org.displaytag.export
Class PdfView

java.lang.Object
  org.displaytag.export.PdfView

All Implemented Interfaces:

BinaryExportView, ExportView

public class PdfView

extends java.lang.Object

implements BinaryExportView

PDF exporter using IText. This class is provided more as an example than as a "production ready" class: users probably will need to write a custom export class with a specific layout.

Version:

$Revision: 1.7 $ ($Author: fgiust $)

Author:

Ivan Markov, Fabrizio Giustina

Constructor Summary

PdfView()

Method Summary

void	doExport(java.io.OutputStream out) Returns the exported content as a String.
protected void	generateHeaders() Generates the header cells, which persist on every page of the PDF document.
protected void	generatePDFTable() The overall PDF table generator.
protected void	generateRows() Generates all the row cells.
java.lang.String	getMimeType() MimeType to return.
protected void	initTable() Initialize the main info holder table.
void	setParameters(TableModel tableModel, boolean exportFullList, boolean includeHeader, boolean decorateValues) initialize the parameters needed for export.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

PdfView

public PdfView()

Method Detail

setParameters

public void setParameters(TableModel tableModel,
                          boolean exportFullList,
                          boolean includeHeader,
                          boolean decorateValues)

Description copied from interface: ExportView

initialize the parameters needed for export. The method is guarantee be called before doExport() and getMimeType(). Classes implementing ExportView should reset any instance field previously set when this method is called, in order to support instance reusing.

Specified by:

setParameters in interface ExportView

Parameters:

tableModel - TableModel to render

exportFullList - boolean export full list?

includeHeader - should header be included in export?

decorateValues - should output be decorated?

See Also:

ExportView.setParameters(TableModel, boolean, boolean, boolean)

initTable

protected void initTable()
                  throws com.lowagie.text.BadElementException

Initialize the main info holder table.

Throws:

com.lowagie.text.BadElementException - for errors during table initialization

getMimeType

public java.lang.String getMimeType()

Description copied from interface: ExportView

MimeType to return.

Specified by:

getMimeType in interface ExportView

Returns:

"application/pdf"

See Also:

ExportView.getMimeType()

generatePDFTable

protected void generatePDFTable()
                         throws javax.servlet.jsp.JspException,
                                com.lowagie.text.BadElementException

The overall PDF table generator.

Throws:

javax.servlet.jsp.JspException - for errors during value retrieving from the table model

com.lowagie.text.BadElementException - IText exception

doExport

public void doExport(java.io.OutputStream out)
              throws javax.servlet.jsp.JspException

Description copied from interface: BinaryExportView

Returns the exported content as a String.

Specified by:

doExport in interface BinaryExportView

Parameters:

out - output writer

Throws:

javax.servlet.jsp.JspException - for other exceptions during export

See Also:

BinaryExportView.doExport(OutputStream)

generateHeaders

protected void generateHeaders()
                        throws com.lowagie.text.BadElementException

Generates the header cells, which persist on every page of the PDF document.

Throws:

com.lowagie.text.BadElementException - IText exception

generateRows

protected void generateRows()
                     throws javax.servlet.jsp.JspException,
                            com.lowagie.text.BadElementException

Generates all the row cells.

Throws:

javax.servlet.jsp.JspException - for errors during value retrieving from the table model

com.lowagie.text.BadElementException - errors while generating content