Package com.lowagie.text.pdf
Interface ExtraEncoding
- All Known Implementing Classes:
PdfEncodings.Cp437Conversion
,PdfEncodings.SymbolConversion
,PdfEncodings.SymbolTTConversion
,PdfEncodings.WingdingsConversion
public interface ExtraEncoding
Classes implementing this interface can create custom encodings or replace existing ones. It is used in the context
of
PdfEncoding
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Method Summary
Modifier and TypeMethodDescriptionbyteToChar
(byte[] b, String encoding) Converts a byte array to an Unicode string according to some encoding.byte[]
charToByte
(char char1, String encoding) Converts an Unicode char to a byte array according to some encoding.byte[]
charToByte
(String text, String encoding) Converts an Unicode string to a byte array according to some encoding.
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Method Details
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charToByte
Converts an Unicode string to a byte array according to some encoding.- Parameters:
text
- the Unicode stringencoding
- the requested encoding. It's mainly of use if the same class supports more than one encoding.- Returns:
- the conversion or
null
if no conversion is supported
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charToByte
Converts an Unicode char to a byte array according to some encoding.- Parameters:
char1
- the Unicode charencoding
- the requested encoding. It's mainly of use if the same class supports more than one encoding.- Returns:
- the conversion or
null
if no conversion is supported
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byteToChar
Converts a byte array to an Unicode string according to some encoding.- Parameters:
b
- the input byte arrayencoding
- the requested encoding. It's mainly of use if the same class supports more than one encoding.- Returns:
- the conversion or
null
if no conversion is supported
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