1 files changed, 7 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/src/java/org/apache/fop/layoutmgr/AbstractLayoutManager.java b/src/java/org/apache/fop/layoutmgr/AbstractLayoutManager.java
index 188eebc8b..c11914962 100644
--- a/src/java/org/apache/fop/layoutmgr/AbstractLayoutManager.java
+++ b/src/java/org/apache/fop/layoutmgr/AbstractLayoutManager.java
@@ -163,10 +163,6 @@ public abstract class AbstractLayoutManager implements LayoutManager, Constants
     }
 
 
-    public void getWordChars(StringBuffer sbChars, Position bp1,
-                             Position bp2) {
-    }
-
     /* ---------------------------------------------------------
      * PROVIDE NULL IMPLEMENTATIONS OF METHODS from LayoutManager
      * interface which are declared abstract in AbstractLayoutManager.
@@ -184,10 +180,16 @@ public abstract class AbstractLayoutManager implements LayoutManager, Constants
         return element;
     }
 
-    public void getWordChars(StringBuffer sbChars, Position pos) {
+    public void getWordChars(StringBuffer sbChars, Position bp1,
+            Position bp2) {
         log.warn("null implementation of getWordChars() called!");
     }
 
+    // This version is not in LayoutManager but is the only version being
+    // called within the application.
+    public void getWordChars(StringBuffer sbChars, Position pos) {
+    }
+
     public void hyphenate(Position pos, HyphContext hc) {
         log.warn("null implementation of hyphenate called!");
     }