com.itextpdf.text.pdf.languages

Class IndicCompositeCharacterComparator

java.lang.Object

com.itextpdf.text.pdf.languages.IndicCompositeCharacterComparator

All Implemented Interfaces:

Comparator<String>

public class IndicCompositeCharacterComparator
extends Object
implements Comparator<String>

This works on CompositeCharcaters or Juktakshar-s of Indian languages like Bangla, Hindi, etc. CompositeCharcters are single glyphs consisting of more than one characters.

This class works on these CompositeCharacters and places the Strings having higher number of Characters before the one with lower no. This is necessay to properly display the CompositeCharacters when they occur side by side.

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Examples of CompositeCharactes from Bangla

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• �?�?�?
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• �?�?
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• �?�?ষ�?ম
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• �?�?ষ
// *

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Author:

Palash Ray

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
IndicCompositeCharacterComparator()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
int	compare(String o1, String o2)

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Methods inherited from interface java.util.Comparator

comparing, comparing, comparingDouble, comparingInt, comparingLong, equals, naturalOrder, nullsFirst, nullsLast, reversed, reverseOrder, thenComparing, thenComparing, thenComparing, thenComparingDouble, thenComparingInt, thenComparingLong

Constructor Detail

IndicCompositeCharacterComparator

public IndicCompositeCharacterComparator()

Method Detail

compare

public int compare(String o1,
                   String o2)

Specified by:

compare in interface Comparator<String>