com.lowagie.text
Class Graphic

java.lang.Object
  com.lowagie.text.pdf.PdfContentByte
      com.lowagie.text.Graphic

All Implemented Interfaces:

Element

public class Graphic
extends PdfContentByte
implements Element

A Graphic element can contain several geometric figures (curves, lines,...).

If you want to use this Element, please read the Sections 8.4 and 8.5 of the PDF Reference Manual version 1.3 first.

See Also:

Element

Field Summary

static String	BORDER This is a type of Graphic.
static String	HORIZONTAL_LINE This is a type of Graphic.

Fields inherited from class com.lowagie.text.pdf.PdfContentByte

ALIGN_CENTER, ALIGN_LEFT, ALIGN_RIGHT, content, layerDepth, LINE_CAP_BUTT, LINE_CAP_PROJECTING_SQUARE, LINE_CAP_ROUND, LINE_JOIN_BEVEL, LINE_JOIN_MITER, LINE_JOIN_ROUND, pdf, separator, state, stateList, TEXT_RENDER_MODE_CLIP, TEXT_RENDER_MODE_FILL, TEXT_RENDER_MODE_FILL_CLIP, TEXT_RENDER_MODE_FILL_STROKE, TEXT_RENDER_MODE_FILL_STROKE_CLIP, TEXT_RENDER_MODE_INVISIBLE, TEXT_RENDER_MODE_STROKE, TEXT_RENDER_MODE_STROKE_CLIP, writer

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

Graphic()
Constructs a Graphic-object.

Method Summary

void	drawBorder(float lineWidth, Color color, float llx, float lly, float urx, float ury) Draws a border
void	drawHorizontalLine(float lineWidth, Color color, float x1, float x2, float y) draws a horizontal line.
ArrayList	getChunks() Gets all the chunks in this element.
boolean	process(ElementListener listener) Processes the element by adding it (or the different parts) to an ElementListener.
void	processAttributes(float llx, float lly, float urx, float ury, float y) Processes the attributes of this object.
void	setBorder(float linewidth, float extraSpace) Orders this graphic to draw a horizontal line.
void	setBorder(float linewidth, float extraSpace, Color color) Orders this graphic to draw a horizontal line.
void	setHorizontalLine(float linewidth, float percentage) Orders this graphic to draw a horizontal, centered line.
void	setHorizontalLine(float linewidth, float percentage, Color color) Orders this graphic to draw a horizontal, centered line.
void	setHorizontalLine(float linewidth, float percentage, Color color, int align) Orders this graphic to draw a horizontal, centered line.
void	setHorizontalLine(float linewidth, float percentage, int align) Orders this graphic to draw a horizontal line with some alignment.
int	type() Gets the type of the text element.

Methods inherited from class com.lowagie.text.pdf.PdfContentByte

add, addImage, addImage, addImage, addImage, addOutline, addOutline, addPSXObject, addTemplate, addTemplate, arc, beginLayer, beginMarkedContentSequence, beginMarkedContentSequence, beginMarkedContentSequence, beginText, bezierArc, checkWriter, circle, clip, closePath, closePathEoFillStroke, closePathFillStroke, closePathStroke, concatCTM, createAppearance, createGraphics, createGraphics, createGraphics, createGraphics, createGraphicsShapes, createGraphicsShapes, createPattern, createPattern, createPattern, createPattern, createPrinterGraphics, createPrinterGraphics, createPrinterGraphics, createPrinterGraphics, createPrinterGraphicsShapes, createPrinterGraphicsShapes, createTemplate, curveFromTo, curveTo, curveTo, drawButton, drawRadioField, drawTextField, ellipse, endLayer, endMarkedContentSequence, endText, eoClip, eoFill, eoFillStroke, fill, fillStroke, getCharacterSpacing, getDuplicate, getEffectiveStringWidth, getHorizontalScaling, getInternalBuffer, getKernArray, getLeading, getPdfDocument, getPdfWriter, getRootOutline, getWordSpacing, getXTLM, getYTLM, lineTo, localDestination, localGoto, moveText, moveTextWithLeading, moveTo, newlineShowText, newlineShowText, newlineText, newPath, paintShading, paintShading, rectangle, rectangle, remoteGoto, remoteGoto, reset, resetCMYKColorFill, resetCMYKColorStroke, resetGrayFill, resetGrayStroke, resetRGBColorFill, resetRGBColorStroke, restoreState, roundRectangle, saveState, setAction, setCharacterSpacing, setCMYKColorFill, setCMYKColorFillF, setCMYKColorStroke, setCMYKColorStrokeF, setColorFill, setColorFill, setColorStroke, setColorStroke, setDefaultColorspace, setFlatness, setFontAndSize, setGrayFill, setGrayStroke, setGState, setHorizontalScaling, setLeading, setLineCap, setLineDash, setLineDash, setLineDash, setLineDash, setLineJoin, setLineWidth, setLiteral, setLiteral, setLiteral, setMiterLimit, setPatternFill, setPatternFill, setPatternFill, setPatternStroke, setPatternStroke, setPatternStroke, setRGBColorFill, setRGBColorFillF, setRGBColorStroke, setRGBColorStrokeF, setShadingFill, setShadingStroke, setTextMatrix, setTextMatrix, setTextRenderingMode, setTextRise, setWordSpacing, showText, showText, showTextAligned, showTextAlignedKerned, showTextKerned, stroke, toPdf, toString, transform, variableRectangle

