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diff --git a/libjava/java/awt/Font.java b/libjava/java/awt/Font.java
index b887d8ea5ed..d1ff566e559 100644
--- a/libjava/java/awt/Font.java
+++ b/libjava/java/awt/Font.java
@@ -39,10 +39,20 @@ exception statement from your version. */
package java.awt;
import java.awt.font.FontRenderContext;
+import java.awt.font.GlyphVector;
import java.awt.font.LineMetrics;
+import java.awt.font.TextAttribute;
+import java.awt.geom.AffineTransform;
+import java.awt.geom.Rectangle2D;
import java.awt.peer.FontPeer;
+import java.io.InputStream;
+import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.Serializable;
+import java.util.Locale;
+import java.util.Map;
import java.util.StringTokenizer;
+import java.text.CharacterIterator;
+import java.text.AttributedCharacterIterator;
/**
* This class represents a windowing system font.
@@ -72,9 +82,20 @@ public static final int BOLD = 1;
*/
public static final int ITALIC = 2;
+/**
+ * Constant indicating the baseline mode characteristic of Roman.
+ */
public static final int ROMAN_BASELINE = 0;
+
+/**
+ * Constant indicating the baseline mode characteristic of Chinese.
+ */
public static final int CENTER_BASELINE = 1;
-public static final int HANGING_BASELINE = 2;
+
+/**
+ * Constant indicating the baseline mode characteristic of Devanigri.
+ */
+public static final int HANGING_BASELINE = 2;
/**
@@ -294,6 +315,12 @@ Font(String name, int style, int size)
this.pointSize = size;
}
+public
+Font(Map attributes)
+{
+ throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+}
+
/*************************************************************************/
/*
@@ -301,9 +328,15 @@ Font(String name, int style, int size)
*/
/**
- * Returns the name of the font.
+ * Returns the logical name of the font. A logical name describes a very
+ * general typographic style (such as Sans Serif). It is less specific
+ * than both a font family name (such as Helvetica) and a font face name
+ * (such as Helvetica Bold).
*
- * @return The name of the font.
+ * @return The logical name of the font.
+ *
+ * @see getFamily()
+ * @see getFontName()
*/
public String
getName()
@@ -385,9 +418,18 @@ isItalic()
/*************************************************************************/
/**
- * Returns the system specific font family name.
+ * Returns the family name of this font. A family name describes a
+ * typographic style (such as Helvetica or Palatino). It is more specific
+ * than a logical font name (such as Sans Serif) but less specific than a
+ * font face name (such as Helvetica Bold).
+ *
+ * @return A string containing the font family name.
+ *
+ * @since 1.2
*
- * @return The system specific font family name.
+ * @see getName()
+ * @see getFontName()
+ * @see GraphicsEnvironment.getAvailableFontFamilyNames()
*/
public String
getFamily()
@@ -396,12 +438,744 @@ getFamily()
return(name);
}
+/**
+ * Returns integer code representing the sum of style flags of this font, a
+ * combination of either {@link PLAIN}, {@link BOLD}, or {@link ITALIC}.
+ *
+ * @return code representing the style of this font.
+ *
+ * @see isPlain()
+ * @see isBold()
+ * @see isItalic()
+ */
public int
getStyle()
{
return style;
}
+/**
+ * Checks if specified character maps to a glyph in this font.
+ *
+ * @param c The character to check.
+ *
+ * @return Whether the character has a corresponding glyph in this font.
+ *
+ * @since 1.2
+ */
+public boolean
+canDisplay(char c)
+{
+ throw new UnsupportedOperationException ();
+}
+
+/**
+ * Checks how much of a given string can be mapped to glyphs in
+ * this font.
+ *
+ * @param s The string to check.
+ *
+ * @return The index of the first character in <code>s</code> which cannot
+ * be converted to a glyph by this font, or <code>-1</code> if all
+ * characters can be mapped to glyphs.
+ *
+ * @since 1.2
+ */
+public int
+canDisplayUpTo(String s)
+{
+ throw new UnsupportedOperationException ();
+}
+
+/**
+ * Checks how much of a given sequence of text can be mapped to glyphs in
+ * this font.
+ *
+ * @param text Array containing the text to check.
+ * @param start Position of first character to check in <code>text</code>.
+ * @param limit Position of last character to check in <code>text</code>.
+ *
+ * @return The index of the first character in the indicated range which
+ * cannot be converted to a glyph by this font, or <code>-1</code> if all
+ * characters can be mapped to glyphs.
