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package com.lowagie.text.rtf;

import com.lowagie.text.rtf.document.RtfDocument;

/**
 * RtfElement is the base class for all RTF Element classes
 *
 * Version: $Id: RtfElement.java,v 1.8 2004/12/14 15:14:44 blowagie Exp $
 * @author Mark Hall (mhall@edu.uni-klu.ac.at)
 */
public class RtfElement implements RtfBasicElement {
    /**
     * Constant for a rtf escape
     */
    //public static final byte[] ESCAPE = "\\".getBytes();
    /**
     * Constant for a rtf extended escape
     */
    //public static final byte[] EXTENDED_ESCAPE = "\\*\\".getBytes();

    /**
     * The RtfDocument this RtfElement belongs to
     */
    protected RtfDocument document = null;
    /**
     * Whether this RtfElement is in a table
     */
    protected boolean inTable = false;
    /**
     * Whether this RtfElement is in a header
     */
    protected boolean inHeader = false;
    
    /**
     * Constructs a RtfElement belonging to the specified RtfDocument.
     * 
     * @param doc The RtfDocument this RtfElement belongs to
     */
    public RtfElement(RtfDocument doc) {
        super();
        this.document = doc;
    }

    /**
     * Transforms an integer into its String representation and then returns the bytes
     * of that string.
     *
     * @param i The integer to convert
     * @return A byte array representing the integer
     */
    public byte[] intToByteArray(int i) {
        return Integer.toString(i).getBytes();
    }

    /**
     * Returns the content of the RtfElement in a byte array.
     *
     * @return An empty byte array
     */
    public byte[] write() {
        return new byte[0];
    }
    
    /**
     * Sets the RtfDocument this RtfElement belongs to
     * 
     * @param doc The RtfDocument to use
     */
    public void setRtfDocument(RtfDocument doc) {
        this.document = doc;
    }
    
    /**
     * Gets whether this RtfElement is in a table
     * 
     * @return Whether this RtfElement is in a table
     */
    public boolean isInTable() {
        return inTable;
    }
    
    /**
     * Sets whether this RtfElement is in a table
     * 
     * @param inTable <code>True</code> if this RtfElement is in a table, <code>false</code> otherwise
     */
    public void setInTable(boolean inTable) {
        this.inTable = inTable;
    }
    
    /**
     * Sets whether this RtfElement is in a header
     * 
     * @param inHeader <code>True</code> if this RtfElement is in a header, <code>false</code> otherwise
     */
    public void setInHeader(boolean inHeader) {
        this.inHeader = inHeader;
    }
}