iText.IO.Font.IExtraEncoding Interface Reference

Classes implementing this interface can create custom encodings or replace existing ones. More...

Public Member Functions
byte[]	CharToByte (String text, String encoding)
	Converts an Unicode string to a byte array according to some encoding. More...
byte[]	CharToByte (char char1, String encoding)
	Converts an Unicode char to a byte array according to some encoding. More...
String	ByteToChar (byte[] b, String encoding)
	Converts a byte array to an Unicode string according to some encoding. More...

Detailed Description

Classes implementing this interface can create custom encodings or replace existing ones.

Classes implementing this interface can create custom encodings or replace existing ones. It is used in the context of PdfEncoding.

Member Function Documentation

ByteToChar()

String iText.IO.Font.IExtraEncoding.ByteToChar	(	byte[]	b,
		String	encoding
	)

Converts a byte array to an Unicode string according to some encoding.

Parameters

b	the input byte array
encoding	the requested encoding. It's mainly of use if the same class supports more than one encoding.

Returns

the conversion or null if no conversion is supported

CharToByte() [1/2]

byte [] iText.IO.Font.IExtraEncoding.CharToByte	(	char	char1,
		String	encoding
	)

Converts an Unicode char to a byte array according to some encoding.

Parameters

char1	the Unicode char
encoding	the requested encoding. It's mainly of use if the same class supports more than one encoding.

Returns

the conversion or null if no conversion is supported

CharToByte() [2/2]

byte [] iText.IO.Font.IExtraEncoding.CharToByte	(	String	text,
		String	encoding
	)

Converts an Unicode string to a byte array according to some encoding.

Parameters

text	the Unicode string
encoding	the requested encoding. It's mainly of use if the same class supports more than one encoding.

Returns

the conversion or null if no conversion is supported