org.apache.poi.ss.usermodel
Interface RichTextString

All Known Implementing Classes:

HSSFRichTextString

public interface RichTextString

Rich text unicode string. These strings can have fonts applied to arbitary parts of the string.

applyFont

void applyFont(int startIndex,
               int endIndex,
               short fontIndex)

Applies a font to the specified characters of a string.

Parameters:

startIndex - The start index to apply the font to (inclusive)

endIndex - The end index to apply the font to (exclusive)

fontIndex - The font to use.

applyFont

void applyFont(int startIndex,
               int endIndex,
               Font font)

Applies a font to the specified characters of a string.

Parameters:

startIndex - The start index to apply the font to (inclusive)

endIndex - The end index to apply to font to (exclusive)

font - The index of the font to use.

applyFont

void applyFont(Font font)

Sets the font of the entire string.

Parameters:

font - The font to use.

clearFormatting

void clearFormatting()

Removes any formatting that may have been applied to the string.

getString

java.lang.String getString()

Returns the plain string representation.

length

int length()

Returns:

the number of characters in the font.

numFormattingRuns

int numFormattingRuns()

Returns:

The number of formatting runs used.

getIndexOfFormattingRun

int getIndexOfFormattingRun(int index)

The index within the string to which the specified formatting run applies.

Parameters:

index - the index of the formatting run

Returns:

the index within the string.

applyFont

void applyFont(short fontIndex)

Applies the specified font to the entire string.

Parameters:

fontIndex - the font to apply.