org.extex.language
Interface LanguageManager

All Superinterfaces:

java.io.Serializable

All Known Implementing Classes:

BaseLanguageManager, LoadingLanguageManager

public interface LanguageManager
extends java.io.Serializable

This class manages the HyphenationTables. It is a container which can be asked to provide an appropriate instance. This instance is either taken from existing instances or a new instance is created.

Configuration

This instance is configurable. The configuration is used to select the appropriate class and optional parameters for a requested instance. In this respect this class makes best use of the infrastructure of the AbstractFactory.

Version:

$Revision: 4737 $

Author:

Gerd Neugebauer, Michael Niedermair

Method Summary

Language

getLanguage(java.lang.String index) Return the Language for a given name.

Method Detail

getLanguage

Language getLanguage(java.lang.String index)
                     throws ConfigurationException

Return the Language for a given name.

If there is no language present with the given name then a new one is created or loaded.

The index in TeX is the language number as String. This implementation does not have this restriction. The name can be any string.

The proposal is to use a natural number for backward compatibility and ISO language codes otherwise.

Parameters:

index - the name for which the language is requested

Returns:

the language for the given name

Throws:

ConfigurationException - in case of an error in the configuration

See Also:

getLanguage( java.lang.String)