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.

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