apache-poi/src/java/org/apache/poi/sl/usermodel/VerticalAlignment.java

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package org.apache.poi.sl.usermodel;

/**
 * Specifies a list of available anchoring types for text
 * 
 * <!-- FIXME: Identical to {@link org.apache.poi.ss.usermodel.VerticalAlignment}. Should merge these to
 * {@link org.apache.poi.common.usermodel}.VerticalAlignment in the future. -->
 * 
 * @author Yegor Kozlov
 */
public enum VerticalAlignment {
    /**
     * Anchor the text at the top of the bounding rectangle
     */
    TOP,

    /**
     * Anchor the text at the middle of the bounding rectangle
     */
    MIDDLE,

    /**
     * Anchor the text at the bottom of the bounding rectangle.
     */
    BOTTOM,

    /**
     * Anchor the text so that it is justified vertically.
     * <p>
     * When text is horizontal, this spaces out the actual lines of
     * text and is almost always identical in behavior to
     * {@link #DISTRIBUTED} (special case: if only 1 line, then anchored at top).
     * </p>
     * <p>
     * When text is vertical, then it justifies the letters
     * vertically. This is different than {@link #DISTRIBUTED},
     * because in some cases such as very little text in a line,
     * it will not justify.
     * </p>
     */
    JUSTIFIED,

    /**
     * Anchor the text so that it is distributed vertically.
     * <p>
     * When text is horizontal, this spaces out the actual lines
     * of text and is almost always identical in behavior to
     * {@link #JUSTIFIED} (special case: if only 1 line, then anchored in middle).
     * </p>
     * <p>
     * When text is vertical, then it distributes the letters vertically.
     * This is different than {@link #JUSTIFIED}, because it always forces distribution
     * of the words, even if there are only one or two words in a line.
     */
    DISTRIBUTED
}