public static String distribute(Collection<TabStopString> units) {
TreeSet<TabStopString> sortedUnits = new TreeSet<>();
sortedUnits.addAll(units);
StringBuffer sb = new StringBuffer();
int used = 0;
for (TabStopString t : sortedUnits) {
used = sb.codePointCount(0, sb.length());
if (used > t.getPosition()) {
throw new RuntimeException("Cannot layout cell.");
}
int amount = t.getPosition() - used;
switch (t.getAlignment()) {
case LEFT:
// ok
break;
case CENTER:
amount -= t.length() / 2;
break;
case RIGHT:
amount -= t.length();
break;
}
sb.append(StringTools.fill(t.getPattern(), amount));
sb.append(t.getText());
}
return sb.toString();
}
