de.uniulm.mathematik.typo.items

Class HorizontalBox

java.lang.Object

de.uniulm.mathematik.typo.items.Box

de.uniulm.mathematik.typo.items.HorizontalBox

All Implemented Interfaces:

Item

public class HorizontalBox
extends Box

A horizontal box is a closed sequence of individual items that share the same baseline. Horizontal boxes cannot be split.

Field Summary

Fields inherited from interface de.uniulm.mathematik.typo.items.Item

INFINITY

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
HorizontalBox() Construct an initially empty horizontal box.
HorizontalBox(HorizontalSequence hseq) Construct a horizontal box from the given sequence.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
void	add(Item item) Add the given item to the sequence of items such that its reference point (beginning point of the base line) will be positioned at the end point of the base line of the last item added to this horizontal box.
java.lang.StringBuffer	genPostScript(PostScriptContext context) Invoke the genPostScript() method on all items belonging to this horizontal box, beginning with the first box and finishing with the last box added.
int	getDepth() Returns the depth of the horizontal box in units (1/1000 points) which equals the maximal depth of all items added so far.
int	getHeight() Returns the height of the horizontal box in units (1/1000 points) which equals the maximal height of all items added so far.
int	getWidth() Returns the width of the horizontal box in units (1/1000 points) which equals the sum of all individual widths of the items added so far.
java.lang.String	toString()

Methods inherited from class de.uniulm.mathematik.typo.items.Box

getChar, getFont, getFontSize, getHyphen, getPenalty, getPenaltyFlag, getShrinkability, getStretchability, isBox, isGlue, isKerning, isPenalty, shrink, stretch

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

HorizontalBox

public HorizontalBox()

Construct an initially empty horizontal box.

HorizontalBox

public HorizontalBox(HorizontalSequence hseq)

Construct a horizontal box from the given sequence.

Method Detail

add

public void add(Item item)

Add the given item to the sequence of items such that its reference point (beginning point of the base line) will be positioned at the end point of the base line of the last item added to this horizontal box.

Parameters:

item - adds this item to the horizontal box.

getWidth

public int getWidth()

Returns the width of the horizontal box in units (1/1000 points) which equals the sum of all individual widths of the items added so far.

Specified by:

getWidth in interface Item

Specified by:

getWidth in class Box

getHeight

public int getHeight()

Returns the height of the horizontal box in units (1/1000 points) which equals the maximal height of all items added so far.

Specified by:

getHeight in interface Item

Specified by:

getHeight in class Box

getDepth

public int getDepth()

Returns the depth of the horizontal box in units (1/1000 points) which equals the maximal depth of all items added so far.

Specified by:

getDepth in interface Item

Specified by:

getDepth in class Box

genPostScript

public java.lang.StringBuffer genPostScript(PostScriptContext context)

Invoke the genPostScript() method on all items belonging to this horizontal box, beginning with the first box and finishing with the last box added. The concatenated result of all outputs is returned.

Specified by:

genPostScript in interface Item

Specified by:

genPostScript in class Box

toString

public java.lang.String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class java.lang.Object