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package org.apache.batik.gvt.text;

import java.awt.font.FontRenderContext;
import java.awt.geom.Point2D;
import java.text.AttributedCharacterIterator;

/**
 * Interface implemented by factory instances that can return
 * TextSpanLayouts appropriate to AttributedCharacterIterator
 * instances.
 *
 * @see org.apache.batik.gvt.text.TextSpanLayout
 * @author <a href="mailto:bill.haneman@ireland.sun.com">Bill Haneman</a>
 * @version $Id: TextLayoutFactory.java 475477 2006-11-15 22:44:28Z cam $
 */
public interface TextLayoutFactory {

    /**
     * Returns an instance of TextSpanLayout suitable for rendering the
     * AttributedCharacterIterator.
     * @param aci the character iterator to be laid out
     * @param charMap Indicates how chars in aci map to original
     *                text char array.
     * @param offset The offset position for the text layout.
     * @param frc the rendering context for the fonts used.
     */
    TextSpanLayout createTextLayout(AttributedCharacterIterator aci,
                                    int [] charMap,
                                    Point2D offset,
                                    FontRenderContext frc);

}
