FontDecoder.java

/*
 * FontDecoder.java
 * Transform
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package com.flagstone.transform.util.font;

import java.io.File;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.net.URL;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.zip.DataFormatException;

/**
 * FontDecoder is an interface that classes used to decode different fonts
 * formats should implement in order to be registered with the FontRegistry.
 */
public interface FontDecoder {
    /**
     * Read a font from a file.
     * @param file the path to the file.
     * @throws IOException if there is an error reading the font data.
     * @throws DataFormatException if the file contains an unsupported format.
     */
    void read(File file) throws IOException, DataFormatException;
    /**
     * Read a font from a file referenced by a URL.
     * @param url the reference to the file.
     * @throws IOException if there is an error reading the font data.
     * @throws DataFormatException if the file contains an unsupported format.
     */
    void read(URL url) throws IOException, DataFormatException;
    /**
     * Get the list of fonts decoded.
     * @return a list of fonts.
     */
    List<Font> getFonts();
}