com.lowagie.text.xml
Class XmlPeer

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

Direct Known Subclasses:

HtmlPeer

public class XmlPeer
extends Object

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

Field Summary

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	customTagname This is the name of the alias.
protected String	defaultContent This is String that contains the default content of the attributes.
protected String	tagname This is the name of the alias.

Constructor Summary

XmlPeer(String name, String alias)
Creates a XmlPeer.

Method Summary

void	addAlias(String name, String alias) Sets an alias for an attribute.
void	addValue(String name, String value) Sets a value for an attribute.
String	getAlias() Gets the tagname of the peer.
Properties	getAttributes(Attributes attrs) Gets the list of attributes of the peer.
Properties	getDefaultValues() Returns the default values.
String	getName(String name) Returns the iText attribute name.
String	getTag() Gets the tagname of the peer.
void	setContent(String content) Sets the default content.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

tagname

protected String tagname

This is the name of the alias.

customTagname

protected String customTagname

This is the name of the alias.

attributeAliases

protected Properties attributeAliases

This is the Map that contains the aliases of the attributes.

attributeValues

protected Properties attributeValues

This is the Map that contains the default values of the attributes.

defaultContent

protected String defaultContent

This is String that contains the default content of the attributes.

Constructor Detail

XmlPeer

public XmlPeer(String name,
               String alias)

Creates a XmlPeer.

Parameters:

name - the iText name of a tag

alias - the user defined name of a tag

Method Detail

getTag

public String getTag()

Gets the tagname of the peer.

Returns:

the iText name of a tag

getAlias

public String getAlias()

Gets the tagname of the peer.

Returns:

the user defined tagname

getAttributes

public Properties getAttributes(Attributes attrs)

Gets the list of attributes of the peer.

Parameters:

attrs - the user defined set of attributes

Returns:

the set of attributes translated to iText attributes

addAlias

public void addAlias(String name,
                     String alias)

Sets an alias for an attribute.

Parameters:

name - the iText tagname

alias - the custom tagname

addValue

public void addValue(String name,
                     String value)

Sets a value for an attribute.

Parameters:

name - the iText tagname

value - the default value for this tag

setContent

public void setContent(String content)

Sets the default content.

Parameters:

content - the default content

getName

public String getName(String name)

Returns the iText attribute name.

Parameters:

name - the custom attribute name

Returns:

iText translated attribute name

getDefaultValues

public Properties getDefaultValues()

Returns the default values.

Returns:

A set of default (user defined) values