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package org.pentaho.reporting.libraries.fonts.cache;
import org.pentaho.reporting.libraries.fonts.registry.FontKey;
import org.pentaho.reporting.libraries.fonts.registry.FontMetrics;
/**
* A font cache is a two-level structure.
* <p/>
* FontMetrics that are currently in use are held completely in memory (so that at a given time only one font-metric
* object exists). This way, the font-metrics object can employ internal caches for kerning, charwidth and baselines
* without having to spend ages with synchronization between the local copy and the global cache.
* <p/>
* Once the font-metrics are no longer used, they are pushed down to the second-level cache, and may be invalidated or
* removed later. Fonts are transfered to the second-level cache when the font-storage implementation is closed.
*
* @author : Thomas Morgner
*/
public interface FontCache {
public FontMetrics getFontMetrics( final FontKey fontKey );
public void putFontMetrics( final FontKey key, final FontMetrics fontMetrics );
public void commit();
}