Package com.itextpdf.io.font

Interface IExtraEncoding

 public interface IExtraEncoding 
      

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

Author:

Paulo Soares

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
String	byteToChar(byte[] b, String encoding)	Converts a byte array to an Unicode string according to some encoding.
byte[]	charToByte(char char1, String encoding)	Converts an Unicode char to a byte array according to some encoding.
byte[]	charToByte(String text, String encoding)	Converts an Unicode string to a byte array according to some encoding.

Method Details

charToByte

 byte[] 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

charToByte

 byte[] 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

byteToChar

 String 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