org.jfree.layouting.normalizer.content

Interface Normalizer

All Superinterfaces:
StatefullComponent
Known Implementing Classes:
ChainingNormalizer, ContentNormalizer, RecordingContentNormalizer

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.

Methods inherited from interface org.jfree.layouting.StatefullComponent

saveState

Method Details

addText

public void addText(String text)
            throws NormalizationException,
                   IOException
Adds text content to the current element.
Parameters:
text -

endDocument

public void endDocument()
            throws NormalizationException,
                   IOException
Ends the document. No other events will be fired against this normalizer once this method has been called.

endElement

public void endElement()
            throws NormalizationException,
                   IOException
Ends the current element. The namespace and tagname are given for convienience.
Parameters:

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)
            throws NormalizationException

startDocument

public void startDocument()
            throws NormalizationException,
                   IOException
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.

startElement

public void startElement(String namespace,
                         String tag,
                         AttributeMap attributes)
            throws NormalizationException,
                   IOException
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 -