Hyphen

java.lang.Object
- com.lowagie.text.pdf.hyphenation.Hyphen

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.io.Serializable
```
public class Hyphen
extends java.lang.Object
implements java.io.Serializable
```
This class represents a hyphen. A 'full' hyphen is made of 3 parts: the pre-break text, post-break text and no-break. If no line-break is generated at this position, the no-break text is used, otherwise, pre-break and post-break are used. Typically, pre-break is equal to the hyphen character and the others are empty. However, this general scheme allows support for cases in some languages where words change spelling if they're split across lines, like german's 'backen' which hyphenates 'bak-ken'. BTW, this comes from TeX.

Author:

Carlos Villegas

See Also:

Serialized Form

- Field Summary
  
  Fields
  Modifier and Type Field Description
  
  java.lang.String noBreak
  
  java.lang.String postBreak
  
  java.lang.String preBreak
  
  private static long serialVersionUID
- Constructor Summary
  
  Constructors
  Constructor Description
  
  Hyphen(java.lang.String pre)
  
  Hyphen(java.lang.String pre, java.lang.String no, java.lang.String post)
- Method Summary
  
  All Methods Instance Methods Concrete Methods
  Modifier and Type Method Description
  
  java.lang.String toString()
  - Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
    clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

serialVersionUID
```
private static final long serialVersionUID
```
See Also:

Constant Field Values

preBreak
```
public java.lang.String preBreak
```

noBreak
```
public java.lang.String noBreak
```

postBreak
```
public java.lang.String postBreak
```

Constructor Detail

Hyphen

Hyphen(java.lang.String pre,
       java.lang.String no,
       java.lang.String post)

Hyphen
```
Hyphen(java.lang.String pre)
```

Method Detail
- toString
```
public java.lang.String toString()
```
  Overrides:
  
  toString in class java.lang.Object