can be translated to a character in font Symbol.

Constructor Details

EntitiesToSymbol

public EntitiesToSymbol()

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.SYMBOL)

Returns:

a Chunk

getCorrespondingSymbol

private static char getCorrespondingSymbol(String name)

Looks for the corresponding symbol in the font Symbol.

Parameters:

name - the name of the entity

Returns:

the corresponding character in font Symbol