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package org.pentaho.reporting.libraries.fonts.registry;
import java.io.Serializable;
/**
* A font identifier is a general handle to map Font-Metrics for a given font. The same font identifier may be used by
* several fonts, if the fonts share the same metrics (this is commonly true for TrueType fonts).
*
* @author Thomas Morgner
*/
public interface FontIdentifier extends Serializable {
public boolean equals( Object o );
public int hashCode();
/**
* Defines, whether the font identifier represents a scalable font type. Such fonts usually create one font metric
* object for each physical font, and apply the font size afterwards.
*
* @return true, if the font is scalable, false otherwise
*/
public boolean isScalable();
/**
* Returns the general type of this font identifier. This is for debugging, not for the real world.
*
* @return
*/
public FontType getFontType();
}