org.extex.interpreter.parser
Interface GlueConvertible

All Known Implementing Classes:

Mutoglue, SkipParameter, SkipPrimitive

public interface GlueConvertible

This is an interface which describes the feature to be convertible into a glue value.

Version:

$Revision:4399 $

Author:

Gerd Neugebauer

Method Summary

Glue	convertGlue(Context context, TokenSource source, Typesetter typesetter) This method converts a register into a glue value.

Method Detail

convertGlue

Glue convertGlue(Context context,
                 TokenSource source,
                 Typesetter typesetter)
                 throws HelpingException,
                        TypesetterException

This method converts a register into a glue value. It might be necessary to read further tokens to determine which value to use. For instance an additional register number might be required. In this case the additional arguments Context and TokenSource can be used.

Parameters:

context - the interpreter context

source - the source for new tokens

typesetter - the typesetter to use for conversion

Returns:

the converted value

Throws:

HelpingException - in case of an error

TypesetterException - in case of an error in the typesetter