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package org.apache.poi.ss.usermodel;

/**
 * Rich text unicode string.  These strings can have fonts 
 *  applied to arbitary parts of the string.
 *  
 * @author Glen Stampoultzis (glens at apache.org)
 * @author Jason Height (jheight at apache.org)
 */
public interface RichTextString {
    
    /**
     * Applies a font to the specified characters of a string.
     *
     * @param startIndex    The start index to apply the font to (inclusive)
     * @param endIndex      The end index to apply the font to (exclusive)
     * @param fontIndex     The font to use.
     */
    void applyFont(int startIndex, int endIndex, short fontIndex);

    /**
     * Applies a font to the specified characters of a string.
     *
     * @param startIndex    The start index to apply the font to (inclusive)
     * @param endIndex      The end index to apply to font to (exclusive)
     * @param font          The index of the font to use.
     */
    void applyFont(int startIndex, int endIndex, Font font);

    /**
     * Sets the font of the entire string.
     * @param font          The font to use.
     */
    void applyFont(Font font);

    /**
     * Removes any formatting that may have been applied to the string.
     */
    void clearFormatting();

    /**
     * Returns the plain string representation.
     */
    String getString();

    /**
     * @return  the number of characters in the font.
     */
    int length();

    /**
     * @return  The number of formatting runs used.
     *
     */
    int numFormattingRuns();

    /**
     * The index within the string to which the specified formatting run applies.
     * @param index     the index of the formatting run
     * @return  the index within the string.
     */
    int getIndexOfFormattingRun(int index);

    /**
     * Applies the specified font to the entire string.
     *
     * @param fontIndex  the font to apply.
     */
    void applyFont(short fontIndex);

}