+ *
+ * @since 1.2
+ *
+ * @throws IndexOutOfBoundsException if the range [start, limit] is
+ * invalid in <code>text</code>.
+ */
+public int
+canDisplayUpTo(char[] text, int start, int limit)
+{
+ throw new UnsupportedOperationException ();
+}
+
+/**
+ * Checks how much of a given sequence of text can be mapped to glyphs in
+ * this font.
+ *
+ * @param i Iterator over the text to check.
+ * @param start Position of first character to check in <code>i</code>.
+ * @param limit Position of last character to check in <code>i</code>.
+ *
+ * @return The index of the first character in the indicated range which
+ * cannot be converted to a glyph by this font, or <code>-1</code> if all
+ * characters can be mapped to glyphs.
+ *
+ * @since 1.2
+ *
+ * @throws IndexOutOfBoundsException if the range [start, limit] is
+ * invalid in <code>i</code>.
+ */
+public int
+canDisplayUpTo(CharacterIterator i, int start, int limit)
+{
+ throw new UnsupportedOperationException ();
+}
+
+/**
+ * Creates a new font with point size 1 and {@link PLAIN} style,
+ * reading font data from the provided input stream. The resulting font
+ * can have further fonts derived from it using its
+ * <code>deriveFont</code> method.
+ *
+ * @param fontFormat Integer code indicating the format the font data is
+ * in.Currently this can only be {@link TRUETYPE_FONT}.
+ * @param is {@link InputStream} from which font data will be read. This
+ * stream is not closed after font data is extracted.
+ *
+ * @return A new {@link Font} of the format indicated.
+ *
+ * @throws IllegalArgumentException if <code>fontType</code> is not
+ * recognized.
+ * @throws FontFormatException if data in InputStream is not of format
+ * indicated.
+ * @throws IOException if insufficient data is present on InputStream.
+ *
+ * @since 1.3
+ */
+public static Font
+createFont(int fontFormat, InputStream is)
+ throws FontFormatException, IOException
+{
+ throw new UnsupportedOperationException ();
+}
+
+/**
+ * Maps characters to glyphs in a one-to-one relationship, returning a new
+ * {@link GlyphVector} with a mapped glyph for each input character. This
+ * sort of mapping is often sufficient for some scripts such as Roman, but
+ * is inappropriate for scripts with special shaping or contextual layout
+ * requirements such as Arabic, Indic, Hebrew or Thai.
+ *
+ * @param ctx The rendering context used for precise glyph placement.
+ * @param str The string to convert to Glyphs.
+ *
+ * @return A new {@link GlyphVector} containing glyphs mapped from str,
+ * through the font's cmap table.
+ *
+ * @see layoutGlyphVector()
+ */
+public GlyphVector
+createGlyphVector(FontRenderContext ctx, String str)
+{
+ throw new UnsupportedOperationException ();
+}
+
+/**
+ * Maps characters to glyphs in a one-to-one relationship, returning a new
+ * {@link GlyphVector} with a mapped glyph for each input character. This
+ * sort of mapping is often sufficient for some scripts such as Roman, but
+ * is inappropriate for scripts with special shaping or contextual layout
+ * requirements such as Arabic, Indic, Hebrew or Thai.
+ *
+ * @param ctx The rendering context used for precise glyph placement.
+ * @param i Iterator over the text to convert to glyphs.
+ *
+ * @return A new {@link GlyphVector} containing glyphs mapped from str,
+ * through the font's cmap table.
+ *
+ * @see layoutGlyphVector()
+ */
+public GlyphVector
+createGlyphVector(FontRenderContext ctx, CharacterIterator i)
+{
+ throw new UnsupportedOperationException ();
+}
+
+/**
+ * Maps characters to glyphs in a one-to-one relationship, returning a new
+ * {@link GlyphVector} with a mapped glyph for each input character. This
+ * sort of mapping is often sufficient for some scripts such as Roman, but
+ * is inappropriate for scripts with special shaping or contextual layout
+ * requirements such as Arabic, Indic, Hebrew or Thai.
+ *
+ * @param ctx The rendering context used for precise glyph placement.
+ * @param chars Array of characters to convert to glyphs.
+ *
+ * @return A new {@link GlyphVector} containing glyphs mapped from str,
+ * through the font's cmap table.
