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Class Meta

public class Meta extends Object implements Element

This is an Element that contains some meta information about the document.

An object of type Meta can not be constructed by the user. User defined meta information should be placed in a Header-object. Meta is reserved for: Subject, Keywords, Author, Title, Producer and Creationdate information.

See Also: Element Header

Field Summary
StringBuffercontent
This is the content of the Meta-information.
inttype
This is the type of Meta-information this object contains.
Constructor Summary
Meta(int type, String content)
Constructs a Meta.
Meta(String tag, String content)
Constructs a Meta.
Method Summary
StringBufferappend(String string)
appends some text to this Meta.
ArrayListgetChunks()
Gets all the chunks in this element.
StringgetContent()
Returns the content of the meta information.
StringgetName()
Returns the name of the meta information.
static intgetType(String tag)
Returns the name of the meta information.
booleanisContent()
booleanisNestable()
booleanprocess(ElementListener listener)
Processes the element by adding it (or the different parts) to a ElementListener.
inttype()
Gets the type of the text element.

Field Detail

content

private StringBuffer content
This is the content of the Meta-information.

type

private int type
This is the type of Meta-information this object contains.

Constructor Detail

Meta

Meta(int type, String content)
Constructs a Meta.

Parameters: type the type of meta-information content the content

Meta

public Meta(String tag, String content)
Constructs a Meta.

Parameters: tag the tagname of the meta-information content the content

Method Detail

append

public StringBuffer append(String string)
appends some text to this Meta.

Parameters: string a String

Returns: a StringBuffer

getChunks

public ArrayList getChunks()
Gets all the chunks in this element.

Returns: an ArrayList

getContent

public String getContent()
Returns the content of the meta information.

Returns: a String

getName

public String getName()
Returns the name of the meta information.

Returns: a String

getType

public static int getType(String tag)
Returns the name of the meta information.

Parameters: tag iText tag for meta information

Returns: the Element value corresponding with the given tag

isContent

public boolean isContent()

Since: iText 2.0.8

See Also: isContent

isNestable

public boolean isNestable()

Since: iText 2.0.8

See Also: isNestable

process

public boolean process(ElementListener listener)
Processes the element by adding it (or the different parts) to a ElementListener.

Parameters: listener the ElementListener

Returns: true if the element was processed successfully

type

public int type()
Gets the type of the text element.

Returns: a type