com.moximedia.aims.pdf
Class DateText

java.lang.Object
  com.moximedia.aims.pdf.DateText

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.lang.Cloneable, Item, java.io.Serializable

public class DateText

extends java.lang.Object

implements Item, java.lang.Cloneable, java.io.Serializable

A template item object implementation. This object is used to define a date text to be drawn on the map.

Author:

Doug Cates - www.moximedia.com

See Also:

Serialized Form

Field Summary

Fields inherited from interface com.moximedia.aims.pdf.Item

ITEM_TYPE_BOX, ITEM_TYPE_CENTERCOORDINATETEXT, ITEM_TYPE_DATETEXT, ITEM_TYPE_IMAGE, ITEM_TYPE_INDEXMAP, ITEM_TYPE_LATLONGRATICULE, ITEM_TYPE_LEGEND, ITEM_TYPE_LINE, ITEM_TYPE_MAP, ITEM_TYPE_NORTHARROW, ITEM_TYPE_PARAGRAPH, ITEM_TYPE_PROMPT, ITEM_TYPE_SCALEBAR, ITEM_TYPE_SCALETEXT, ITEM_TYPE_TEXT, ITEM_TYPE_TITLETEXT

Constructor Summary

DateText()
Creates a new instance of Text

Method Summary

java.lang.Object	clone() Gets a clone of this object.
DateText	getCopy() Gets a copy of this object.
int	getItemType() Returns the item type enumerator.
void	setXmlAttribute(java.lang.String element, java.lang.String name, java.lang.String value, Template template) Sets a template item property using string values.
void	write(com.lowagie.text.pdf.PdfWriter writer, java.util.Date date) Writes the template item to the PDF document.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

DateText

public DateText()

Creates a new instance of Text

Method Detail

clone

public java.lang.Object clone()

Gets a clone of this object.

Specified by:

clone in interface Item

Returns:

A clone of this object.

getCopy

public DateText getCopy()

Gets a copy of this object.

Returns:

A copy of this object.

write

public void write(com.lowagie.text.pdf.PdfWriter writer,
                  java.util.Date date)

Writes the template item to the PDF document.

Parameters:

writer - The PdfWriter object to write to.

date - The date to write.

setXmlAttribute

public void setXmlAttribute(java.lang.String element,
                            java.lang.String name,
                            java.lang.String value,
                            Template template)

Sets a template item property using string values. Commonly used when setting the properties when using an XML parser.

Parameters:

element - The element name.

name - The attribute name.

value - The attribute value.

template - The template object used to convert units.

getItemType

public int getItemType()

Returns the item type enumerator.

Specified by:

getItemType in interface Item

Returns:

Always returns Item.ITEM_TYPE_DATETEXT.