+ *
+ * @see layoutGlyphVector()
+ */
+public GlyphVector
+createGlyphVector(FontRenderContext ctx, char[] chars)
+{
+ throw new UnsupportedOperationException ();
+}
+
+/**
+ * Extracts a sequence of glyphs from a font, returning a new {@link
+ * GlyphVector} with a mapped glyph for each input glyph code.
+ *
+ * @param ctx The rendering context used for precise glyph placement.
+ * @param chars Array of characters to convert to glyphs.
+ *
+ * @return A new {@link GlyphVector} containing glyphs mapped from str,
+ * through the font's cmap table.
+ *
+ * @see layoutGlyphVector()
+ *
+ * @specnote This method is documented to perform character-to-glyph
+ * conversions, in the Sun documentation, but its second parameter name is
+ * "glyphCodes" and it is not clear to me why it would exist if its
+ * purpose was to transport character codes inside integers. I assume it
+ * is mis-documented in the Sun documentation.
+ */
+public GlyphVector
+createGlyphVector(FontRenderContext ctx, int[] glyphCodes)
+{
+ throw new UnsupportedOperationException ();
+}
+
+/**
+ * Produces a new {@link Font} based on the current font, adjusted to a
+ * new size.
+ *
+ * @param size The size of the newly created font.
+ *
+ * @return A clone of the current font, with the specified size.
+ *
+ * @since 1.2
+ */
+public Font
+deriveFont(float size)
+{
+ throw new UnsupportedOperationException ();
+}
+
+/**
+ * Produces a new {@link Font} based on the current font, adjusted to a
+ * new style.
+ *
+ * @param style The style of the newly created font.
+ *
+ * @return A clone of the current font, with the specified style.
+ *
+ * @since 1.2
+ */
+public Font
+deriveFont(int style)
+{
+ throw new UnsupportedOperationException ();
+}
+
+/**
+ * Produces a new {@link Font} based on the current font, adjusted to a
+ * new style and subjected to a new affine transformation.
+ *
+ * @param style The style of the newly created font.
+ * @param a The transformation to apply.
+ *
+ * @return A clone of the current font, with the specified style and
+ * transform.
+ *
+ * @throws IllegalArgumentException If transformation is
+ * <code>null</code>.
+ *
+ * @since 1.2
+ */
+public Font
+deriveFont(int style, AffineTransform a)
+{
+ throw new UnsupportedOperationException ();
+}
+
+/**
+ * Produces a new {@link Font} based on the current font, adjusted to a
+ * new set of attributes.
+ *
+ * @param attributes Attributes of the newly created font.
+ *
+ * @return A clone of the current font, with the specified attributes.
+ *
+ * @since 1.2
+ */
+public Font
+deriveFont(Map attributes)
+{
+ throw new UnsupportedOperationException ();
+}
+
+/**
+ * Returns a map of chracter attributes which this font currently has set.
+ *
+ * @return A map of chracter attributes which this font currently has set.
+ *
+ * @see getAvailableAttributes()
+ * @see java.text.AttributedCharacterIterator.Attribute
+ * @see java.awt.font.TextAttribute
+ */
+public Map
+getAttributes()
+{
+ throw new UnsupportedOperationException ();
+}
+
+/**
+ * Returns an array of chracter attribute keys which this font understands.
+ *
+ * @return An array of chracter attribute keys which this font understands.
+ *
+ * @see getAttributes()
+ * @see java.text.AttributedCharacterIterator.Attribute
+ * @see java.awt.font.TextAttribute
+ */
+public AttributedCharacterIterator.Attribute[]
+getAvailableAttributes()
+{
+ throw new UnsupportedOperationException ();
+}
+
+/**
+ * Returns a baseline code (one of {@link ROMAN_BASELINE}, {@link
+ * CENTER_BASELINE} or {@link HANGING_BASELINE}) indicating which baseline
+ * this font will measure baseline offsets for, when presenting glyph
+ * metrics for a given character.
+ *
+ * Baseline offsets describe the position of a glyph relative to an
+ * invisible line drawn under, through the center of, or over a line of
+ * rendered text, respectively. Different scripts use different baseline
+ * modes, so clients should not assume all baseline offsets in a glyph
+ * vector are from a common baseline.
+ *
+ * @param c The character code to select a baseline mode for.
+ *
+ * @return The baseline mode which would be used in a glyph associated
+ * with the provided character.
