org.extex.backend.documentWriter.itextpdf
Class PdfDocumentWriter

java.lang.Object
  org.extex.backend.documentWriter.itextpdf.PdfDocumentWriter

All Implemented Interfaces:

DocumentWriter, SingleDocumentStream, FontAware

public class PdfDocumentWriter
extends java.lang.Object
implements DocumentWriter, SingleDocumentStream, FontAware

Implementation of a pdf document writer with iText.

Version:

$Revision: 5957 $

Author:

Michael Niedermair

Constructor Summary

PdfDocumentWriter(Configuration config, DocumentWriterOptions options)
Creates a new object.

Method Summary

void	close() This method is invoked upon the end of the processing.
void	configure(Configuration config)
void	enableLogging(java.util.logging.Logger logger)
java.lang.String	getExtension() Getter for the extension associated with this kind of output.
void	setFontFactory(CoreFontFactory factory) Setter for the font factory.
void	setOutputStream(java.io.OutputStream writer) Setter for the output stream.
void	setParameter(java.lang.String name, java.lang.String value) Setter for a named parameter.
int	shipout(Page page) This is the entry point for the document writer.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

PdfDocumentWriter

public PdfDocumentWriter(Configuration config,
                         DocumentWriterOptions options)

Creates a new object.

Parameters:

config - The configurations.

options - The options.

Method Detail

close

public void close()
           throws GeneralException,
                  java.io.IOException

This method is invoked upon the end of the processing.

Specified by:

close in interface DocumentWriter

Throws:

GeneralException - in case of a general exception
especially
DocumentWriterException in case of an error

java.io.IOException - in case of an IO exception

See Also:

DocumentWriter.close()

configure

public void configure(Configuration config)
               throws ConfigurationException

Throws:

ConfigurationException

See Also:

org.extex.framework.configuration.Configurable#configure(org.extex.framework.configuration.Configuration)

getExtension

public java.lang.String getExtension()

Getter for the extension associated with this kind of output. For instance pdf is the expected value for PDF files and dvi is the expected value for DVI files.

Specified by:

getExtension in interface DocumentWriter

Returns:

the appropriate extension for file names

See Also:

DocumentWriter.getExtension()

setFontFactory

public void setFontFactory(CoreFontFactory factory)

Setter for the font factory.

Specified by:

setFontFactory in interface FontAware

Parameters:

factory - the font factory

See Also:

FontAware.setFontFactory(org.extex.font.CoreFontFactory)

setOutputStream

public void setOutputStream(java.io.OutputStream writer)

Setter for the output stream.

Specified by:

setOutputStream in interface SingleDocumentStream

Parameters:

writer - the output stream

See Also:

SingleDocumentStream.setOutputStream(java.io.OutputStream)

setParameter

public void setParameter(java.lang.String name,
                         java.lang.String value)

Setter for a named parameter. Parameters are a general mechanism to influence the behavior of the document writer. Any parameter not known by the document writer has to be ignored.

Specified by:

setParameter in interface DocumentWriter

Parameters:

name - the name of the parameter

value - the value of the parameter

See Also:

DocumentWriter.setParameter(java.lang.String, java.lang.String)

shipout

public int shipout(Page page)
            throws GeneralException,
                   java.io.IOException

This is the entry point for the document writer. Here it receives a complete node list to be sent to the output writer. It can be assumed that all values for width, height, and depth of the node lists are properly filled. Thus all information should be present to place the ink on the paper.

If the page is null then no page has to be shipped and 0 has to be returned.

Specified by:

shipout in interface DocumentWriter

Parameters:

page - the page to send

Returns:

returns the number of pages shipped

Throws:

GeneralException - in case of a general exception
especially
DocumentWriterException in case of an error

java.io.IOException - in case of an IO exception

See Also:

DocumentWriter.shipout(org.extex.typesetter.type.page.Page)

enableLogging

public void enableLogging(java.util.logging.Logger logger)

See Also:

org.extex.framework.logger.LogEnabled#enableLogging(java.util.logging.Logger)