Class Anchor

java.lang.Object

java.util.AbstractCollection

java.util.AbstractList

java.util.ArrayList

com.aowagie.text.Phrase

com.aowagie.text.Anchor

All Implemented Interfaces:

Element, TextElementArray, Serializable, Cloneable, Iterable, Collection, List, RandomAccess, SequencedCollection

public class Anchor
extends Phrase

An Anchor can be a reference or a destination of a reference.

An Anchor is a special kind of Phrase. It is constructed in the same way.

Example:

Anchor anchor = new Anchor("this is a link");
anchor.setName("LINK");
anchor.setReference("http://www.lowagie.com");

See Also:

• Element
• Phrase
• Serialized Form

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class Phrase

font, leading

Fields inherited from class AbstractList

modCount

Fields inherited from interface Element

ALIGN_BASELINE, ALIGN_BOTTOM, ALIGN_CENTER, ALIGN_JUSTIFIED, ALIGN_JUSTIFIED_ALL, ALIGN_LEFT, ALIGN_MIDDLE, ALIGN_RIGHT, ALIGN_TOP, ALIGN_UNDEFINED, ANCHOR, ANNOTATION, AUTHOR, CCITT_BLACKIS1, CCITT_ENCODEDBYTEALIGN, CCITT_ENDOFBLOCK, CCITT_ENDOFLINE, CCITTG3_1D, CCITTG3_2D, CCITTG4, CELL, CHAPTER, CHUNK, CREATIONDATE, CREATOR, HEADER, IMGRAW, IMGTEMPLATE, JBIG2, JPEG, JPEG2000, KEYWORDS, LIST, LISTITEM, MARKED, MULTI_COLUMN_TEXT, PARAGRAPH, PHRASE, PRODUCER, PTABLE, RECTANGLE, ROW, SECTION, SUBJECT, TABLE, TITLE, YMARK

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
Anchor()	Constructs an Anchor without specifying a leading.
Anchor(Phrase phrase)	Constructs an Anchor with a certain Phrase.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
ArrayList	getChunks()	Gets all the chunks in this element.
String	getName()	Returns the name of this Anchor.
String	getReference()	Gets the reference of this Anchor.
URL	getUrl()	Gets the reference of this Anchor.
boolean	process(ElementListener listener)	Processes the element by adding it (or the different parts) to an ElementListener.
void	setName(String name)	Sets the name of this Anchor.
void	setReference(String reference)	Sets the reference of this Anchor.
int	type()	Gets the type of the text element.

Methods inherited from class Phrase

add, add, addAll, addSpecial, getContent, getFont, getHyphenation, getLeading, isContent, isEmpty, isNestable, setFont, setHyphenation, setLeading

Methods inherited from class ArrayList

addAll, addFirst, addLast, clear, clone, contains, ensureCapacity, equals, forEach, get, getFirst, getLast, hashCode, indexOf, iterator, lastIndexOf, listIterator, listIterator, remove, remove, removeAll, removeFirst, removeIf, removeLast, removeRange, replaceAll, retainAll, set, size, sort, spliterator, subList, toArray, toArray, trimToSize

Methods inherited from class AbstractCollection

containsAll, toString

Methods inherited from class Object

finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Methods inherited from interface Collection

parallelStream, stream, toArray

Methods inherited from interface Element

toString

Methods inherited from interface List

containsAll, reversed

Constructor Details

Anchor

public Anchor()

Constructs an Anchor without specifying a leading.

Anchor

public Anchor(Phrase phrase)

Constructs an Anchor with a certain Phrase.

Parameters:

phrase - a Phrase

Method Details

process

public boolean process(ElementListener listener)

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

Specified by:

process in interface Element

Overrides:

process in class Phrase

Parameters:

listener - an ElementListener

Returns:

true if the element was processed successfully

getChunks

public ArrayList getChunks()

Gets all the chunks in this element.

Specified by:

getChunks in interface Element

Overrides:

getChunks in class Phrase

Returns:

an ArrayList

type

public int type()

Gets the type of the text element.

Specified by:

type in interface Element

Overrides:

type in class Phrase

Returns:

a type

setName

public void setName(String name)

Sets the name of this Anchor.

Parameters:

name - a new name

setReference

public void setReference(String reference)

Sets the reference of this Anchor.

Parameters:

reference - a new reference

getName

public String getName()

Returns the name of this Anchor.

Returns:

a name

getReference

public String getReference()

Gets the reference of this Anchor.

Returns:

a reference

getUrl

public URL getUrl()

Gets the reference of this Anchor.

Returns:

an URL