org.extex.typesetter.type.node.factory
Interface NodeFactory

All Known Implementing Classes:

CachingNodeFactory, CachingUnicodeNodeFactory, SimpleNodeFactory, SimpleUnicodeNodeFactory

public interface NodeFactory

This interface describes a node factory.

Version:

$Revision: 4739 $

Author:

Gerd Neugebauer

Method Summary

Node	getNode(TypesettingContext typesettingContext, UnicodeChar uc) Create a new instance of a character node.
VirtualCharNode	getVirtualCharNode(TypesettingContext typesettingContext, UnicodeChar uc) Create a new instance of a virtual character node.

Method Detail

getNode

Node getNode(TypesettingContext typesettingContext,
             UnicodeChar uc)

Create a new instance of a character node. If the character is not defined in the font given then null is returned instead.

If the character has some special meaning in Unicode then another node might be returned.

Parameters:

typesettingContext - the typographic context for the node

uc - the Unicode character

Returns:

the new character node

getVirtualCharNode

VirtualCharNode getVirtualCharNode(TypesettingContext typesettingContext,
                                   UnicodeChar uc)

Create a new instance of a virtual character node. If the character is not defined in the font given then null is returned instead.

If the character has some special meaning in Unicode then another node might be returned.

Parameters:

typesettingContext - the typographic context for the node

uc - the Unicode character

Returns:

the new character node