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Class SpecialSymbol

public class SpecialSymbol extends Object

This class contains the symbols that correspond with special symbols.

When you construct a Phrase with Phrase.getInstance using a String, this String can contain special Symbols. These are characters with an int value between 913 and 937 (except 930) and between 945 and 969. With this class the value of the corresponding character of the Font Symbol, can be retrieved.

Author: Bruno Lowagie Evelyne De Cordier

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Method Summary
static Chunkget(char c, Font font)
Gets a chunk with a symbol character.
static chargetCorrespondingSymbol(char c)
Looks for the corresponding symbol in the font Symbol.
static intindex(String string)
Returns the first occurrence of a special symbol in a String.

Method Detail

get

public static Chunk get(char c, Font font)
Gets a chunk with a symbol character.

Parameters: c a character that has to be changed into a symbol font Font if there is no SYMBOL character corresponding with c

Returns: a SYMBOL version of a character

getCorrespondingSymbol

public static char getCorrespondingSymbol(char c)
Looks for the corresponding symbol in the font Symbol.

Parameters: c the original ASCII-char

Returns: the corresponding symbol in font Symbol

index

public static int index(String string)
Returns the first occurrence of a special symbol in a String.

Parameters: string a String

Returns: an index of -1 if no special symbol was found