Package snap.text

Class TextHyphenDict

java.lang.Object

snap.text.TextHyphenDict

public class TextHyphenDict
extends Object

Module to load and process an OpenOffice.org-style hyphenation dictionary. This module is essentially a translation into Java of C code developed for OpenOffice.org by Peter Novodvorsky, which was in turn based on Raph Levien's linhnj, which was in turn based on Knuth's TeX algorithm.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
TextHyphenDict()	Create an instance based on the given filename.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
int	getHyphen(CharSequence anInput, int aStart, int anEnd)	Returns the hyphen just prior to line end given chars, start index, chars end and line end.
int	getHyphen(String aWord, int lineEnd)
int[]	getHyphens(String aWord)
StringBuffer	getHyphensBuffer(String aWord)	Perform hyphenation on a word.
static TextHyphenDict	getShared()	Return the shared instance of the HyphenDict.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Details

TextHyphenDict

public TextHyphenDict()

Create an instance based on the given filename. Reads and parses the given file into internal storage.

Method Details

getShared

public static TextHyphenDict getShared()

Return the shared instance of the HyphenDict.

getHyphen

public int getHyphen(CharSequence anInput,
 int aStart,
 int anEnd)

Returns the hyphen just prior to line end given chars, start index, chars end and line end.

getHyphen

public int getHyphen(String aWord,
 int lineEnd)

getHyphens

public int[] getHyphens(String aWord)

getHyphensBuffer

public StringBuffer getHyphensBuffer(String aWord)

Perform hyphenation on a word. Fills in the word's hyphenationPositions array.