Interface Normalizer
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- All Superinterfaces:
StatefullComponent
- All 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
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Method Summary
All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods Modifier and Type Method Description void
addText(java.lang.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(java.lang.String namespace, java.lang.String tag, AttributeMap attributes)
Starts a new element.-
Methods inherited from interface org.jfree.layouting.StatefullComponent
saveState
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Method Detail
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startDocument
void startDocument() throws NormalizationException, java.io.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.- Throws:
NormalizationException
java.io.IOException
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startElement
void startElement(java.lang.String namespace, java.lang.String tag, AttributeMap attributes) throws NormalizationException, java.io.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
-- Throws:
NormalizationException
java.io.IOException
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addText
void addText(java.lang.String text) throws NormalizationException, java.io.IOException
Adds text content to the current element.- Parameters:
text
-- Throws:
NormalizationException
java.io.IOException
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endElement
void endElement() throws NormalizationException, java.io.IOException
Ends the current element. The namespace and tagname are given for convienience.- Parameters:
namespace
-tag
-- Throws:
NormalizationException
java.io.IOException
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endDocument
void endDocument() throws NormalizationException, java.io.IOException
Ends the document. No other events will be fired against this normalizer once this method has been called.- Throws:
NormalizationException
java.io.IOException
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handlePageBreak
void handlePageBreak(CSSValue pageName, PseudoPage[] pseudoPages) throws NormalizationException
- Throws:
NormalizationException
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getRenderer
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:
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