## com.lowagie.text.pdf
Class DefaultSplitCharacter

    java.lang.Object
      com.lowagie.text.pdf.DefaultSplitCharacter

All Implemented Interfaces:
  SplitCharacter

    public class DefaultSplitCharacter

extends java.lang.Object
implements SplitCharacter

The default class that is used to determine whether or not a character is a split character. You can subclass this class to define your own split characters.

Since:
  2.1.2

Field Summary
`static SplitCharacter` `DEFAULT` An instance of the default SplitCharacter.

Constructor Summary
`DefaultSplitCharacter()`

Method Summary
`protected char` `getCurrentCharacter(int current, char[] cc, PdfChunk[] ck)` Returns the current character
`boolean` `isSplitCharacter(int start, int current, int end, char[] cc, PdfChunk[] ck)` Checks if a character can be used to split a `PdfString`.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
`clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait`

Field Detail

### DEFAULT

    public static final SplitCharacter DEFAULT

  An instance of the default SplitCharacter.

Constructor Detail

### DefaultSplitCharacter

    public DefaultSplitCharacter()

Method Detail

### isSplitCharacter

    public boolean isSplitCharacter(int start,
                                    int current,
                                    int end,
                                    char[] cc,
                                    PdfChunk[] ck)

  Checks if a character can be used to split a `PdfString`.

  for the moment every character less than or equal to SPACE, the character '-' and some specific unicode ranges are 'splitCharacters'.

  Specified by:
    `isSplitCharacter` in interface `SplitCharacter`
  Parameters:
    `start` - start position in the array
    `current` - current position in the array
    `end` - end position in the array
    `cc` - the character array that has to be checked
    `ck` - chunk array
  Returns:
    `true` if the character can be used to split a string, `false` otherwise

### getCurrentCharacter

    protected char getCurrentCharacter(int current,
                                       char[] cc,
                                       PdfChunk[] ck)

  Returns the current character

  Parameters:
    `current` - current position in the array
    `cc` - the character array that has to be checked
    `ck` - chunk array
  Returns:
    the current character

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