+ *
+ * @since 1.2
+ *
+ * @see LineMetrics.getBaselineOffsets()
+ */
+public byte
+getBaselineFor(char c)
+{
+ throw new UnsupportedOperationException ();
+}
+
+/**
+ * Returns the family name of this font. A family name describes a
+ * typographic style (such as Helvetica or Palatino). It is more specific
+ * than a logical font name (such as Sans Serif) but less specific than a
+ * font face name (such as Helvetica Bold).
+ *
+ * @param lc The locale in which to describe the name of the font family.
+ *
+ * @return A string containing the font family name, localized for the
+ * provided locale.
+ *
+ * @since 1.2
+ *
+ * @see getName()
+ * @see getFontName()
+ * @see GraphicsEnvironment.getAvailableFontFamilyNames()
+ * @see Locale
+ */
+public String
+getFamily(Locale lc)
+{
+ throw new UnsupportedOperationException ();
+}
+
+/**
+ * Returns a font appropriate for the given attribute set.
+ *
+ * @param attributes The attributes required for the new font.
+ *
+ * @return A new Font with the given attributes.
+ *
+ * @since 1.2
+ *
+ * @see TextAttribure
+ */
+public static Font
+getFont(Map attributes)
+{
+ throw new UnsupportedOperationException ();
+}
+
+/**
+ * Returns the font face name of the font. A font face name describes a
+ * specific variant of a font family (such as Helvetica Bold). It is more
+ * specific than both a font family name (such as Helvetica) and a logical
+ * font name (such as Sans Serif).
+ *
+ * @return The font face name of the font.
+ *
+ * @since 1.2
+ *
+ * @see getName()
+ * @see getFamily()
+ */
+public String
+getFontName()
+{
+ throw new UnsupportedOperationException ();
+}
+
+/**
+ * Returns the font face name of the font. A font face name describes a
+ * specific variant of a font family (such as Helvetica Bold). It is more
+ * specific than both a font family name (such as Helvetica) and a logical
+ * font name (such as Sans Serif).
+ *
+ * @param lc The locale in which to describe the name of the font face.
+ *
+ * @return A string containing the font face name, localized for the
+ * provided locale.
+ *
+ * @since 1.2
+ *
+ * @see getName()
+ * @see getFamily()
+ */
+public String
+getFontName(Locale lc)
+{
+ throw new UnsupportedOperationException ();
+}
+
+/**
+ * Returns the italic angle of this font, a measurement of its slant when
+ * style is {@link ITALIC}. The precise meaning is the inverse slope of a
+ * caret line which "best measures" the font's italic posture.
+ *
+ * @return The italic angle.
+ *
+ * @see TextAttribute.POSTURE
+ */
+public float
+getItalicAngle()
+{
+ throw new UnsupportedOperationException ();
+}
+
+/**
+ * Returns a {@link LineMetrics} object constructed with the specified
+ * text and {@link FontRenderContext}.
+ *
+ * @param text The string to calculate metrics from.
+ * @param begin Index of first character in <code>text</code> to measure.
+ * @param limit Index of last character in <code>text</code> to measure.
+ * @param rc Context for calculating precise glyph placement and hints.
+ *
+ * @return A new {@link LineMetrics} object.
+ *
+ * @throws IndexOutOfBoundsException if the range [begin, limit] is
+ * invalid in <code>text</code>.
+ */
+public LineMetrics
+getLineMetrics(String text, int begin, int limit, FontRenderContext rc)
+{
+ throw new UnsupportedOperationException ();
+}
+
+/**
+ * Returns a {@link LineMetrics} object constructed with the specified
+ * text and {@link FontRenderContext}.
+ *
+ * @param chars The string to calculate metrics from.
+ * @param begin Index of first character in <code>text</code> to measure.
+ * @param limit Index of last character in <code>text</code> to measure.
+ * @param rc Context for calculating precise glyph placement and hints.
+ *
+ * @return A new {@link LineMetrics} object.
+ *
+ * @throws IndexOutOfBoundsException if the range [begin, limit] is
+ * invalid in <code>chars</code>.
+ */
+public LineMetrics
+getLineMetrics(char[] chars, int begin, int limit, FontRenderContext rc)
+{
+ throw new UnsupportedOperationException ();
+}
+
+/**
+ * Returns a {@link LineMetrics} object constructed with the specified
+ * text and {@link FontRenderContext}.
+ *
+ * @param ci The string to calculate metrics from.
+ * @param begin Index of first character in <code>text</code> to measure.
