svn commit: r1753611 - /pdfbox/trunk/pdfbox/src/main/java/org/apache/pdfbox/text/TextPosition.java

[ti...@apache.org]

Author: tilman
Date: Wed Jul 20 21:25:43 2016
New Revision: 1753611

URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?rev=1753611&view=rev
Log:
PDFBOX-2852: clarify javadoc

Modified:
    pdfbox/trunk/pdfbox/src/main/java/org/apache/pdfbox/text/TextPosition.java

Modified: pdfbox/trunk/pdfbox/src/main/java/org/apache/pdfbox/text/TextPosition.java
URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/pdfbox/trunk/pdfbox/src/main/java/org/apache/pdfbox/text/TextPosition.java?rev=1753611&r1=1753610&r2=1753611&view=diff
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--- pdfbox/trunk/pdfbox/src/main/java/org/apache/pdfbox/text/TextPosition.java (original)
+++ pdfbox/trunk/pdfbox/src/main/java/org/apache/pdfbox/text/TextPosition.java Wed Jul 20 21:25:43 2016
@@ -159,7 +159,9 @@ public final class TextPosition
     }
 
     /**
-     * Return the string of characters stored in this object.
+     * Return the string of characters stored in this object. The length can be different than the
+     * CharacterCodes length e.g. if ligatures are used ("fi", "fl", "ffl") where one glyph
+     * represents several unicode characters.
      *
      * @return The string on the screen.
      */
@@ -480,7 +482,7 @@ public final class TextPosition
     /**
      * Get the widths of each individual character.
      *
-     * @return An array that is the same length as the length of the string.
+     * @return An array that has the same length as the CharacterCodes array.
      */
     public float[] getIndividualWidths()
     {