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/* $Id$ */

package org.apache.fop.render.pcl.fonts;

import java.io.IOException;

import org.apache.fop.fonts.truetype.FontFileReader;
import org.apache.fop.fonts.truetype.OpenFont;

public abstract class PCLCharacterWriter {

    protected PCLSoftFont font;
    protected PCLByteWriterUtil pclByteWriter;
    protected OpenFont openFont;
    protected FontFileReader fontReader;

    public PCLCharacterWriter(PCLSoftFont font) throws IOException {
        this.font = font;
        openFont = font.getOpenFont();
        fontReader = font.getReader();
        pclByteWriter = new PCLByteWriterUtil();
    }

    public abstract byte[] writeCharacterDefinitions(String text) throws IOException;
}