+ * @param limit Index of last character in <code>text</code> to measure.
+ * @param rc Context for calculating precise glyph placement and hints.
+ *
+ * @return A new {@link LineMetrics} object.
+ *
+ * @throws IndexOutOfBoundsException if the range [begin, limit] is
+ * invalid in <code>ci</code>.
+ */
+public LineMetrics
+getLineMetrics(CharacterIterator ci, int begin, int limit, FontRenderContext rc)
+{
+ throw new UnsupportedOperationException ();
+}
+
+/**
+ * Returns the maximal bounding box of all the bounding boxes in this
+ * font, when the font's bounding boxes are evaluated in a given {@link
+ * FontRenderContext}
+ *
+ * @param rc Context in which to evaluate bounding boxes.
+ *
+ * @return The maximal bounding box.
+ */
+public Rectangle2D
+getMaxCharBounds(FontRenderContext rc)
+{
+ throw new UnsupportedOperationException ();
+}
+
+/**
+ * Returns the glyph code this font uses to represent missing glyphs. This
+ * code will be present in glyph vectors when the font was unable to
+ * locate a glyph to represent a particular character code.
+ *
+ * @return The missing glyph code.
+ *
+ * @since 1.2
+ */
+public int
+getMissingGlyphCode()
+{
+ throw new UnsupportedOperationException ();
+}
+
+/**
+ * Returns the overall number of glyphs in this font. This number is one
+ * more than the greatest glyph code used in any glyph vectors this font
+ * produces. In other words, glyph codes are taken from the range
+ * <code>[ 0, getNumGlyphs() - 1 ]</code>.
+ *
+ * @return The number of glyphs in this font.
+ *
+ * @since 1.2
+ */
+public int
+getNumGlyphs()
+{
+ throw new UnsupportedOperationException ();
+}
+
+/**
+ * Returns the PostScript Name of this font.
+ *
+ * @return The PostScript Name of this font.
+ *
+ * @since 1.2
+ *
+ * @see getName()
+ * @see getFamily()
+ * @see getFontName()
+ */
+public String
+getPSName()
+{
+ throw new UnsupportedOperationException ();
+}
+
+/**
+ * Returns the logical bounds of the specified string when rendered with this
+ * font in the specified {@link FontRenderContext}. This box will include the
+ * glyph origin, ascent, advance, height, and leading, but may not include all
+ * diacritics or accents. To get the complete visual bounding box of all the
+ * glyphs in a run of text, use the {@link TextLayout#getBounds} method of
+ * {@link TextLayout}.
+ *
+ * @param str The string to measure.
+ * @param frc The context in which to make the precise glyph measurements.
+ *
+ * @return A bounding box covering the logical bounds of the specified text.
+ *
+ * @see createGlyphVector()
+ */
+public Rectangle2D
+getStringBounds(String str, FontRenderContext frc)
+{
+ throw new UnsupportedOperationException ();
+}
+
+/**
+ * Returns the logical bounds of the specified string when rendered with this
+ * font in the specified {@link FontRenderContext}. This box will include the
+ * glyph origin, ascent, advance, height, and leading, but may not include all
+ * diacritics or accents. To get the complete visual bounding box of all the
+ * glyphs in a run of text, use the {@link TextLayout#getBounds} method of
+ * {@link TextLayout}.
+ *
+ * @param str The string to measure.
+ * @param begin Index of the first character in <code>str</code> to measure.
+ * @param limit Index of the last character in <code>str</code> to measure.
+ * @param frc The context in which to make the precise glyph measurements.
+ *
+ * @return A bounding box covering the logical bounds of the specified text.
+ *
+ * @throws IndexOutOfBoundsException if the range [begin, limit] is
+ * invalid in <code>str</code>.
+ *
+ * @since 1.2
+ *
+ * @see createGlyphVector()
+ */
+public Rectangle2D
+getStringBounds(String str, int begin, int limit, FontRenderContext frc)
+{
+ throw new UnsupportedOperationException ();
+}
+
+/**
+ * Returns the logical bounds of the specified string when rendered with this
+ * font in the specified {@link FontRenderContext}. This box will include the
+ * glyph origin, ascent, advance, height, and leading, but may not include all
+ * diacritics or accents. To get the complete visual bounding box of all the
+ * glyphs in a run of text, use the {@link TextLayout#getBounds} method of
+ * {@link TextLayout}.
+ *
+ * @param ci The text to measure.
