com.lowagie.text.xml

Class XmlPeer

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.

Field Detail

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.

customTagname

protected String customTagname

This is the name of the alias.

defaultContent

protected String defaultContent

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

tagname

protected String tagname

This is the name of the alias.

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

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

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

getDefaultValues

public Properties getDefaultValues()

Returns the default values.

Returns: A set of default (user defined) values

getName

public String getName(String name)

Returns the iText attribute name.

Parameters: name the custom attribute name

Returns: iText translated attribute name

getTag

public String getTag()

Gets the tagname of the peer.

Returns: the iText name of a tag

setContent

public void setContent(String content)

Sets the default content.

Parameters: content the default content