public DictionaryEncoding(COSDictionary fontEncoding) throws IOException 
{
        encoding = fontEncoding;
        //first set up the base encoding
        //The previious value WinAnsiEncoding() has been changed to StandardEnding
        //see p 389 of the PDF 1.5 ref�rence table 5.11 entries in a dictionary encoding
        //"If this entry is absent, the Differences entry describes differences from an implicit
        //base encoding. For a font program that is embedded in the PDF file, the
        //implicit base encoding is the font program�s built-in encoding, as described
        //above and further elaborated in the sections on specific font types below. Otherwise,
        //for a nonsymbolic font, it is StandardEncoding, and for a symbolic font, it
        //is the font�s built-in encoding."
        //so the default base encoding is standardEncoding
        Encoding baseEncoding = new StandardEncoding();
        COSName baseEncodingName = (COSName)encoding.getDictionaryObject( COSName.BASE_ENCODING );
        if( baseEncodingName != null )
        {
            EncodingManager manager = new EncodingManager();
            baseEncoding = manager.getEncoding( baseEncodingName );
        }
        nameToCode.putAll( baseEncoding.nameToCode );
        codeToName.putAll( baseEncoding.codeToName );
        //now replace with the differences.
        COSArray differences = (COSArray)encoding.getDictionaryObject( COSName.DIFFERENCES );
        int currentIndex = -1;
        for( int i=0; differences != null && i< differences.size(); i++ )
        {
            COSBase next = differences.getObject( i );
            if( next instanceof COSNumber )
            {
                currentIndex = ((COSNumber)next).intValue();
            }
            else if( next instanceof COSName )
            {
                COSName name = (COSName)next;
                addCharacterEncoding( currentIndex++, name );
            }
        }
}

Constructor.

Parameters:

fontEncoding - The encoding dictionary.

Throws:

IOException - If there is a problem getting the base font.

 public COSBase getCOSObject() 
{
        return encoding;
}

Convert this standard java object to a COS object.