Package org.openpdf.text

Class Meta

java.lang.Object

org.openpdf.text.Meta

All Implemented Interfaces:

Element

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

Field Summary

Fields inherited from interface org.openpdf.text.Element

ALIGN_CENTER, ALIGN_LEFT, ALIGN_RIGHT, AUTHOR, CCITT_BLACKIS1, CCITT_ENCODEDBYTEALIGN, CCITT_ENDOFBLOCK, CCITT_ENDOFLINE, CCITTG3_1D, CREATIONDATE, CREATOR, HEADER, IMGRAW, IMGTEMPLATE, KEYWORDS, MARKED, MODIFICATIONDATE, PRODUCER, RECTANGLE, SUBJECT, TABLE, TITLE

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
String	getContent()	Returns the content of the meta information.
boolean	isContent()	Checks if this element is a content object.
boolean	isNestable()	Checks if this element is nestable.
int	type()	Gets the type of the text element.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Methods inherited from interface org.openpdf.text.Element

toString

Method Details

type

public int type()

Gets the type of the text element.

Specified by:

type in interface Element

Returns:

a type

isContent

public boolean isContent()

Description copied from interface: Element

Checks if this element is a content object. If not, it's a metadata object.

Specified by:

isContent in interface Element

Returns:

true if this is a 'content' element; false if this is a 'metadata' element

Since:

iText 2.0.8

See Also:

• Element.isContent()

isNestable

public boolean isNestable()

Description copied from interface: Element

Checks if this element is nestable.

Specified by:

isNestable in interface Element

Returns:

true if this element can be nested inside other elements.

Since:

iText 2.0.8

See Also:

• Element.isNestable()

getContent

public String getContent()

Returns the content of the meta information.

Returns:

a String