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Methods inherited from interface com.lowagie.text.Element

toString

Field Detail

HORIZONTAL_LINE

public static final String HORIZONTAL_LINE

This is a type of Graphic.

See Also:

Constant Field Values

BORDER

public static final String BORDER

This is a type of Graphic.

See Also:

Constant Field Values

Constructor Detail

Graphic

public Graphic()

Constructs a Graphic-object.

Method Detail

process

public boolean process(ElementListener listener)

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

Specified by:

process in interface Element

Parameters:

listener - an ElementListener true if the element was processed successfully

Returns:

true if processing this object succeeded

type

public int type()

Gets the type of the text element.

Specified by:

type in interface Element

Returns:

a type

getChunks

public ArrayList getChunks()

Gets all the chunks in this element.

Specified by:

getChunks in interface Element

Returns:

an ArrayList

setHorizontalLine

public void setHorizontalLine(float linewidth,
                              float percentage)

Orders this graphic to draw a horizontal, centered line.

Parameters:

linewidth - the line width

percentage - the percentage horizontal width in relation to the margins or if negative, an absolute value

setHorizontalLine

public void setHorizontalLine(float linewidth,
                              float percentage,
                              int align)

Orders this graphic to draw a horizontal line with some alignment.

Parameters:

linewidth - the line width

percentage - the percentage horizontal width in relation to the margins or if negative, an absolute value

align - the line alignment

setHorizontalLine

public void setHorizontalLine(float linewidth,
                              float percentage,
                              Color color)

Orders this graphic to draw a horizontal, centered line.

Parameters:

linewidth - the line width

percentage - the percentage horizontal width in relation to the margins or if negative, an absolute value

color - the color of the line

setHorizontalLine

public void setHorizontalLine(float linewidth,
                              float percentage,
                              Color color,
                              int align)

Orders this graphic to draw a horizontal, centered line.

Parameters:

linewidth - the line width

percentage - the percentage horizontal width in relation to the margins or if negative, an absolute value

color - the color of the line

align - the line alignment

drawHorizontalLine

public void drawHorizontalLine(float lineWidth,
                               Color color,
                               float x1,
                               float x2,
                               float y)

draws a horizontal line.

Parameters:

lineWidth - width of the line

color - color of the line

x1 - start position of the line

x2 - end position of the line

y - y-coordinate of the line

setBorder

public void setBorder(float linewidth,
                      float extraSpace)

Orders this graphic to draw a horizontal line.

Parameters:

linewidth - linewidth of the border

extraSpace - extraspace needed as marging on the page

setBorder

public void setBorder(float linewidth,
                      float extraSpace,
                      Color color)

Orders this graphic to draw a horizontal line.

Parameters:

linewidth - linewidth of the border

extraSpace - extraspace needed as marging on the page

color - color of the borderbox

drawBorder

public void drawBorder(float lineWidth,
                       Color color,
                       float llx,
                       float lly,
                       float urx,
                       float ury)

Draws a border

Parameters:

lineWidth - linewidth of the border

color - color of the borderbox

llx - lower left x coordinate

lly - lower left y coordinate

urx - upper right x coordinate

ury - upper right y coordinate

processAttributes

public void processAttributes(float llx,
                              float lly,
                              float urx,
                              float ury,
                              float y)

Processes the attributes of this object.

Parameters:

llx - lower left x coordinate

lly - lower left y coordinate

urx - upper right x coordinate

ury - upper right y coordinate

y -