com.lowagie.text
Class Entities

java.lang.Object
  com.lowagie.text.Entities

public class Entities
extends 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.

Constructor Summary

Entities()

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.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

map

public static final HashMap map

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

Constructor Detail

Entities

public Entities()

Method Detail

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