A small Java library to parse mathematical formulas to LaTeX and display them as images.
Formula:
(a_1 / (b_1 + sqrt(c))^2) + sin(a_2 * b_2)Image:
LaTeX:
\left(\frac{{a}_{1}}{{\left({b}_{1}+\sqrt{c}\right)}^{2}}\right)+\sin{\left({a}_{2}\cdot {b}_{2}\right)}Grab the latest release and add the pretty-formula.jar as well as all the dependencies from the lib directory to your project.
Pretty-formula provides three functions to parse mathematical formulas either to LaTeX or to bitmap/vector graphics. It provides a basic GUI as an example how to use it as well. This means you even can run pretty-formula.jar on its own!
All the following functions are located in the package de.uni_bielefeld.cebitec.mzurowie.pretty_formula.main.
Parses a mathematical formula String like (a+b)/c to valid math LaTeX.
formula: A raw formula input String.
Returns: The formula parsed to a small subset of LaTeX.
Throws: DetailedParseCancellationException When the parsing fails.
Parses a mathematical formula String like (a+b)/c to a pretty image.
formula: A raw formula input String.
Returns: An image object containing the rendered formula.
Throws: ParseException When the formula rendering fails.
Throws: DetailedParseCancellationException when the formula parsing fails.
Parses a mathematical formula like (a+b)/c to a pretty image and saves it as an SVG file.
formula: A raw formula input String.
file: The SVG file to save to.
Throws: ParseException When parsing the LaTeX formula failed.
Throws: IOException When writing the file failed.
Throws: DetailedParseCancellationException When parsing the raw formula to LaTeX failed.
You can find the fully working GUI example in GUIWindow.java. To run it, simply execute pretty-formula.jar.
The important part of parsing the formula to an image and do error handling and user feedback is this:
private void jTextPane1KeyReleased(java.awt.event.KeyEvent evt) {
// feedback message
this.jLabel1.setText("");
// clear previously drawn formula
this.jLabel2.getGraphics().clearRect(0, 0, this.jLabel2.getWidth(), this.jLabel2.getHeight());
// remove error highlights from user input
this.jTextPane1.getHighlighter().removeAllHighlights();
try {
// parse the image
BufferedImage image = FormulaParser.parseToImage(this.jTextPane1.getText());
// display the image
this.jLabel2.getGraphics().drawImage(image, 0, 0, null);
} catch (DetailedParseCancellationException e) {
// display user feedback on erroneous input
this.handleDetailedParseCancellationException(e);
} catch (ParseException e) {
// display user feedback on erroneous parsing (shouldn't happen, though)
this.jLabel1.setText(e.getMessage());
}
}
private void handleDetailedParseCancellationException(DetailedParseCancellationException e) {
try {
// highlight the position at which the error occurred
this.jTextPane1.getHighlighter().addHighlight(
e.getCharPositionInLine(), e.getEndCharPositionInLine(),
this.errorHighlighter);
} catch (BadLocationException ex) {
// simply don't highlight
}
// display the error message in addition to the error highlighting
this.jLabel1.setText(e.getMessage());
}