com.itextpdf.text.pdf

Class StringUtils

java.lang.Object

com.itextpdf.text.pdf.StringUtils

public class StringUtils
extends Object

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static byte[]	convertCharsToBytes(char[] chars) Converts an array of unsigned 16bit numbers to an array of bytes.
static byte[]	escapeString(byte[] bytes) Escapes a byte array according to the PDF conventions.
static void	escapeString(byte[] bytes, ByteBuffer content) Escapes a byte array according to the PDF conventions.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Detail

escapeString

public static byte[] escapeString(byte[] bytes)

Escapes a byte array according to the PDF conventions.

Parameters:

bytes - the byte array to escape

Returns:

an escaped byte array

escapeString

public static void escapeString(byte[] bytes,
                                ByteBuffer content)

Escapes a byte array according to the PDF conventions.

Parameters:

bytes - the byte array to escape

content - the content

convertCharsToBytes

public static byte[] convertCharsToBytes(char[] chars)

Converts an array of unsigned 16bit numbers to an array of bytes. The input values are presented as chars for convenience.

Parameters:

chars - the array of 16bit numbers that should be converted

Returns:

the resulting byte array, twice as large as the input