List contains several ListItems.
* * Example 1: *
* List list = new List(true, 20);
* list.add(new ListItem("First line"));
* list.add(new ListItem("The second line is longer to see what happens once the end of the line is reached. Will it start on a new line?"));
* list.add(new ListItem("Third line"));
*
* List overview = new List(false, 10);
* overview.add(new ListItem("This is an item"));
* overview.add("This is another item");
* ArrayList containing the different ListItems. */
protected ArrayList list = new ArrayList();
/** This variable indicates if the list has to be numbered. */
protected boolean numbered;
protected boolean lettered;
/** This variable indicates the first number of a numbered list. */
protected int first = 1;
protected char firstCh = 'A';
protected char lastCh = 'Z';
/** This is the listsymbol of a list that is not numbered. */
protected Chunk symbol = new Chunk("-");
/** The indentation of this list on the left side. */
protected float indentationLeft = 0;
/** The indentation of this list on the right side. */
protected float indentationRight = 0;
/** The indentation of the listitems. */
protected float symbolIndent;
/** Contains extra markupAttributes */
protected Properties markupAttributes;
// constructors
/**
* Constructs a List.
*
* Remark: the parameter symbolIndent is important for instance when
* generating PDF-documents; it indicates the indentation of the listsymbol.
* It is not important for HTML-documents.
*
* @param numbered a boolean
* @param symbolIndent the indentation that has to be used for the listsymbol
*/
public List(boolean numbered, float symbolIndent) {
this.numbered = numbered;
this.lettered = false;
this.symbolIndent = symbolIndent;
}
/**
* Creates a list
* @param numbered has the list to be numbered?
* @param lettered has the list to be 'numbered' with letters
* @param symbolIndent the indentation of the symbol
*/
public List(boolean numbered, boolean lettered, float symbolIndent ) {
this.numbered = numbered;
this.lettered = lettered;
this.symbolIndent = symbolIndent;
}
/**
* Returns a List that has been constructed taking in account
* the value of some attributes.
*
* @param attributes Some attributes
*/
public List(Properties attributes) {
String value= (String)attributes.remove(ElementTags.LISTSYMBOL);
if (value == null) {
value = "-";
}
symbol = new Chunk(value, FontFactory.getFont(attributes));
this.numbered = false;
if ((value = (String)attributes.remove(ElementTags.NUMBERED)) != null) {
this.numbered = new Boolean(value).booleanValue();
if ( this.lettered && this.numbered )
this.lettered = false;
}
if ((value = (String)attributes.remove(ElementTags.LETTERED)) != null) {
this.lettered = new Boolean(value).booleanValue();
if ( this.numbered && this.lettered )
this.numbered = false;
}
this.symbolIndent = 0;
if ((value = (String)attributes.remove(ElementTags.SYMBOLINDENT)) != null) {
this.symbolIndent = Float.parseFloat(value);
}
if ((value = (String)attributes.remove(ElementTags.FIRST)) != null) {
char khar = value.charAt(0);
if ( Character.isLetter( khar ) ) {
setFirst( khar );
}
else {
setFirst(Integer.parseInt(value));
}
}
if ((value = (String)attributes.remove(ElementTags.INDENTATIONLEFT)) != null) {
setIndentationLeft(Float.valueOf(value + "f").floatValue());
}
if ((value = (String)attributes.remove(ElementTags.INDENTATIONRIGHT)) != null) {
setIndentationRight(Float.valueOf(value + "f").floatValue());
}
if (attributes.size() > 0) setMarkupAttributes(attributes);
}
// implementation of the Element-methods
/**
* Processes the element by adding it (or the different parts) to an
* ElementListener.
*
* @param listener an ElementListener
* @return true if the element was processed successfully
*/
public boolean process(ElementListener listener) {
try {
for (Iterator i = list.iterator(); i.hasNext(); ) {
listener.add((Element) i.next());
}
return true;
}
catch(DocumentException de) {
return false;
}
}
/**
* Gets the type of the text element.
*
* @return a type
*/
public int type() {
return Element.LIST;
}
/**
* Gets all the chunks in this element.
*
* @return an ArrayList
*/
public ArrayList getChunks() {
ArrayList tmp = new ArrayList();
for (Iterator i = list.iterator(); i.hasNext(); ) {
tmp.addAll(((Element) i.next()).getChunks());
}
return tmp;
}
// methods to set the membervariables
/**
* Adds an Object to the List.
*
* @param o the object to add.
* @return true if adding the object succeeded
*/
public boolean add(Object o) {
if (o instanceof ListItem) {
ListItem item = (ListItem) o;
if (numbered || lettered) {
Chunk chunk;
if ( lettered )
chunk = new Chunk(nextLetter(), symbol.font());
else
chunk = new Chunk(String.valueOf(first + list.size()), symbol.font());
chunk.append(".");
item.setListSymbol(chunk);
}
else {
item.setListSymbol(symbol);
}
item.setIndentationLeft(symbolIndent);
item.setIndentationRight(0);
list.add(item);
}
else if (o instanceof List) {
List nested = (List) o;
nested.setIndentationLeft(nested.indentationLeft() + symbolIndent);
first--;
return list.add(nested);
}
else if (o instanceof String) {
return this.add(new ListItem((String) o));
}
return false;
}
/**
* Sets the indentation of this paragraph on the left side.
