com.genedavissoftware.printing
Class FormattedPrint

java.lang.Object
  com.genedavissoftware.printing.GDSPrinting
      com.genedavissoftware.printing.FormattedPrint

public class FormattedPrint

extends GDSPrinting

Build a formatted document and print it. types of input possible are plain text, bold text, italicized text, section titles, document titles tables of text and images.

The image and table options still need some work, the rest of this class should be functional.

There is the issue of what to do with multiple spaces. The internal HTML makes extra spaces go away. What should be done? have an addSpace() method? I haven't decided and will gladly take input.

Field Summary

(package private) java.lang.String

doc

Fields inherited from class com.genedavissoftware.printing.GDSPrinting

BOTTOM, CENTER, LEFT, RIGHT, TOP

Constructor Summary

FormattedPrint()

Method Summary

void	addBoldText(java.lang.String text) Add bold text to the document.
void	addDocumentTitle(java.lang.String text) Add a Title sized String to the document.
void	addImage(java.net.URL image) The URL to the image that is to be added to the document.
void	addItalicsText(java.lang.String text) Adds italicized text.
void	addLineBreak() Add a line break to the document.
void	addPlainText(java.lang.String text) Add plain text to the document.
void	addSectionTitle(java.lang.String text) Add a section title to the document.
void	addTable(int cols, int rows, java.lang.String[] data) Add in a table.
void	clear() Empty the internal document in preparation for filling with new text.
static void	main(java.lang.String[] args) Testing/example for using FormattedPrint
void	print() Print the currently maintained internal document.

Methods inherited from class com.genedavissoftware.printing.GDSPrinting

setFooter, setFooterAlignment, setHeader, setHeaderAlignment, setInitialPageNumber, setPageNumberHorizontalAlignment, setPageNumberVerticalAlignment, showFooter, showHeader, showPageNumber

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

doc

java.lang.String doc

Constructor Detail

FormattedPrint

public FormattedPrint()

Method Detail

main

public static void main(java.lang.String[] args)

Testing/example for using FormattedPrint

print

public void print()
           throws GDSPrintException

Print the currently maintained internal document.

Throws:

GDSPrintException

clear

public void clear()

Empty the internal document in preparation for filling with new text.

addLineBreak

public void addLineBreak()

Add a line break to the document. Only titles (section and Document) do this automatically.

addPlainText

public void addPlainText(java.lang.String text)

Add plain text to the document.

addItalicsText

public void addItalicsText(java.lang.String text)

Adds italicized text. Some JVMs have a bug that will prevent the italicized text from being italicized.

addBoldText

public void addBoldText(java.lang.String text)

Add bold text to the document.

addSectionTitle

public void addSectionTitle(java.lang.String text)

Add a section title to the document. These titles are smaller than the document titles.

addDocumentTitle

public void addDocumentTitle(java.lang.String text)

Add a Title sized String to the document.

addTable

public void addTable(int cols,
                     int rows,
                     java.lang.String[] data)

Add in a table. The columns and rows of the table are based off the parameters that are passed in . The String[] array fills the table from left to right and top to bottom. Any left over Strings are silently ignored. Any extra fields are filled with empty strings.

addImage

public void addImage(java.net.URL image)

The URL to the image that is to be added to the document. The method ClassLoader.getResource(String name) provides a handy method for generating this URL.

For instance:

ClassLoader.getSystemResource("images/some.jpg");

Would grab the URL of the the image 'some.jpg' in the folder 'images' in the directory that your app was started in.