com.lowagie.text.pdf
Class PdfPageEventHelper

java.lang.Object
  extended by com.lowagie.text.pdf.PdfPageEventHelper
All Implemented Interfaces:
PdfPageEvent
Direct Known Subclasses:
FieldPositioningEvents, IndexEvents

public class PdfPageEventHelper
extends java.lang.Object
implements PdfPageEvent

Helps the use of PdfPageEvent by implementing all the interface methods. A class can extend PdfPageEventHelper and only implement the needed methods.

Note: do not use Document.add() inside a page event.

Author:
Paulo Soares (psoares@consiste.pt)

Constructor Summary
PdfPageEventHelper()
           
 
Method Summary
 void onChapter(PdfWriter writer, Document document, float paragraphPosition, Paragraph title)
          Called when a Chapter is written.
 void onChapterEnd(PdfWriter writer, Document document, float position)
          Called when the end of a Chapter is reached.
 void onCloseDocument(PdfWriter writer, Document document)
          Called when the document is closed.
 void onEndPage(PdfWriter writer, Document document)
          Called when a page is finished, just before being written to the document.
 void onGenericTag(PdfWriter writer, Document document, Rectangle rect, java.lang.String text)
          Called when a Chunk with a generic tag is written.
 void onOpenDocument(PdfWriter writer, Document document)
          Called when the document is opened.
 void onParagraph(PdfWriter writer, Document document, float paragraphPosition)
          Called when a Paragraph is written.
 void onParagraphEnd(PdfWriter writer, Document document, float paragraphPosition)
          Called when a Paragraph is written.
 void onSection(PdfWriter writer, Document document, float paragraphPosition, int depth, Paragraph title)
          Called when a Section is written.
 void onSectionEnd(PdfWriter writer, Document document, float position)
          Called when the end of a Section is reached.
 void onStartPage(PdfWriter writer, Document document)
          Called when a page is initialized.
 
Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait
 

Constructor Detail

PdfPageEventHelper

public PdfPageEventHelper()
Method Detail

onOpenDocument

public void onOpenDocument(PdfWriter writer,
                           Document document)
Called when the document is opened.

Specified by:
onOpenDocument in interface PdfPageEvent
Parameters:
writer - the PdfWriter for this document
document - the document

onStartPage

public void onStartPage(PdfWriter writer,
                        Document document)
Called when a page is initialized.

Note that if even if a page is not written this method is still called. It is preferable to use onEndPage to avoid infinite loops.

Specified by:
onStartPage in interface PdfPageEvent
Parameters:
writer - the PdfWriter for this document
document - the document

onEndPage

public void onEndPage(PdfWriter writer,
                      Document document)
Called when a page is finished, just before being written to the document.

Specified by:
onEndPage in interface PdfPageEvent
Parameters:
writer - the PdfWriter for this document
document - the document

onCloseDocument

public void onCloseDocument(PdfWriter writer,
                            Document document)
Called when the document is closed.

Note that this method is called with the page number equal to the last page plus one.

Specified by:
onCloseDocument in interface PdfPageEvent
Parameters:
writer - the PdfWriter for this document
document - the document

onParagraph

public void onParagraph(PdfWriter writer,
                        Document document,
                        float paragraphPosition)
Called when a Paragraph is written.

paragraphPosition will hold the height at which the paragraph will be written to. This is useful to insert bookmarks with more control.

Specified by:
onParagraph in interface PdfPageEvent
Parameters:
writer - the PdfWriter for this document
document - the document
paragraphPosition - the position the paragraph will be written to

onParagraphEnd

public void onParagraphEnd(PdfWriter writer,
                           Document document,
                           float paragraphPosition)
Called when a Paragraph is written.

paragraphPosition will hold the height of the end of the paragraph.

Specified by:
onParagraphEnd in interface PdfPageEvent
Parameters:
writer - the PdfWriter for this document
document - the document
paragraphPosition - the position of the end of the paragraph

onChapter

public void onChapter(PdfWriter writer,
                      Document document,
                      float paragraphPosition,
                      Paragraph title)
Called when a Chapter is written.

position will hold the height at which the chapter will be written to.

Specified by:
onChapter in interface PdfPageEvent
Parameters:
writer - the PdfWriter for this document
document - the document
paragraphPosition - the position the chapter will be written to
title - the title of the Chapter

onChapterEnd

public void onChapterEnd(PdfWriter writer,
                         Document document,
                         float position)
Called when the end of a Chapter is reached.

position will hold the height of the end of the chapter.

Specified by:
onChapterEnd in interface PdfPageEvent
Parameters:
writer - the PdfWriter for this document
document - the document
position - the position of the end of the chapter.

onSection

public void onSection(PdfWriter writer,
                      Document document,
                      float paragraphPosition,
                      int depth,
                      Paragraph title)
Called when a Section is written.

position will hold the height at which the section will be written to.

Specified by:
onSection in interface PdfPageEvent
Parameters:
writer - the PdfWriter for this document
document - the document
paragraphPosition - the position the section will be written to
depth - the number depth of the Section
title - the title of the section

onSectionEnd

public void onSectionEnd(PdfWriter writer,
                         Document document,
                         float position)
Called when the end of a Section is reached.

position will hold the height of the section end.

Specified by:
onSectionEnd in interface PdfPageEvent
Parameters:
writer - the PdfWriter for this document
document - the document
position - the position of the end of the section

onGenericTag

public void onGenericTag(PdfWriter writer,
                         Document document,
                         Rectangle rect,
                         java.lang.String text)
Called when a Chunk with a generic tag is written.

It is useful to pinpoint the Chunk location to generate bookmarks, for example.

Specified by:
onGenericTag in interface PdfPageEvent
Parameters:
writer - the PdfWriter for this document
document - the document
rect - the Rectangle containing the Chunk
text - the text of the tag


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