de.intarsys.pdf.font
Class CID

java.lang.Object
  de.intarsys.pdf.font.CID

Direct Known Subclasses:

CIDSelectorCID, CIDSelectorCode, CIDSelectorName

public abstract class CID
extends Object

A selector for a character within a font (Character ID).

A character may be identified by different means (name, index, unicode..).

Field Summary

static CID

Notdef The special CID for undefined glyphs.

Method Summary

int	getFontNumber() The font number referenced by this cid.
abstract int	getLength() The number of bytes this CID occupies.
abstract int	getValue() The integer equivalent of the cid.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

Notdef

public static final CID Notdef

The special CID for undefined glyphs.

Method Detail

getValue

public abstract int getValue()

The integer equivalent of the cid.

A CID must not be larger than the platform integer size.

Returns:

The integer equivalent of the cid.

getFontNumber

public int getFontNumber()

The font number referenced by this cid.

In PDF this is always 0.

Returns:

The font number referenced by this cid.

getLength

public abstract int getLength()

The number of bytes this CID occupies.

Returns:

The number of bytes this CID occupies.