Ptidej-v5.2-master/Ptidej Reporting Tests/src/net/sf/jasperreports/engine/fill/JRTextMeasurer.java
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package net.sf.jasperreports.engine.fill;

import net.sf.jasperreports.engine.util.JRStyledText;

/**
 * Text measurer interface.
 * 
 * A text measurer is responsible for fitting a text in a given space
 * and for computing other text measuring information.
 * 
 * @author Lucian Chirita (lucianc@users.sourceforge.net)
 * @version $Id: JRTextMeasurer.java,v 1.1 2008/09/29 16:20:01 guehene Exp $
 */
public interface JRTextMeasurer
{

	/**
	 * Fit a text chunk in a given space. 
	 * 
	 * @param styledText the full text
	 * @param remainingTextStart the start index of the remaining text
	 * @param availableStretchHeight the available stretch height
	 * @param canOverflow whether the text element is able to overflow
	 * @return text measuring information
	 */
	JRMeasuredText measure(JRStyledText styledText,
			int remainingTextStart,
			int availableStretchHeight,
			boolean canOverflow);

}
