com.lowagie.text

Class Meta

java.lang.Object

com.lowagie.text.Meta

All Implemented Interfaces:

Element, MarkupAttributes

Direct Known Subclasses:

Header

public class Meta
extends java.lang.Object
implements Element, MarkupAttributes

This is an Element that contains some meta information about the document.

An object of type Meta can not be constructed by the user. Userdefined meta information should be placed in a Header-object. Meta is reserved for: Subject, Keywords, Author, Title, Producer and Creationdate information.

See Also:

Element, Header

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
private java.lang.StringBuffer	content This is the content of the Meta-information.
protected java.util.Properties	markupAttributes Contains extra markupAttributes
private int	type This is the type of Meta-information this object contains.

Fields inherited from interface com.lowagie.text.Element

ALIGN_BASELINE, ALIGN_BOTTOM, ALIGN_CENTER, ALIGN_JUSTIFIED, ALIGN_JUSTIFIED_ALL, ALIGN_LEFT, ALIGN_MIDDLE, ALIGN_RIGHT, ALIGN_TOP, ALIGN_UNDEFINED, ANCHOR, ANNOTATION, AUTHOR, CCITT_BLACKIS1, CCITT_ENCODEDBYTEALIGN, CCITT_ENDOFBLOCK, CCITT_ENDOFLINE, CCITTG3_1D, CCITTG3_2D, CCITTG4, CELL, CHAPTER, CHUNK, CREATIONDATE, CREATOR, GRAPHIC, HEADER, IMGRAW, IMGTEMPLATE, JPEG, KEYWORDS, LIST, LISTITEM, MULTI_COLUMN_TEXT, PARAGRAPH, PHRASE, PRODUCER, PTABLE, RECTANGLE, ROW, SECTION, SUBJECT, TABLE, TITLE

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
Meta(int type, java.lang.String content) Constructs a Meta.
Meta(java.lang.String tag, java.lang.String content) Constructs a Meta.

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
java.lang.StringBuffer	append(java.lang.String string) appends some text to this Meta.
java.lang.String	content() Returns the content of the meta information.
java.util.ArrayList	getChunks() Gets all the chunks in this element.
java.lang.String	getMarkupAttribute(java.lang.String name) Returns the value of the specified attribute.
java.util.Set	getMarkupAttributeNames() Returns a Set of String attribute names for the MarkupAttributes implementor.
java.util.Properties	getMarkupAttributes() Return a Properties-object containing all the markupAttributes.
static int	getType(java.lang.String tag) Returns the name of the meta information.
java.lang.String	name() Returns the name of the meta information.
boolean	process(ElementListener listener) Processes the element by adding it (or the different parts) to a ElementListener.
void	setMarkupAttribute(java.lang.String name, java.lang.String value) Sets the specified attribute.
void	setMarkupAttributes(java.util.Properties markupAttributes) Sets the markupAttributes.
int	type() Gets the type of the text element.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Methods inherited from interface com.lowagie.text.Element

toString

Field Detail

type

private int type

This is the type of Meta-information this object contains.

content

private java.lang.StringBuffer content

This is the content of the Meta-information.

markupAttributes

protected java.util.Properties markupAttributes

Contains extra markupAttributes

Constructor Detail

Meta

Meta(int type,
    java.lang.String content)

Constructs a Meta.

Parameters:

type - the type of meta-information

content - the content

Meta

public Meta(java.lang.String tag,
    java.lang.String content)

Constructs a Meta.

Parameters:

tag - the tagname of the meta-information

content - the content

Method Detail

process

public boolean process(ElementListener listener)

Processes the element by adding it (or the different parts) to a ElementListener.

Specified by:

process in interface Element

Parameters:

listener - the ElementListener

Returns:

true if the element was processed successfully

type

public int type()

Gets the type of the text element.

Specified by:

type in interface Element

Returns:

a type

getChunks

public java.util.ArrayList getChunks()

Gets all the chunks in this element.

Specified by:

getChunks in interface Element

Returns:

an ArrayList

append

public java.lang.StringBuffer append(java.lang.String string)

appends some text to this Meta.

Parameters:

string - a String

Returns:

a StringBuffer

content

public java.lang.String content()

Returns the content of the meta information.

Returns:

a String

name

public java.lang.String name()

Returns the name of the meta information.

Returns:

a String

getType

public static int getType(java.lang.String tag)

Returns the name of the meta information.

Parameters:

tag - iText tag for meta information

Returns:

the Element value corresponding with the given tag

setMarkupAttribute

public void setMarkupAttribute(java.lang.String name,
                      java.lang.String value)

Description copied from interface: MarkupAttributes

Sets the specified attribute.

Specified by:

setMarkupAttribute in interface MarkupAttributes

Parameters:

name - String attribute name.

value - String attribute value.

See Also:

MarkupAttributes.setMarkupAttribute(java.lang.String, java.lang.String)

setMarkupAttributes

public void setMarkupAttributes(java.util.Properties markupAttributes)

Description copied from interface: MarkupAttributes

Sets the markupAttributes.

Specified by:

setMarkupAttributes in interface MarkupAttributes

Parameters:

markupAttributes - a Properties-object containing markupattributes

See Also:

MarkupAttributes.setMarkupAttributes(java.util.Properties)

getMarkupAttribute

public java.lang.String getMarkupAttribute(java.lang.String name)

Description copied from interface: MarkupAttributes

Returns the value of the specified attribute.

Specified by:

getMarkupAttribute in interface MarkupAttributes

Parameters:

name - String attribute name.

Returns:

String.

See Also:

MarkupAttributes.getMarkupAttribute(java.lang.String)

getMarkupAttributeNames

public java.util.Set getMarkupAttributeNames()

Description copied from interface: MarkupAttributes

Returns a Set of String attribute names for the MarkupAttributes implementor.

Specified by:

getMarkupAttributeNames in interface MarkupAttributes

Returns:

Set.

See Also:

MarkupAttributes.getMarkupAttributeNames()

getMarkupAttributes

public java.util.Properties getMarkupAttributes()

Description copied from interface: MarkupAttributes

Return a Properties-object containing all the markupAttributes.

Specified by:

getMarkupAttributes in interface MarkupAttributes

Returns:

Properties

See Also:

MarkupAttributes.getMarkupAttributes()