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1/* FontMetrics.java -- Information about about a fonts display characteristics
2 Copyright (C) 1999, 2002 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
3
4This file is part of GNU Classpath.
5
6GNU Classpath is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
7it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
8the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
9any later version.
10
11GNU Classpath is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
12WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
13MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
14General Public License for more details.
15
16You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
17along with GNU Classpath; see the file COPYING. If not, write to the
18Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA
1902111-1307 USA.
20
21Linking this library statically or dynamically with other modules is
22making a combined work based on this library. Thus, the terms and
23conditions of the GNU General Public License cover the whole
24combination.
25
26As a special exception, the copyright holders of this library give you
27permission to link this library with independent modules to produce an
28executable, regardless of the license terms of these independent
29modules, and to copy and distribute the resulting executable under
30terms of your choice, provided that you also meet, for each linked
31independent module, the terms and conditions of the license of that
32module. An independent module is a module which is not derived from
33or based on this library. If you modify this library, you may extend
34this exception to your version of the library, but you are not
35obligated to do so. If you do not wish to do so, delete this
36exception statement from your version. */
37
38
39package java.awt;
40
41// FIXME: I leave many methods basically unimplemented. This
42// should be reviewed.
43
44/**
45 * This class returns information about the display characteristics of
46 * a font. It is abstract, and concrete subclasses should implement at
47 * least the following methods:
48 * <p>
49 * <ul>
50 * <li>getAscent
51 * <li>getDescent
52 * <li>getLeading()
53 * <li>getMaxAdvance()
54 * <li>charWidth(char)
55 * <li>charsWidth(char[], int, int)
56 * </ul>
57 *
58 * @author Aaron M. Renn ([email protected])
59 */
60public abstract class FontMetrics implements java.io.Serializable
61{
62
63/*
64 * Static Variables
65 */
66
67// Serialization constant
68private static final long serialVersionUID = 1681126225205050147L;
69
70/*************************************************************************/
71
72/*
73 * Instance Variables
74 */
75
76/**
77 * This is the font for which metrics will be returned.
78 */
79protected Font font;
80
81/*************************************************************************/
82
83/*
84 * Constructors
85 */
86
87/**
88 * Initializes a new instance of <code>FontMetrics</code> for the
89 * specified font.
90 *
91 * @param font The font to return metric information for.
92 */
93protected
94FontMetrics(Font font)