com.lowagie.text.markup
Class MarkupParser

java.lang.Object
  java.util.AbstractMap<K,V>
      java.util.HashMap
          com.lowagie.text.markup.MarkupParser

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable, Cloneable, Map

public class MarkupParser
extends HashMap

This class is a HashMap that contains selectors (String) and styles (a Properties object). Given a tag and its attributes (id/class), this class can return an iText object with the according style.

Author:

blowagie

See Also:

Serialized Form

Field Summary

protected HashMap	fontcache HashMap with fonts for each known combination of tag/id/class.
protected HashMap	stylecache HashMap with styles for each known combination of tag/id/class.

Constructor Summary

MarkupParser(String file)
Creates new MarkupParser

Method Summary

static Color	decodeColor(String color) Converts a Color into a HTML representation of this Color.
Font	getFont(Properties attributes) Returns a font based on the ID and CLASS attributes of a tag.
Element	getObject(Properties attributes) Returns an object based on a tag and its attributes.
boolean	getPageBreakAfter(Properties attributes) Returns pagebreak information.
boolean	getPageBreakBefore(Properties attributes) Returns pagebreak information.
Rectangle	getRectangle(Properties attrs) Returns a rectangle based on the width and height attributes of a tag, can be overridden by the ID and CLASS attributes.
static Properties	parseAttributes(String string) This method parses a String with attributes and returns a Properties object.
static float	parseLength(String string) Parses a length.
static String	removeComment(String string, String startComment, String endComment) Removes the comments sections of a String.
Font	retrieveFont(Properties styleAttributes) Retrieves a font from the FontFactory based on some style attributes.
Element	retrieveParagraph(Font font, Properties styleattributes) Retrieves a Paragraph based on some style attributes.
Element	retrievePhrase(Font font, Properties styleattributes) Retrieves a Phrase based on some style attributes.

Methods inherited from class java.util.HashMap

clear, clone, containsKey, containsValue, entrySet, get, isEmpty, keySet, put, putAll, remove, size, values

Methods inherited from class java.util.AbstractMap

equals, hashCode, toString

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Methods inherited from interface java.util.Map

equals, hashCode

Field Detail

stylecache

protected HashMap stylecache

HashMap with styles for each known combination of tag/id/class. The key is a String-combination, the value a Properties object.

fontcache

protected HashMap fontcache

HashMap with fonts for each known combination of tag/id/class. The key is the same String-combination used for the stylecache.

Constructor Detail

MarkupParser

public MarkupParser(String file)

Creates new MarkupParser

Parameters:

file - the path to a CSS file.

Method Detail

removeComment

public static String removeComment(String string,
                                   String startComment,
                                   String endComment)

Removes the comments sections of a String.

Parameters:

string - the original String

startComment - the String that marks the start of a Comment section

endComment - the String that marks the end of a Comment section.

Returns:

the String stripped of its comment section

parseAttributes

public static Properties parseAttributes(String string)

This method parses a String with attributes and returns a Properties object.

Parameters:

string - a String of this form: 'key1="value1"; key2="value2";... keyN="valueN" '

Returns:

a Properties object

parseLength

public static float parseLength(String string)

Parses a length.

Parameters:

string - a length in the form of an optional + or -, followed by a number and a unit.

Returns:

a float

decodeColor

public static Color decodeColor(String color)

Converts a Color into a HTML representation of this Color.

Parameters:

color - the Color that has to be converted.

Returns:

the HTML representation of this Color

getPageBreakBefore

public boolean getPageBreakBefore(Properties attributes)

Returns pagebreak information.

Parameters:

attributes -

Returns:

true if a page break is needed before the tag

getPageBreakAfter

public boolean getPageBreakAfter(Properties attributes)

Returns pagebreak information.

Parameters:

attributes -

Returns:

true if a page break is needed after the tag

getObject

public Element getObject(Properties attributes)

Returns an object based on a tag and its attributes.

Parameters:

attributes - a Properties object with the tagname and the attributes of the tag.

Returns:

an iText object

getFont

public Font getFont(Properties attributes)

Returns a font based on the ID and CLASS attributes of a tag.

Parameters:

attributes - a Properties object with the tagname and the attributes of the tag.

Returns:

an iText Font;

getRectangle

public Rectangle getRectangle(Properties attrs)

Returns a rectangle based on the width and height attributes of a tag, can be overridden by the ID and CLASS attributes.

Parameters:

attrs - the attributes that came with the tag

Returns:

an iText Rectangle object

retrievePhrase

public Element retrievePhrase(Font font,
                              Properties styleattributes)

Retrieves a Phrase based on some style attributes.

Parameters:

font -

styleattributes - a Properties object containing keys and values

Returns:

an iText Phrase object

retrieveParagraph

public Element retrieveParagraph(Font font,
                                 Properties styleattributes)

Retrieves a Paragraph based on some style attributes.

Parameters:

font -

styleattributes - a Properties object containing keys and values

Returns:

an iText Paragraph object

retrieveFont

public Font retrieveFont(Properties styleAttributes)

Retrieves a font from the FontFactory based on some style attributes. Looks for the font-family, font-size, font-weight, font-style and color. Takes the default encoding and embedded value.

Parameters:

styleAttributes - a Properties object containing keys and values

Returns:

an iText Font object