# Class TextMeasurer

java.lang.Object
java.awt.font.TextMeasurer

All Implemented Interfaces:
  `Cloneable`

public final class TextMeasurer extends Object implements Cloneable
The `TextMeasurer` class provides the primitive operations needed for line break: measuring up to a given advance, determining the advance of a range of characters, and generating a `TextLayout` for a range of characters. It also provides methods for incremental editing of paragraphs.

A `TextMeasurer` object is constructed with an `AttributedCharacterIterator` representing a single paragraph of text. The value returned by the `getBeginIndex` method of `AttributedCharacterIterator` defines the absolute index of the first character. The value returned by the `getEndIndex` method of `AttributedCharacterIterator` defines the index past the last character. These values define the range of indexes to use in calls to the `TextMeasurer`. For example, calls to get the advance of a range of text or the line break of a range of text must use indexes between the beginning and end index values. Calls to `insertChar` and `deleteChar` reset the `TextMeasurer` to use the beginning index and end index of the `AttributedCharacterIterator` passed in those calls.

Most clients will use the more convenient `LineBreakMeasurer`, which implements the standard line break policy (placing as many words as will fit on each line).

Since:
  1.3
See Also:
  - `LineBreakMeasurer`

- ## Constructor Summary

  Constructors
  Constructor
  Description
  `TextMeasurer(AttributedCharacterIterator text, FontRenderContext frc)`
  Constructs a `TextMeasurer` from the source text.

- ## Method Summary

  Modifier and Type
  Method
  Description
  `protected Object`
  `clone()`
  Creates and returns a copy of this object.
  `void`
  `deleteChar(AttributedCharacterIterator newParagraph, int deletePos)`
  Updates the `TextMeasurer` after a single character has been deleted from the paragraph currently represented by this `TextMeasurer`.
  `float`
  `getAdvanceBetween(int start, int limit)`
  Returns the graphical width of a line beginning at `start` and including characters up to `limit`.
  `TextLayout`
  `getLayout(int start, int limit)`
  Returns a `TextLayout` on the given character range.
  `int`
  `getLineBreakIndex(int start, float maxAdvance)`
  Returns the index of the first character which will not fit on on a line beginning at `start` and possible measuring up to `maxAdvance` in graphical width.
  `void`
  `insertChar(AttributedCharacterIterator newParagraph, int insertPos)`
  Updates the `TextMeasurer` after a single character has been inserted into the paragraph currently represented by this `TextMeasurer`.

  ### Methods declared in class java.lang.Object

  `equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait`

- ## Constructor Details

  - ### TextMeasurer

    public TextMeasurer(AttributedCharacterIterator text, FontRenderContext frc)
    Constructs a `TextMeasurer` from the source text. The source text should be a single entire paragraph.
    Parameters:
      `text` - the source paragraph. Cannot be null.
      `frc` - the information about a graphics device which is needed to measure the text correctly. Cannot be null.

- ## Method Details

  - ### clone

    protected Object clone()
    Description copied from class: `Object`
    Creates and returns a copy of this object. The precise meaning of "copy" may depend on the class of the object. The general intent is that, for any object `x`, the expression:

    >      x.clone() != x

    will be true, and that the expression:

    >      x.clone().getClass() == x.getClass()

    will be `true`, but these are not absolute requirements. While it is typically the case that:

    >      x.clone().equals(x)

    will be `true`, this is not an absolute requirement.

    By convention, the returned object should be obtained by calling `super.clone`. If a class and all of its superclasses (except `Object`) obey this convention, it will be the case that `x.clone().getClass() == x.getClass()`.

    By convention, the object returned by this method should be independent of this object (which is being cloned). To achieve this independence, it may be necessary to modify one or more fields of the object returned by `super.clone` before returning it. Typically, this means copying any mutable objects that comprise the internal "deep structure" of the object being cloned and replacing the references to these objects with references to the copies. If a class contains only primitive fields or references to immutable objects, then it is usually the case that no fields in the object returned by `super.clone` need to be modified.

    Overrides:
      `clone` in class `Object`
    Returns:
      a clone of this instance.
    See Also:
      - `Cloneable`

  - ### getLineBreakIndex

    public int getLineBreakIndex(int start, float maxAdvance)
    Returns the index of the first character which will not fit on on a line beginning at `start` and possible measuring up to `maxAdvance` in graphical width.
    Parameters:
      `start` - the character index at which to start measuring. `start` is an absolute index, not relative to the start of the paragraph
      `maxAdvance` - the graphical width in which the line must fit
    Returns:
      the index after the last character that will fit on a line beginning at `start`, which is not longer than `maxAdvance` in graphical width
    Throws:
      `IllegalArgumentException` - if `start` is less than the beginning of the paragraph.

  - ### getAdvanceBetween

    public float getAdvanceBetween(int start, int limit)
    Returns the graphical width of a line beginning at `start` and including characters up to `limit`. `start` and `limit` are absolute indices, not relative to the start of the paragraph.
    Parameters:
      `start` - the character index at which to start measuring
      `limit` - the character index at which to stop measuring
    Returns:
      the graphical width of a line beginning at `start` and including characters up to `limit`
    Throws:
      `IndexOutOfBoundsException` - if `limit` is less than `start`
      `IllegalArgumentException` - if `start` or `limit` is not between the beginning of the paragraph and the end of the paragraph.

  - ### getLayout

    public TextLayout getLayout(int start, int limit)
    Returns a `TextLayout` on the given character range.
    Parameters:
      `start` - the index of the first character
      `limit` - the index after the last character. Must be greater than `start`
    Returns:
      a `TextLayout` for the characters beginning at `start` up to (but not including) `limit`
    Throws:
      `IndexOutOfBoundsException` - if `limit` is less than `start`
      `IllegalArgumentException` - if `start` or `limit` is not between the beginning of the paragraph and the end of the paragraph.

  - ### insertChar

    public void insertChar(AttributedCharacterIterator newParagraph, int insertPos)
    Updates the `TextMeasurer` after a single character has been inserted into the paragraph currently represented by this `TextMeasurer`. After this call, this `TextMeasurer` is equivalent to a new `TextMeasurer` created from the text; however, it will usually be more efficient to update an existing `TextMeasurer` than to create a new one from scratch.
    Parameters:
      `newParagraph` - the text of the paragraph after performing the insertion. Cannot be null.
      `insertPos` - the position in the text where the character was inserted. Must not be less than the start of `newParagraph`, and must be less than the end of `newParagraph`.
    Throws:
      `IndexOutOfBoundsException` - if `insertPos` is less than the start of `newParagraph` or greater than or equal to the end of `newParagraph`
      `NullPointerException` - if `newParagraph` is `null`

  - ### deleteChar

    public void deleteChar(AttributedCharacterIterator newParagraph, int deletePos)
    Updates the `TextMeasurer` after a single character has been deleted from the paragraph currently represented by this `TextMeasurer`. After this call, this `TextMeasurer` is equivalent to a new `TextMeasurer` created from the text; however, it will usually be more efficient to update an existing `TextMeasurer` than to create a new one from scratch.
    Parameters:
      `newParagraph` - the text of the paragraph after performing the deletion. Cannot be null.
      `deletePos` - the position in the text where the character was removed. Must not be less than the start of `newParagraph`, and must not be greater than the end of `newParagraph`.
    Throws:
      `IndexOutOfBoundsException` - if `deletePos` is less than the start of `newParagraph` or greater than the end of `newParagraph`
      `NullPointerException` - if `newParagraph` is `null`