/**
 * <copyright> Copyright (c) 2006 by Know-Center, Graz, Austria </copyright>
 * 
 * This software is the confidential and proprietary information of Know-Center,
 * Graz, Austria. You shall not disclose such Confidential Information and shall
 * use it only in accordance with the terms of the license agreement you entered
 * into with Know-Center.
 * 
 * KNOW-CENTER MAKES NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES ABOUT THE SUITABILITY OF
 * THE SOFTWARE, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE
 * IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, OR
 * NON-INFRINGEMENT. KNOW-CENTER SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES SUFFERED BY
 * LICENSEE AS A RESULT OF USING, MODIFYING OR DISTRIBUTING THIS SOFTWARE OR ITS
 * DERIVATIVES.
 * 
 * $Id: StringInfo.java,v 1.2 2006/10/11 07:57:58 wprinz Exp $
 */
package at.knowcenter.wag.egov.egiz.pdf;

import java.io.Serializable;
import java.io.UnsupportedEncodingException;

/**
 * Specifies a certain data area within the pdf.
 * 
 * <p>
 * Actually this is a byte range, which is used to hold the placeholder ranges
 * for later replacement.
 * </p>
 * 
 * @author wprinz
 */
public class StringInfo implements Serializable
{
  /**
   * SVUID.
   */
  private static final long serialVersionUID = 5834801907046737048L;

  /**
   * The PDF document this range belongs to.
   */
  protected byte[] pdf = null;

  /**
   * The start offset of the range.
   */
  public int string_start = -1;

  /**
   * The length of the range.
   */
  public int string_length = -1;

  /**
   * Copies the bytes of this range to a new byte array.
   * 
   * @return Returns the new byte array.
   */
  public byte[] copyStringBytes()
  {
    byte[] bytes = new byte[this.string_length];
    System.arraycopy(this.pdf, this.string_start, bytes, 0, this.string_length);
    return bytes;
  }

  /**
   * Converts the range into a String.
   * 
   * @return Returns the String.
   * @throws UnsupportedEncodingException
   *           Forwarded exception.
   */
  public String getString(String encoding) throws UnsupportedEncodingException
  {
    byte[] bytes = copyStringBytes();
    return new String(bytes, encoding);
  }

  public String toString()
  {
    try
    {
      return "(" + this.string_start + "," + this.string_length + ")" + getString("ISO-8859-1");
    }
    catch (UnsupportedEncodingException e)
    {
      e.printStackTrace();
      return "(" + this.string_start + "," + this.string_length + ")";
    }
  }

}