Package com.itextpdf.io.font

Class PdfEncodings

java.lang.Object

com.itextpdf.io.font.PdfEncodings

 public class PdfEncodings extends Object 
      

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field	Description
static final String	CP1250	A possible encoding.
static final String	CP1252	A possible encoding.
static final String	CP1253	A possible encoding.
static final String	CP1257	A possible encoding.
static final String	IDENTITY_H	The Unicode encoding with horizontal writing.
static final String	IDENTITY_V	The Unicode encoding with vertical writing.
static final String	MACROMAN	A possible encoding.
static final String	PDF_DOC_ENCODING	This is the default encoding to be used for converting Strings into bytes and vice versa.
static final String	SYMBOL	A possible encoding.
static final String	UNICODE_BIG	This is the encoding to be used to output text in Unicode.
static final String	UNICODE_BIG_UNMARKED	This is the encoding to be used to output text for Identity-H/V CMaps.
static final String	UTF8
static final String	WINANSI	A possible encoding.
static final String	ZAPFDINGBATS	A possible encoding.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
PdfEncodings()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
static void	addExtraEncoding(String name, IExtraEncoding enc)	Adds an extra encoding.
static byte[]	convertToBytes(char ch, String encoding)	Converts a String to a byte array according to the font's encoding.
static byte[]	convertToBytes(String text, String encoding)	Converts a String to a byte array according to the font's encoding.
static String	convertToString(byte[] bytes, String encoding)	Converts a byte array to a String according to the some encoding.
static boolean	isPdfDocEncoding(String text)	Checks is text only has PDF_DOC_ENCODING characters.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Details

IDENTITY_H

 public static final String IDENTITY_H 
            

The Unicode encoding with horizontal writing.

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• Constant Field Values

IDENTITY_V

 public static final String IDENTITY_V 
            

The Unicode encoding with vertical writing.

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• Constant Field Values

CP1250

 public static final String CP1250 
            

A possible encoding.

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• Constant Field Values

CP1252

 public static final String CP1252 
            

A possible encoding.

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• Constant Field Values

CP1253

 public static final String CP1253 
            

A possible encoding.

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• Constant Field Values

CP1257

 public static final String CP1257 
            

A possible encoding.

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• Constant Field Values

WINANSI

 public static final String WINANSI 
            

A possible encoding.

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• Constant Field Values

MACROMAN

 public static final String MACROMAN 
            

A possible encoding.

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• Constant Field Values

SYMBOL

 public static final String SYMBOL 
            

A possible encoding.

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• Constant Field Values

ZAPFDINGBATS

 public static final String ZAPFDINGBATS 
            

A possible encoding.

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• Constant Field Values

UNICODE_BIG

 public static final String UNICODE_BIG 
            

This is the encoding to be used to output text in Unicode.

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• Constant Field Values

UNICODE_BIG_UNMARKED

 public static final String UNICODE_BIG_UNMARKED 
            

This is the encoding to be used to output text for Identity-H/V CMaps.

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• Constant Field Values

PDF_DOC_ENCODING

 public static final String PDF_DOC_ENCODING 
            

This is the default encoding to be used for converting Strings into bytes and vice versa. The default encoding is PDF_DOC_ENCODING.

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• Constant Field Values

UTF8

 public static final String UTF8 
            

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• Constant Field Values

Constructor Details

PdfEncodings

 public PdfEncodings() 
            

Method Details

convertToBytes

 public static byte[] convertToBytes 
             (String text, String encoding) 
            

Converts a String to a byte array according to the font's encoding.

Parameters:

encoding - the encoding

text - the String to be converted

Returns:

an array of byte representing the conversion according to the font's encoding

convertToBytes

 public static byte[] convertToBytes 
             (char ch, String encoding) 
            

Converts a String to a byte array according to the font's encoding.

Parameters:

encoding - the encoding

ch - the char to be converted

Returns:

an array of byte representing the conversion according to the font's encoding

convertToString

 public static String convertToString 
             (byte[] bytes, String encoding) 
            

Converts a byte array to a String according to the some encoding.

Parameters:

bytes - the bytes to convert

encoding - the encoding

Returns:

the converted String

isPdfDocEncoding

 public static boolean isPdfDocEncoding 
             (String text) 
            

Checks is text only has PDF_DOC_ENCODING characters.

Parameters:

text - the String to test

Returns:

true if only PDF_DOC_ENCODING characters are present

addExtraEncoding

 public static void addExtraEncoding 
             (String name, IExtraEncoding enc) 
            

Adds an extra encoding.

Parameters:

name - the name of the encoding. The encoding recognition is case insensitive

enc - the conversion class