Renders a paragraph of text (line breaks ignored) to an image (created and returned).
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*
* Created on March 16, 2007, 4:34 PM
*
* Copyright 2006-2007 Nigel Hughes
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import java.awt.Color;
import java.awt.Font;
import java.awt.Graphics;
import java.awt.Graphics2D;
import java.awt.GraphicsConfiguration;
import java.awt.GraphicsEnvironment;
import java.awt.RenderingHints;
import java.awt.Transparency;
import java.awt.font.FontRenderContext;
import java.awt.font.LineBreakMeasurer;
import java.awt.font.TextAttribute;
import java.awt.font.TextLayout;
import java.awt.image.BufferedImage;
import java.text.AttributedCharacterIterator;
import java.text.AttributedString;
import java.util.Hashtable;
/**
* @author nigel
*/
public class Utils {
/**
* Renders a paragraph of text (line breaks ignored) to an image (created and returned).
*
* @param font The font to use
* @param textColor The color of the text
* @param text The message
* @param width The width the text should be limited to
* @return An image with the text rendered into it
*/
public static BufferedImage renderTextToImage(Font font, Color textColor, String text, int width){
Hashtable map = new Hashtable();
map.put(TextAttribute.FONT, font);
AttributedString attributedString = new AttributedString(text,map);
AttributedCharacterIterator paragraph = attributedString.getIterator();
FontRenderContext frc = new FontRenderContext(null, false, false);
int paragraphStart = paragraph.getBeginIndex();
int paragraphEnd = paragraph.getEndIndex();
LineBreakMeasurer lineMeasurer = new LineBreakMeasurer(paragraph, frc);
float drawPosY=0;
//First time around, just determine the height
while (lineMeasurer.getPosition() < paragraphEnd) {
TextLayout layout = lineMeasurer.nextLayout(width);
// Move it down
drawPosY += layout.getAscent() + layout.getDescent() + layout.getLeading();
}
BufferedImage image = createCompatibleImage(width,(int) drawPosY);
Graphics2D graphics = (Graphics2D) image.getGraphics();
graphics.setRenderingHint(RenderingHints.KEY_TEXT_ANTIALIASING, RenderingHints.VALUE_TEXT_ANTIALIAS_ON);
drawPosY=0;
lineMeasurer.setPosition(paragraphStart);
while (lineMeasurer.getPosition() < paragraphEnd) {
TextLayout layout = lineMeasurer.nextLayout(width);
// Move y-coordinate by the ascent of the layout.
drawPosY += layout.getAscent();
/* Compute pen x position. If the paragraph is
right-to-left, we want to align the TextLayouts
to the right edge of the panel.
*/
float drawPosX;
if (layout.isLeftToRight()) {
drawPosX = 0;
} else {
drawPosX = width - layout.getAdvance();
}
// Draw the TextLayout at (drawPosX, drawPosY).
layout.draw(graphics, drawPosX, drawPosY);
// Move y-coordinate in preparation for next layout.
drawPosY += layout.getDescent() + layout.getLeading();
}
graphics.dispose();
return image;
}
/**
* Creates an image compatible with the current display
*
* @return A BufferedImage with the appropriate color model
*/
public static BufferedImage createCompatibleImage(int width, int height) {
GraphicsConfiguration configuration = GraphicsEnvironment.getLocalGraphicsEnvironment()
.getDefaultScreenDevice().getDefaultConfiguration();
return configuration.createCompatibleImage(width, height, Transparency.TRANSLUCENT);
}
}
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