platypus
Class Columns

java.lang.Object
  platypus.Columns

public class Columns
extends java.lang.Object

Keeps track of the number of columns and the gutter size. Does no implementation. For implementation, see the appropriate Column class.

Author:

alb

Field Summary

private java.util.ArrayList<Column>	columns
private int	lineNumber

Constructor Summary

Columns()

Columns(int howMany)

Method Summary

int	createColumns(int newCount) Sets the number of columns.
java.lang.String	dump()
Column	getColumn(int whichCol) Return a designated column
int	getCount()
int	getLineNumber()
private float	getRecommendedGutterSize(int numberOfColumns) Figure out the recommended gutter size for regular columns

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

lineNumber

private int lineNumber

columns

private java.util.ArrayList<Column> columns

Constructor Detail

Columns

public Columns()

Columns

public Columns(int howMany)

Method Detail

createColumns

public int createColumns(int newCount)

Sets the number of columns. For the time being, these are equally wide and spaced columns. Eventually, we'll permit irregular shapes and varying widths.

Parameters:

newCount - number of new columns

Returns:

number of created columns

getColumn

public Column getColumn(int whichCol)

Return a designated column

Parameters:

whichCol -

Returns:

the specified column

getCount

public int getCount()

getRecommendedGutterSize

private float getRecommendedGutterSize(int numberOfColumns)

Figure out the recommended gutter size for regular columns

Parameters:

numberOfColumns -

Returns:

recommended size of gutter in points, or -1f in case of 0 or less columns.

getLineNumber

public int getLineNumber()

dump

public java.lang.String dump()