org.jfree.layouting.normalizer.content

Interface Normalizer

public interface Normalizer extends StatefullComponent

The normalizer is the first stage of the content processing. A normalizer is responsible for auto-generating content and for assigning styles to the logical document tree.

Author: Thomas Morgner

Method Summary
void	addText(String text) Adds text content to the current element.
void	endDocument() Ends the document.
void	endElement() Ends the current element.
Renderer	getRenderer() Returns the renderer.
void	handlePageBreak(CSSValue pageName, PseudoPage[] pseudoPages)
void	startDocument() Start document is the first call to the normalizer.
void	startElement(String namespace, String tag, AttributeMap attributes) Starts a new element.

Method Detail

addText

public void addText(String text)

Adds text content to the current element.

Parameters: text

Throws: NormalizationException IOException

endDocument

public void endDocument()

Ends the document. No other events will be fired against this normalizer once this method has been called.

Throws: NormalizationException IOException

endElement

public void endElement()

Ends the current element. The namespace and tagname are given for convienience.

Parameters: namespace tag

Throws: NormalizationException IOException

getRenderer

public Renderer getRenderer()

Returns the renderer. The renderer is the last step in the processing chain. The ModelBuilder and ContentGenerator steps are considered internal, as they may refeed the normalizer.

Returns:

handlePageBreak

public void handlePageBreak(CSSValue pageName, PseudoPage[] pseudoPages)

startDocument

public void startDocument()

Start document is the first call to the normalizer. At this point, all meta-data has been given and the document context is filled correctly. Starting the document also starts a new PageContext.

Throws: NormalizationException IOException

startElement

public void startElement(String namespace, String tag, AttributeMap attributes)

Starts a new element. The element uses the given namespace and tagname. The element's attributes are given as collection, each attribute is keyed with a namespace and attributename. The values contained in the attributes are not defined.

Parameters: namespace tag attributes

Throws: NormalizationException IOException