Class WritableDirectElement

java.lang.Object

com.itextpdf.text.WritableDirectElement

All Implemented Interfaces:

WriterOperation, Element

public abstract class WritableDirectElement
extends Object
implements Element, WriterOperation

An element that is not an element, it holds Element.WRITABLE_DIRECT as Element type. It implements WriterOperation to do operations on the PdfWriter and the Document that must be done at the time of the writing. Much like a VerticalPositionMark but little different.

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field	Description
static final int	DIRECT_ELEMENT_TYPE_HEADER
static final int	DIRECT_ELEMENT_TYPE_UNKNOWN
protected int	directElementType

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, AUTHOR, BODY, CCITT_BLACKIS1, CCITT_ENCODEDBYTEALIGN, CCITT_ENDOFBLOCK, CCITT_ENDOFLINE, CCITTG3_1D, CCITTG3_2D, CCITTG4, CHAPTER, CHUNK, CREATIONDATE, CREATOR, DIV, HEADER, IMGRAW, IMGTEMPLATE, JBIG2, JPEG, JPEG2000, KEYWORDS, LANGUAGE, LIST, LISTITEM, MARKED, PARAGRAPH, PHRASE, PRODUCER, PTABLE, RECTANGLE, SECTION, SUBJECT, TITLE, WRITABLE_DIRECT, YMARK

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
WritableDirectElement()
WritableDirectElement(int directElementType)

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
List<Chunk>	getChunks()	Gets all the chunks in this element.
int	getDirectElementType()
boolean	isContent()	Checks if this element is a content object.
boolean	isNestable()	Checks if this element is nestable.
boolean	process(ElementListener listener)	Processes the element by adding it (or the different parts) to an ElementListener.
int	type()	Gets the type of the text element.

Methods inherited from class Object

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

Methods inherited from interface Element

toString

Methods inherited from interface WriterOperation

write

Field Details

DIRECT_ELEMENT_TYPE_UNKNOWN

public static final int DIRECT_ELEMENT_TYPE_UNKNOWN

See Also:

• Constant Field Values

DIRECT_ELEMENT_TYPE_HEADER

public static final int DIRECT_ELEMENT_TYPE_HEADER

See Also:

• Constant Field Values

directElementType

protected int directElementType

Constructor Details

WritableDirectElement

public WritableDirectElement()

WritableDirectElement

public WritableDirectElement(int directElementType)

Method Details

process

public boolean process(ElementListener listener)

Description copied from interface: Element

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

Specified by:

process in interface Element

Parameters:

listener - an ElementListener

Returns:

true if the element was processed successfully

type

public int type()

Description copied from interface: Element

Gets the type of the text element.

Specified by:

type in interface Element

Returns:

Element.WRITABLE_DIRECT

isContent

public boolean isContent()

Description copied from interface: Element

Checks if this element is a content object. If not, it's a metadata object.

Specified by:

isContent in interface Element

Returns:

true if this is a 'content' element; false if this is a 'metadata' element

isNestable

public boolean isNestable()

Description copied from interface: Element

Checks if this element is nestable.

Specified by:

isNestable in interface Element

Returns:

true if this element can be nested inside other elements.

getChunks

public List<Chunk> getChunks()

Description copied from interface: Element

Gets all the chunks in this element.

Specified by:

getChunks in interface Element

Returns:

an ArrayList

getDirectElementType

public int getDirectElementType()