de.ilu.movingletters
Class Letter

java.lang.Object
  de.ilu.movingletters.Letter

 class Letter
extends java.lang.Object

a letter in the typeset. Letters consist of 15 possible locations (letter coordinates) numbered from top left (1) to bootom right (15).
e.g. the letter A consists of the 4 lines:
1-3, 7-9, 1-13, 3-15

01 02 03
04 05 06
07 08 09
10 11 12
13 14 15

Version:

20071119

Author:

iluvatar

Field Summary

private Line[]	mLines the lines for this letter
private int	mLineWidth the width of the letter in letter coordinates
private int	mPixelWidth the width of the letter in pixel
private char	mValue the char represented by this letter

Constructor Summary

Letter(MovingLetters pMovingLetters, char pChar, int[][] pLineDef)
create a letter from it's line description.

Method Summary

(package private) void	calculatePixelWidth(int pHeight) calculate the width of the letter in pixel. must be called prior to all drawing operations.
(package private) int	getPixelWidth() get width of the letter in pixel.
(package private) char	getValue() get the char represented by this letter.
(package private) void	paint(int pBaseX, int pBaseY, int pDotSize, int pLineWidth) draw the letter.
java.lang.String	toString()

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

mLines

private Line[] mLines

the lines for this letter

mLineWidth

private int mLineWidth

the width of the letter in letter coordinates

mPixelWidth

private int mPixelWidth

the width of the letter in pixel

mValue

private char mValue

the char represented by this letter

Constructor Detail

Letter

public Letter(MovingLetters pMovingLetters,
              char pChar,
              int[][] pLineDef)

create a letter from it's line description.

Parameters:

pMovingLetters - reference to the typeset containing this letter.

pChar - the char represented by this letter

pLineDef - the line definition as list of start/end letter coordinates.

Method Detail

calculatePixelWidth

void calculatePixelWidth(int pHeight)

calculate the width of the letter in pixel. must be called prior to all drawing operations.

Parameters:

pHeight - the wanted height of the letter.

getPixelWidth

int getPixelWidth()

get width of the letter in pixel.

Returns:

width of the letter in pixel.

getValue

char getValue()

get the char represented by this letter.

Returns:

the char represented by this letter.

paint

void paint(int pBaseX,
           int pBaseY,
           int pDotSize,
           int pLineWidth)

draw the letter.

Parameters:

pBaseX - x-base coordinate for the letter coordinate 1.

pBaseY - y-base coordinate for the letter coordinate 1.

pDotSize - size of dots at start and end. 0 for no dot.

pLineWidth - line width.

toString

public java.lang.String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class java.lang.Object

See Also:

Object.toString()