/* ===========================================================
* JFreeChart : a free chart library for the Java(tm) platform
* ===========================================================
*
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*
* -----------------
* TextMeasurer.java
* -----------------
* (C) Copyright 2004-2012, by Object Refinery Limited and Contributors.
*
* Original Author: David Gilbert (for Object Refinery Limited);
* Contributor(s): -;
*
* $Id: TextMeasurer.java,v 1.4 2005/10/18 13:17:16 mungady Exp $
*
* Changes
* -------
* 07-Jan-2004 : Version 1 (DG);
* 17-Jun-2012 : Moved from JCommon to JFreeChart (DG);
*
*/
package org.jfree.chart.text;
/**
* An object that can measure text.
*/
public interface TextMeasurer {
/**
* Calculates the width of a <code>String</code> in the current
* <code>Graphics</code> context.
*
* @param text the text.
* @param start the start position of the substring to be measured.
* @param end the position of the last character to be measured.
*
* @return The width of the string in Java2D units.
*/
public float getStringWidth(String text, int start, int end);
}