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iText, a free Java-PDF library
/*
* Copyright 2003 Paulo Soares
*
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* (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
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* The Original Code is 'iText, a free JAVA-PDF library'.
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* The Initial Developer of the Original Code is Bruno Lowagie. Portions created by
* the Initial Developer are Copyright (C) 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002 by Bruno Lowagie.
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* Co-Developer of the code is Paulo Soares. Portions created by the Co-Developer
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package com.lowagie.text.pdf;
/**
* Classes implementing this interface can create custom encodings or
* replace existing ones. It is used in the context of PdfEncoding.
* @author Paulo Soares ([email protected])
*/
public interface ExtraEncoding {
/**
* Converts an Unicode string to a byte array according to some encoding.
* @param text the Unicode string
* @param encoding the requested encoding. It's mainly of use if the same class
* supports more than one encoding.
* @return the conversion or null if no conversion is supported
*/
public byte[] charToByte(String text, String encoding);
/**
* Converts an Unicode char to a byte array according to some encoding.
* @param char1 the Unicode char
* @param encoding the requested encoding. It's mainly of use if the same class
* supports more than one encoding.
* @return the conversion or null if no conversion is supported
*/
public byte[] charToByte(char char1, String encoding);
/**
* Converts a byte array to an Unicode string according to some encoding.
* @param b the input byte array
* @param encoding the requested encoding. It's mainly of use if the same class
* supports more than one encoding.
* @return the conversion or null if no conversion is supported
*/
public String byteToChar(byte b[], String encoding);
}