com.lowagie.text.pdf

Class PdfContentParser

public class PdfContentParser extends Object

Parses the page or template content.

Author: Paulo Soares (psoares@consiste.pt)

Field Summary
static int	COMMAND_TYPE Commands have this type.
PRTokeniser	tokeniser Holds value of property tokeniser.

Constructor Summary
	PdfContentParser(PRTokeniser tokeniser) Creates a new instance of PdfContentParser

Method Summary
PRTokeniser	getTokeniser() Gets the tokeniser.
boolean	nextValidToken() Reads the next token skipping over the comments.
ArrayList	parse(ArrayList ls) Parses a single command from the content.
PdfArray	readArray() Reads an array.
PdfDictionary	readDictionary() Reads a dictionary.
PdfObject	readPRObject() Reads a pdf object.
void	setTokeniser(PRTokeniser tokeniser) Sets the tokeniser.

Field Detail

COMMAND_TYPE

public static final int COMMAND_TYPE

Commands have this type.

tokeniser

private PRTokeniser tokeniser

Holds value of property tokeniser.

Constructor Detail

PdfContentParser

public PdfContentParser(PRTokeniser tokeniser)

Creates a new instance of PdfContentParser

Parameters: tokeniser the tokeniser with the content

Method Detail

getTokeniser

public PRTokeniser getTokeniser()

Gets the tokeniser.

Returns: the tokeniser.

nextValidToken

public boolean nextValidToken()

Reads the next token skipping over the comments.

Returns: true if a token was read, false if the end of content was reached

Throws: IOException on error

Parses a single command from the content. Each command is output as an array of arguments having the command itself as the last element. The returned array will be empty if the end of content was reached.

Parameters: ls an ArrayList to use. It will be cleared before using. If it's null will create a new ArrayList

Returns: the same ArrayList given as argument or a new one

Throws: IOException on error