org.jfree.text

Interface TextMeasurer

Known Implementing Classes:
G2TextMeasurer

public interface TextMeasurer

An object that can measure text.
Author:
David Gilbert

Method Summary

float
getStringWidth(String text, int start, int end)
Calculates the width of a String in the current Graphics context.

Method Details

getStringWidth

public float getStringWidth(String text,
                            int start,
                            int end)
Calculates the width of a String in the current Graphics context.
Parameters:
text - the text.
start - the start position of the substring to be measured.
end - the position of the last character to be measured.
Returns:
The width of the string in Java2D units.