org.sejda.sambox.util

Class BidiUtils

java.lang.Object

org.sejda.sambox.util.BidiUtils

public final class BidiUtils
extends Object

see http://translationtherapy.com/understanding-how-to-work-with-bi-directionality-bidi-text/ and https://docs.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/2d/text/textlayoutbidirectionaltext.html for some info related to BiDi contents

Author:

Andrea Vacondio

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static String	visualToLogical(String text) Handles the LTR and RTL direction of the given words.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Detail

visualToLogical

public static String visualToLogical(String text)

Handles the LTR and RTL direction of the given words. The whole implementation stands and falls with the given word. If the word is a full line, the results will be the best. If the word contains of single words or characters, the order of the characters in a word or words in a line may wrong, due to RTL and LTR marks and characters! Based on http://www.nesterovsky-bros.com/weblog/2013/07/28/VisualToLogicalConversionInJava.aspx

Parameters:

text - The word that shall be processed

Returns:

new word with the correct direction of the containing characters