/**
* Gets a special kind of Phrase that changes some characters into corresponding symbols.
*
* @param leading
* @param string
* @param font
* @return a newly constructed Phrase
*/
public static final Phrase getInstance(int leading, String string, Font font) {
Phrase p = new Phrase(true);
p.setLeading(leading);
p.font = font;
if (font.getFamily() != Font.SYMBOL
&& font.getFamily() != Font.ZAPFDINGBATS
&& font.getBaseFont() == null) {
int index;
while ((index = SpecialSymbol.index(string)) > -1) {
if (index > 0) {
String firstPart = string.substring(0, index);
((ArrayList) p).add(new Chunk(firstPart, font));
string = string.substring(index);
}
Font symbol = new Font(Font.SYMBOL, font.getSize(), font.getStyle(), font.getColor());
StringBuffer buf = new StringBuffer();
buf.append(SpecialSymbol.getCorrespondingSymbol(string.charAt(0)));
string = string.substring(1);
while (SpecialSymbol.index(string) == 0) {
buf.append(SpecialSymbol.getCorrespondingSymbol(string.charAt(0)));
string = string.substring(1);
}
((ArrayList) p).add(new Chunk(buf.toString(), symbol));
}
}
if (string != null && string.length() != 0) {
((ArrayList) p).add(new Chunk(string, font));
}
return p;
}
