org.apache.fop.fonts
Class FontLoader

java.lang.Object
  org.apache.fop.fonts.FontLoader

Direct Known Subclasses:

TTFFontLoader, Type1FontLoader

public abstract class FontLoader

extends java.lang.Object

Base class for font loaders.

Constructor Summary

FontLoader()

Method Summary

abstract CustomFont	getFont()
static CustomFont	loadFont(java.lang.String fontFileURI, FontResolver resolver) Loads a custom font from a URI.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

FontLoader

public FontLoader()

Method Detail

loadFont

public static CustomFont loadFont(java.lang.String fontFileURI,
                                  FontResolver resolver)
                           throws java.io.IOException

Loads a custom font from a URI. In the case of Type 1 fonts, the PFB file must be specified.

Parameters:

fontFileURI - the URI to the font

resolver - the font resolver to use when resolving URIs

Returns:

the newly loaded font

Throws:

java.io.IOException - In case of an I/O error

getFont

public abstract CustomFont getFont()

Returns:

the font loaded by this loader