Class Header

java.lang.Object

com.itextpdf.text.Meta

com.itextpdf.text.Header

All Implemented Interfaces:

Element

public class Header
extends Meta

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

Example:

Header header = new Header("inspired by", "William Shakespeare");

See Also:

• Element
• Meta

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field	Description
private StringBuffer	name	This is the content of this chunk of text.

Fields inherited from class Meta

AUTHOR, CREATIONDATE, KEYWORDS, PRODUCER, SUBJECT, TITLE, UNKNOWN

Fields inherited from interface Element

ALIGN_BASELINE, ALIGN_BOTTOM, ALIGN_CENTER, ALIGN_JUSTIFIED, ALIGN_JUSTIFIED_ALL, ALIGN_LEFT, ALIGN_MIDDLE, ALIGN_RIGHT, ALIGN_TOP, ALIGN_UNDEFINED, ANCHOR, ANNOTATION, BODY, CCITT_BLACKIS1, CCITT_ENCODEDBYTEALIGN, CCITT_ENDOFBLOCK, CCITT_ENDOFLINE, CCITTG3_1D, CCITTG3_2D, CCITTG4, CHAPTER, CHUNK, CREATOR, DIV, HEADER, IMGRAW, IMGTEMPLATE, JBIG2, JPEG, JPEG2000, LANGUAGE, LIST, LISTITEM, MARKED, PARAGRAPH, PHRASE, PTABLE, RECTANGLE, SECTION, WRITABLE_DIRECT, YMARK

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
Header(String name, String content)	Constructs a Meta.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
String	getName()	Returns the name of the meta information.

Methods inherited from class Meta

append, getChunks, getContent, getType, isContent, isNestable, process, type

Methods inherited from class Object

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

Methods inherited from interface Element

toString

Field Details

name

private StringBuffer name

This is the content of this chunk of text.

Constructor Details

Header

public Header(String name,
 String content)

Constructs a Meta.

Parameters:

name - the name of the meta-information

content - the content

Method Details

getName

public String getName()

Returns the name of the meta information.

Overrides:

getName in class Meta

Returns:

a String