org.extex.backend.documentWriter.postscript.converter
Interface PsConverter

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractConverter, PsBasicConverter, PsBoxConverter

public interface PsConverter

This interface describes the ability to translate some nodes into PostScript code.

Version:

$Revision: 5923 $

Author:

Gerd Neugebauer

init

void init(HeaderManager header,
          FontManager fontManager)
          throws java.io.IOException

Perform some initializations for each document.

Parameters:

header - the header manager

fontManager - the font manager

Throws:

java.io.IOException - in case of an IO exception

toPostScript

byte[] toPostScript(Page page)
                    throws DocumentWriterException

Translate nodes into PostScript code.

Parameters:

page - the nodes to translate into PostScript code

Returns:

the bytes representing the current page

Throws:

DocumentWriterException - in case of an error

writeHeaders

void writeHeaders(java.io.PrintStream out)
                  throws java.io.IOException

Write the header to the target stream.

Parameters:

out - the target stream

Throws:

java.io.IOException - in case of an I/O error