iTextSharp.text.IElement Interface Reference

Interface for a text element. More...

Inheritance diagram for iTextSharp.text.IElement:

Public Member Functions
bool	Process (IElementListener listener)
	Processes the element by adding it (or the different parts) to an IElementListener. More...
bool	IsContent ()
bool	IsNestable ()
string	ToString ()
	Gets the content of the text element. More...

Properties
int	Type [get]
	Gets the type of the text element. More...
ArrayList	Chunks [get]
	Gets all the chunks in this element. More...

Detailed Description

Interface for a text element.

See also

T:iTextSharp.text.Anchor, T:iTextSharp.text.Cell, T:iTextSharp.text.Chapter, T:iTextSharp.text.Chunk, T:iTextSharp.text.Gif, T:iTextSharp.text.Graphic, T:iTextSharp.text.Header, T:iTextSharp.text.Image, T:iTextSharp.text.Jpeg, T:iTextSharp.text.List, T:iTextSharp.text.ListItem, T:iTextSharp.text.Meta, T:iTextSharp.text.Paragraph, T:iTextSharp.text.Phrase, T:iTextSharp.text.Rectangle, T:iTextSharp.text.Row, T:iTextSharp.text.Section, T:iTextSharp.text.Table

Member Function Documentation

IsContent()

bool iTextSharp.text.IElement.IsContent

(

)

Checks if this element is a content object. If not, it's a metadata object.

Since

iText 2.0.8

Returns

true if this is a 'content' element; false if this is a 'medadata' element

Implemented in iTextSharp.text.Section, iTextSharp.text.Row, iTextSharp.text.Rectangle, iTextSharp.text.Phrase, iTextSharp.text.pdf.PdfPTable, iTextSharp.text.pdf.MultiColumnText, iTextSharp.text.pdf.draw.VerticalPositionMark, iTextSharp.text.Meta, iTextSharp.text.MarkedObject, iTextSharp.text.List, iTextSharp.text.html.simpleparser.IncCell, iTextSharp.text.Chunk, and iTextSharp.text.Annotation.

IsNestable()

bool iTextSharp.text.IElement.IsNestable

(

)

Checks if this element is nestable.

Since

iText 2.0.8

Returns

true if this element can be nested inside other elements.

Implemented in iTextSharp.text.Table, iTextSharp.text.SimpleTable, iTextSharp.text.Section, iTextSharp.text.Row, iTextSharp.text.Rectangle, iTextSharp.text.Phrase, iTextSharp.text.pdf.PdfPTable, iTextSharp.text.pdf.MultiColumnText, iTextSharp.text.pdf.draw.VerticalPositionMark, iTextSharp.text.Meta, iTextSharp.text.MarkedObject, iTextSharp.text.List, iTextSharp.text.Image, iTextSharp.text.html.simpleparser.IncCell, iTextSharp.text.Chunk, iTextSharp.text.Chapter, and iTextSharp.text.Annotation.

Process()

bool iTextSharp.text.IElement.Process

(

IElementListener

listener

)

Processes the element by adding it (or the different parts) to an IElementListener.

Parameters

listener

an IElementListener

Returns

true if the element was processed successfully

Implemented in iTextSharp.text.Table, iTextSharp.text.Section, iTextSharp.text.Row, iTextSharp.text.Rectangle, iTextSharp.text.Phrase, iTextSharp.text.pdf.PdfPTable, iTextSharp.text.pdf.MultiColumnText, iTextSharp.text.pdf.draw.VerticalPositionMark, iTextSharp.text.Meta, iTextSharp.text.MarkedSection, iTextSharp.text.MarkedObject, iTextSharp.text.List, iTextSharp.text.html.simpleparser.IncCell, iTextSharp.text.Chunk, iTextSharp.text.Cell, iTextSharp.text.Annotation, and iTextSharp.text.Anchor.

ToString()

string iTextSharp.text.IElement.ToString

(

)

Gets the content of the text element.

Returns

the content of the text element

Implemented in iTextSharp.text.Section, iTextSharp.text.Row, iTextSharp.text.RectangleReadOnly, iTextSharp.text.Rectangle, iTextSharp.text.Phrase, iTextSharp.text.pdf.MultiColumnText, iTextSharp.text.Meta, iTextSharp.text.html.simpleparser.IncCell, iTextSharp.text.Chunk, and iTextSharp.text.Annotation.

Property Documentation

Chunks

ArrayList iTextSharp.text.IElement.Chunks

get

Gets all the chunks in this element.

an ArrayList

Type

int iTextSharp.text.IElement.Type

get

Gets the type of the text element.

a type

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The documentation for this interface was generated from the following file:

• src/core/iTextSharp/text/IElement.cs