de.enough.polish.util
Class BitMapFont

java.lang.Object
  de.enough.polish.util.BitMapFont

public final class BitMapFont
extends java.lang.Object

Can be used to use any kind of bitmap fonts.

Copyright Enough Software 2004 - 2008

Author:

Robert Virkus, j2mepolish@enough.de

Method Summary

int	charWidth(char c) Retrieves the width of the given character
int	getFontHeight() Retrieves the height of this bitmap font
static BitMapFont	getInstance(java.lang.String url) Gets the instance of the specified font.
BitMapFontViewer	getViewer(java.lang.String input) Creates a viewer object for the given string.
static void	removeInstance(java.lang.String url) Removes the instance of the specified font from the internal cache.
int	stringWidth(java.lang.String str) Retrieves the width of the given text

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Detail

getViewer

public BitMapFontViewer getViewer(java.lang.String input)

Creates a viewer object for the given string.

Parameters:

input - the input which should be shown.

Returns:

a viewer object which shows the font in a performant manner

getInstance

public static BitMapFont getInstance(java.lang.String url)

Gets the instance of the specified font.

Parameters:

url - the url of the font

Returns:

the corresponding bitmap font.

removeInstance

public static void removeInstance(java.lang.String url)

Removes the instance of the specified font from the internal cache.

Parameters:

url - the url of the font

charWidth

public int charWidth(char c)

Retrieves the width of the given character

Parameters:

c - the character

Returns:

-1 if unknown otherwise the width for the given character

stringWidth

public int stringWidth(java.lang.String str)

Retrieves the width of the given text

Parameters:

str - the text

Returns:

-1 if unknown otherwise the width for the given text

getFontHeight

public int getFontHeight()

Retrieves the height of this bitmap font

Returns:

the height of the font