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package net.sf.jasperreports.engine.fill;

import net.sf.jasperreports.engine.JRPrintText;

/**
 * Text measuring information as produced by a {@link JRTextMeasurer text measurer}.
 * 
 * @author Lucian Chirita (lucianc@users.sourceforge.net)
 * @version $Id: JRMeasuredText.java 3034 2009-08-27 11:58:04Z teodord $
 * @see JRTextMeasurer#measure(net.sf.jasperreports.engine.util.JRStyledText, int, int, boolean)
 */
public interface JRMeasuredText
{

	/**
	 * Returns the text leading offset.
	 * 
	 * @return the text leading offset
	 */
	float getLeadingOffset();

	/**
	 * Return the line spacing factor for the text.
	 * 
	 * @return the line spacing factor
	 */
	float getLineSpacingFactor();

	/**
	 * Returns the text's measure height.
	 * 
	 * @return the text's measure height
	 */
	float getTextHeight();

	/**
	 * Returns the offset up to which text fitted.
	 * 
	 * @return the offset up to which text fitted
	 */
	int getTextOffset();

	/**
	 * Returns whether the text was determined to be left to right or not.
	 * 
	 * @return whether the text was determined to be left to right
	 */
	boolean isLeftToRight();

	/**
	 * Returns the suffix that was appended to the text
	 * (after {@link #getTextOffset()}).
	 * 
	 * @return the suffix that was appended to the text
	 */
	String getTextSuffix();

	/**
	 * Returns the line break offsets as required for
	 * {@link JRPrintText#getLineBreakOffsets()}.
	 * 
	 * @return the line break offsets for the measured text
	 */
	short[] getLineBreakOffsets();
}
