com.lowagie.text
Class Graphic

java.lang.Object
  extended by com.lowagie.text.pdf.PdfContentByte
      extended by 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
private  HashMap attributes
          Contains some of the attributes for this Graphic.
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

attributes

private HashMap attributes
Contains some of the attributes for this Graphic.

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 -