org.jfree.text
Interface TextMeasurer

All Known Implementing Classes:

G2TextMeasurer

public interface TextMeasurer

An object that can measure text.

Author:

David Gilbert

Method Summary

float

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

Method Detail

getStringWidth

float getStringWidth(java.lang.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.