+ * @param begin Index of the first character in <code>ci</code> to measure.
+ * @param limit Index of the last character in <code>ci</code> to measure.
+ * @param frc The context in which to make the precise glyph measurements.
+ *
+ * @return A bounding box covering the logical bounds of the specified text.
+ *
+ * @throws IndexOutOfBoundsException if the range [begin, limit] is
+ * invalid in <code>ci</code>.
+ *
+ * @since 1.2
+ *
+ * @see createGlyphVector()
+ */
+public Rectangle2D
+getStringBounds(CharacterIterator ci, int begin, int limit, FontRenderContext frc)
+{
+ throw new UnsupportedOperationException ();
+}
+
+/**
+ * Returns the logical bounds of the specified string when rendered with this
+ * font in the specified {@link FontRenderContext}. This box will include the
+ * glyph origin, ascent, advance, height, and leading, but may not include all
+ * diacritics or accents. To get the complete visual bounding box of all the
+ * glyphs in a run of text, use the {@link TextLayout#getBounds} method of
+ * {@link TextLayout}.
+ *
+ * @param chars The text to measure.
+ * @param begin Index of the first character in <code>ci</code> to measure.
+ * @param limit Index of the last character in <code>ci</code> to measure.
+ * @param frc The context in which to make the precise glyph measurements.
+ *
+ * @return A bounding box covering the logical bounds of the specified text.
+ *
+ * @throws IndexOutOfBoundsException if the range [begin, limit] is
+ * invalid in <code>chars</code>.
+ *
+ * @since 1.2
+ *
+ * @see createGlyphVector()
+ */
+public Rectangle2D
+getStringBounds(char[] chars, int begin, int limit, FontRenderContext frc)
+{
+ throw new UnsupportedOperationException ();
+}
+
+/**
+ * Returns a copy of the affine transformation this font is currently
+ * subject to, if any.
+ *
+ * @return The current transformation.
+ */
+public AffineTransform
+getTransform()
+{
+ throw new UnsupportedOperationException ();
+}
+
+/**
+ * Indicates whether this font's line metrics are uniform. A font may be
+ * composed of several "subfonts", each covering a different code range,
+ * and each with their own line metrics. A font with no subfonts, or
+ * subfonts with identical line metrics, is said to have "uniform" line
+ * metrics.
+ *
+ * @return Whether this font has uniform line metrics.
+ *
+ * @see LineMetrics
+ * @see getLineMetrics()
+ */
+public boolean
+hasUniformLineMetrics()
+{
+ throw new UnsupportedOperationException ();
+}
+
+/**
+ * Indicates whether this font is subject to a non-identity affine
+ * transformation.
+ *
+ * @return <code>true</code> iff the font has a non-identity affine
+ * transformation applied to it.
+ */
+public boolean
+isTransformed()
+{
+ throw new UnsupportedOperationException ();
+}
+
+/**
+ * Produces a glyph vector representing a full layout fo the specified
+ * text in this font. Full layouts may include complex shaping and
+ * reordering operations, for scripts such as Arabic or Hindi.
+ *
+ * Bidirectional (bidi) layout is not performed in this method; text
+ * should have its bidi direction specified with one of the flags {@link
+ * LAYOUT_LEFT_TO_RIGHT} or {@link LAYOUT_RIGHT_TO_LEFT}.
+ *
+ * Some types of layout (notably Arabic glyph shaping) may examine context
+ * characters beyond the bounds of the indicated range, in order to select
+ * an appropriate shape. The flags {@link LAYOUT_NO_START_CONTEXT} and
+ * {@link LAYOUT_NO_LIMIT_CONTEXT} can be provided to prevent these extra
+ * context areas from being examined, for instance if they contain invalid
+ * characters.
+ *
+ * @param frc Context in which to perform the layout.
+ * @param chars Text to perform layout on.
+ * @param start Index of first character to perform layout on.
+ * @param limit Index of last character to perform layout on.
+ * @param flags Combination of flags controlling layout.
+ *
+ * @return A new {@link GlyphVector} representing the specified text.
+ *
+ * @throws IndexOutOfBoundsException if the range [begin, limit] is
+ * invalid in <code>chars</code>.
+ */
+public GlyphVector
+layoutGlyphVector(FontRenderContext frc, char[] chars, int start, int limit, int flags)
+{
+ throw new UnsupportedOperationException ();
+}
+
+
/*************************************************************************/
/**