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TextDirectionHeuristic

public interface TextDirectionHeuristic

android.text.TextDirectionHeuristic


Interface for objects that use a heuristic for guessing at the paragraph direction by examining text.

Summary


Public methods

abstract boolean isRtl(char[] array, int start, int count)

Guess if a chars array is in the RTL direction or not.

abstract boolean isRtl(CharSequence cs, int start, int count)

Guess if a CharSequence is in the RTL direction or not.

Public methods


isRtl

public abstract boolean isRtl (char[] array, 
                int start, 
                int count)

Guess if a chars array is in the RTL direction or not.

Parameters
array char: the char array.

start int: start index, inclusive.

count int: the length to check, must not be negative and not greater than array.length - start.

Returns
boolean true if all chars in the range are to be considered in a RTL direction, false otherwise.

isRtl

public abstract boolean isRtl (CharSequence cs, 
                int start, 
                int count)

Guess if a CharSequence is in the RTL direction or not.

Parameters
cs CharSequence: the CharSequence.

start int: start index, inclusive.

count int: the length to check, must not be negative and not greater than CharSequence.length() - start.

Returns
boolean true if all chars in the range are to be considered in a RTL direction, false otherwise.

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