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package org.apache.fontbox;

import java.awt.geom.GeneralPath;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.util.List;
import org.apache.fontbox.util.BoundingBox;

/**
 * Common interface for all FontBox fonts.
 *
 * @author John Hewson
 */
public interface FontBoxFont
{
    /**
     * The PostScript name of the font.
     */
    String getName() throws IOException;
    
    /**
     * Returns the font's bounding box in PostScript units.
     */
    BoundingBox getFontBBox() throws IOException;

    /**
     * Returns the FontMatrix in PostScript units.
     */
    List<Number> getFontMatrix() throws IOException;

    /**
     * Returns the path for the character with the given name.
     *
     * @return glyph path
     * @throws IOException if the path could not be read
     */
    GeneralPath getPath(String name) throws IOException;

    /**
     * Returns the advance width for the character with the given name.
     *
     * @return glyph advance width
     * @throws IOException if the path could not be read
     */
    float getWidth(String name) throws IOException;

    /**
     * Returns true if the font contains the given glyph.
     * 
     * @param name PostScript glyph name
     */
    boolean hasGlyph(String name) throws IOException;
}
