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If you do not wish to do so, delete this 036 exception statement from your version. */ 037 038 039 package java.awt; 040 041 import java.io.Serializable; 042 import java.util.Locale; 043 import java.util.MissingResourceException; 044 import java.util.ResourceBundle; 045 046 /** 047 * This class is used to differentiate different orientations for text layout. 048 * It controls whether text flows left-to-right or right-to-left, and whether 049 * lines are horizontal or vertical, as in this table:<br> 050 * <pre> 051 * LT RT TL TR 052 * A B C C B A A D G G D A 053 * D E F F E D B E H H E B 054 * G H I I H G C F I I F C 055 * </pre> 056 * <b>LT</b> languages are most common (left-to-right lines, top-to-bottom). 057 * This includes Western European languages, and optionally includes Japanese, 058 * Chinese, and Korean. <b>RT</b> languages (right-to-left lines, 059 * top-to-bottom) are mainly middle eastern, such as Hebrew and Arabic. 060 * <b>TR</b> languages flow top-to-bottom in a line, right-to-left, and are 061 * the basis of Japanese, Chinese, and Korean. Finally, <b>TL</b> languages 062 * flow top-to-bottom in a line, left-to-right, as in Mongolian. 063 * 064 * <p>This is a pretty poor excuse for a type-safe enum, since it is not 065 * guaranteed that orientation objects are unique (thanks to serialization), 066 * yet there is no equals() method. You would be wise to compare the output 067 * of isHorizontal() and isLeftToRight() rather than comparing objects with 068 * ==, especially since more constants may be added in the future. 069 * 070 * @author Bryce McKinlay (bryce@albatross.co.nz) 071 * @since 1.0 072 * @status updated to 1.4 073 */ 074 public final class ComponentOrientation implements Serializable 075 { 076 /** 077 * Compatible with JDK 1.0+. 078 */ 079 private static final long serialVersionUID = -4113291392143563828L; 080 081 /** Constant for unknown orientation. */ 082 private static final int UNKNOWN_ID = 1; 083 084 /** Constant for horizontal line orientation. */ 085 private static final int HORIZONTAL_ID = 2; 086 087 /** Constant for left-to-right orientation. */ 088 private static final int LEFT_TO_RIGHT_ID = 4; 089 090 /** 091 * Items run left to right, and lines flow top to bottom. Examples: English, 092 * French. 093 */ 094 public static final ComponentOrientation LEFT_TO_RIGHT 095 = new ComponentOrientation(HORIZONTAL_ID | LEFT_TO_RIGHT_ID); 096 097 /** 098 * Items run right to left, and lines flow top to bottom. Examples: Arabic, 099 * Hebrew. 100 */ 101 public static final ComponentOrientation RIGHT_TO_LEFT 102 = new ComponentOrientation(HORIZONTAL_ID); 103 104 /** 105 * The orientation is unknown for the locale. For backwards compatibility, 106 * this behaves like LEFT_TO_RIGHT in the instance methods. 107 */ 108 public static final ComponentOrientation UNKNOWN 109 = new ComponentOrientation(UNKNOWN_ID | HORIZONTAL_ID | LEFT_TO_RIGHT_ID); 110 111 /** 112 * The orientation of this object; bitwise-or of unknown (1), horizontal (2), 113 * and left-to-right (4). 114 * 115 * @serial the orientation 116 */ 117 private final int orientation; 118 119 /** 120 * Construct a given orientation. 121 * 122 * @param orientation the orientation 123 */ 124 private ComponentOrientation(int orientation) 125 { 126 this.orientation = orientation; 127 } 128 129 /** 130 * Returns true if the lines are horizontal, in which case lines flow 131 * top-to-bottom. For example, English, Hebrew. Counterexamples: Japanese, 132 * Chinese, Korean, Mongolian. 133 * 134 * @return true if this orientation has horizontal lines 135 */ 136 public boolean isHorizontal() 137 { 138 return (orientation & HORIZONTAL_ID) != 0; 139 } 140 141 /** 142 * If isHorizontal() returns true, then this determines whether items in 143 * the line flow left-to-right. If isHorizontal() returns false, items in 144 * a line flow top-to-bottom, and this determines if lines flow 145 * left-to-right. 146 * 147 * @return true if this orientation flows left-to-right 148 */ 149 public boolean isLeftToRight() 150 { 151 return (orientation & LEFT_TO_RIGHT_ID) != 0; 152 } 153 154 /** 155 * Gets an orientation appropriate for the locale. 156 * 157 * @param locale the locale 158 * @return the orientation for that locale 159 * @throws NullPointerException if locale is null 160 */ 161 public static ComponentOrientation getOrientation(Locale locale) 162 { 163 // Based on iterating over all languages defined in JDK 1.4, this behavior 164 // matches Sun's. However, it makes me wonder if any non-horizontal 165 // orientations even exist, as it sure contradicts their documentation. 166 String language = locale.getLanguage(); 167 if ("ar".equals(language) || "fa".equals(language) || "iw".equals(language) 168 || "ur".equals(language)) 169 return RIGHT_TO_LEFT; 170 return LEFT_TO_RIGHT; 171 } 172 173 /** 174 * Gets an orientation from a resource bundle. This tries the following: 175 * 176 * <ul> 177 * <li>Use the key "Orientation" to find an instance of ComponentOrientation 178 * in the bundle.</li> 179 * <li>Get the locale of the resource bundle, and get the orientation of 180 * that locale.</li> 181 * <li>Give up and get the orientation of the default locale.</li> 182 * </ul> 183 * 184 * @param bdl the bundle to use 185 * @return the orientation 186 * @throws NullPointerException if bdl is null 187 * @deprecated use {@link #getOrientation(Locale)} instead 188 */ 189 public static ComponentOrientation getOrientation(ResourceBundle bdl) 190 { 191 ComponentOrientation r; 192 try 193 { 194 r = (ComponentOrientation) bdl.getObject("Orientation"); 195 if (r != null) 196 return r; 197 } 198 catch (MissingResourceException ignored) 199 { 200 } 201 catch (ClassCastException ignored) 202 { 203 } 204 try 205 { 206 r = getOrientation(bdl.getLocale()); 207 if (r != null) 208 return r; 209 } 210 catch (Exception ignored) 211 { 212 } 213 return getOrientation(Locale.getDefault()); 214 } 215 } // class ComponentOrientation