*
* @param indentation the new indentation
*/
public void setIndentationLeft(float indentation) {
this.indentationLeft = indentation;
}
/**
* Sets the indentation of this paragraph on the right side.
*
* @param indentation the new indentation
*/
public void setIndentationRight(float indentation) {
this.indentationRight = indentation;
}
/**
* Sets the number that has to come first in the list.
*
* @param first a number
*/
public void setFirst(int first) {
this.first = first;
}
/**
* Sets the Letter that has to come first in the list.
*
* @param first a letter
*/
public void setFirst(char first) {
this.firstCh = first;
if ( Character.isLowerCase( this.firstCh )) {
this.lastCh = 'z';
}
else {
this.lastCh = 'Z';
}
}
/**
* Sets the listsymbol.
*
* @param symbol a Chunk
*/
public void setListSymbol(Chunk symbol) {
this.symbol = symbol;
}
/**
* Sets the listsymbol.
*
* This is a shortcut for setListSymbol(Chunk symbol).
*
* @param symbol a String
*/
public void setListSymbol(String symbol) {
this.symbol = new Chunk(symbol);
}
// methods to retrieve information
/**
* Gets all the items in the list.
*
* @return an ArrayList containing ListItems.
*/
public ArrayList getItems() {
return list;
}
/**
* Gets the size of the list.
*
* @return a size
*/
public int size() {
return list.size();
}
/**
* Gets the leading of the first listitem.
*
* @return a leading
*/
public float leading() {
if (list.size() < 1) {
return -1;
}
ListItem item = (ListItem) list.get(0);
return item.leading();
}
/**
* Checks if the list is numbered.
*
* @return true if the list is numbered, false otherwise.
*/
public boolean isNumbered() {
return numbered;
}
/**
* Gets the symbol indentation.
* @return the symbol indentation
*/
public float symbolIndent() {
return symbolIndent;
}
/**
* Gets the Chunk containing the symbol.
* @return a Chunk with a symbol
*/
public Chunk symbol() {
return symbol;
}
/**
* Gets the first number .
* @return a number
*/
public int first() {
return first;
}
/**
* Gets the indentation of this paragraph on the left side.
*
* @return the indentation
*/
public float indentationLeft() {
return indentationLeft;
}
/**
* Gets the indentation of this paragraph on the right side.
*
* @return the indentation
*/
public float indentationRight() {
return indentationRight;
}
/**
* Checks if a given tag corresponds with the listsymbol tag of this object.
*
* @param tag the given tag
* @return true if the tag corresponds
*/
public static boolean isSymbol(String tag) {
return ElementTags.LISTSYMBOL.equals(tag);
}
/**
* Checks if a given tag corresponds with this object.
*
* @param tag the given tag
* @return true if the tag corresponds
*/
public static boolean isTag(String tag) {
return ElementTags.LIST.equals(tag);
}
/**
* Retrieves the next letter in the sequence
*
* @return String contains the next character (A-Z or a-z)
*/
private String nextLetter() {
int num_in_list = listItemsInList(); //list.size();
int max_ival = (lastCh + 0);
int ival = (firstCh + num_in_list);
while ( ival > max_ival ) {
ival -= 26;
}
char[] new_char = new char[1];
new_char[0] = (char) ival;
String ret = new String( new_char );
return ret;
}
/**
* Counts the number of ListItems in the list ommiting nested lists
*
* @return Integer number of ListItems in the list
*/
private int listItemsInList() {
int result = 0;
for (Iterator i = list.iterator(); i.hasNext(); ) {
if (!(i.next() instanceof List)) result++;
}
return result;
}
/**
* @see com.lowagie.text.MarkupAttributes#setMarkupAttribute(java.lang.String, java.lang.String)
*/
public void setMarkupAttribute(String name, String value) {
if (markupAttributes == null) markupAttributes = new Properties();
markupAttributes.put(name, value);
}
/**
* @see com.lowagie.text.MarkupAttributes#setMarkupAttributes(java.util.Properties)
*/
public void setMarkupAttributes(Properties markupAttributes) {
this.markupAttributes = markupAttributes;
}
/**
* @see com.lowagie.text.MarkupAttributes#getMarkupAttribute(java.lang.String)
*/
public String getMarkupAttribute(String name) {
return (markupAttributes == null) ? null : String.valueOf(markupAttributes.get(name));
}
/**
* @see com.lowagie.text.MarkupAttributes#getMarkupAttributeNames()
*/
public Set getMarkupAttributeNames() {
return Chunk.getKeySet(markupAttributes);
}
/**
* @see com.lowagie.text.MarkupAttributes#getMarkupAttributes()
*/
public Properties getMarkupAttributes() {
return markupAttributes;
}
}