com.lowagie.text.xml: public class: XmlPeer

com.lowagie.text.xml
public class: XmlPeer [javadoc | source]

java.lang.Object
   com.lowagie.text.xml.XmlPeer

Direct Known Subclasses:
HtmlPeer

This interface is implemented by the peer of all the iText objects.

Field Summary
protected String	tagname	This is the name of the alias.
protected String	customTagname	This is the name of the alias.
protected Properties	attributeAliases	This is the Map that contains the aliases of the attributes.
protected Properties	attributeValues	This is the Map that contains the default values of the attributes.
protected String	defaultContent	This is String that contains the default content of the attributes.

Constructor:

Constructor:
public XmlPeer(String name, String alias) { this.tagname = name; this.customTagname = alias; } Creates a XmlPeer. Parameters: `name` - the iText name of a tag `alias` - the user defined name of a tag

 public XmlPeer(String name,
    String alias) {
        this.tagname = name;
        this.customTagname = alias;
}

Creates a XmlPeer.

Parameters:

name - the iText name of a tag

alias - the user defined name of a tag

Method from com.lowagie.text.xml.XmlPeer Summary:
addAlias, addValue, getAlias, getAttributes, getDefaultValues, getName, getTag, setContent

Methods from java.lang.Object:
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Method from com.lowagie.text.xml.XmlPeer Detail:
public void addAlias(String name, String alias) { attributeAliases.put(alias, name); } Sets an alias for an attribute.
public void addValue(String name, String value) { attributeValues.put(name, value); } Sets a value for an attribute.
public String getAlias() { return customTagname; } Gets the tagname of the peer.
public Properties getAttributes(Attributes attrs) { Properties attributes = new Properties(); attributes.putAll(attributeValues); if (defaultContent != null) { attributes.put(ElementTags.ITEXT, defaultContent); } if (attrs != null) { for (int i = 0; i < attrs.getLength(); i++) { String attribute = getName(attrs.getQName(i)); attributes.setProperty(attribute, attrs.getValue(i)); } } return attributes; } Gets the list of attributes of the peer.
public Properties getDefaultValues() { return attributeValues; } Returns the default values.
public String getName(String name) { String value; if ((value = attributeAliases.getProperty(name)) != null) { return value; } return name; } Returns the iText attribute name.
public String getTag() { return tagname; } Gets the tagname of the peer.
public void setContent(String content) { this.defaultContent = content; } Sets the default content.

Method from com.lowagie.text.xml.XmlPeer Detail:

 public  void addAlias(String name,
    String alias) {
        attributeAliases.put(alias, name);
}

Sets an alias for an attribute.

 public  void addValue(String name,
    String value) {
        attributeValues.put(name, value);
}

Sets a value for an attribute.

 public String getAlias() {
        return customTagname;
}

Gets the tagname of the peer.

 public Properties getAttributes(Attributes attrs) {
        Properties attributes = new Properties();
        attributes.putAll(attributeValues);
        if (defaultContent != null) {
            attributes.put(ElementTags.ITEXT, defaultContent);
        }
        if (attrs != null) {
            for (int i = 0; i <  attrs.getLength(); i++) {
                String attribute = getName(attrs.getQName(i));
                attributes.setProperty(attribute, attrs.getValue(i));
            }
        }
        return attributes;
}

Gets the list of attributes of the peer.

 public Properties getDefaultValues() {
        return attributeValues;
}

Returns the default values.

 public String getName(String name) {
        String value;
        if ((value = attributeAliases.getProperty(name)) != null) {
            return value;
        }
        return name;
}

Returns the iText attribute name.

 public String getTag() {
        return tagname;
}

Gets the tagname of the peer.

 public  void setContent(String content) {
        this.defaultContent = content;
}

Sets the default content.