MIFElement (Apache FOP 2.1 API)

java.lang.Object
- org.apache.fop.render.mif.MIFElement

Direct Known Subclasses:

MIFFile, RefElement
```
public class MIFElement
extends java.lang.Object
```
The is the basis for MIF document elements. This enables the creation of the element and to write it to an output stream including sub-elements or a single value.

Field Summary

Fields
Modifier and Type	Field	Description
`protected boolean`	`finish`	true if finishing
`protected boolean`	`finished`	true if finished
`protected java.lang.String`	`name`	name
`protected boolean`	`started`	true if started
`protected java.util.List`	`valueElements`	value elements
`protected java.lang.String`	`valueStr`	value string

Constructor Summary

Constructors
Constructor Description

MIFElement(java.lang.String name)

Constructors
Constructor	Description
`MIFElement(java.lang.String name)`

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Concrete Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`void`	`addElement(MIFElement el)`
`void`	`finish(boolean deep)`
`boolean`	`output(java.io.OutputStream os, int indent)`	Output this element to an output stream.
`void`	`setValue(java.lang.String str)`

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

- Field Detail
  - name
```
protected java.lang.String name
```
    name
  - valueStr
```
protected java.lang.String valueStr
```
    value string
  - valueElements
```
protected java.util.List valueElements
```
    value elements
  - started
```
protected boolean started
```
    true if started
  - finish
```
protected boolean finish
```
    true if finishing
  - finished
```
protected boolean finished
```
    true if finished
- Constructor Detail
  - MIFElement
```
public MIFElement(java.lang.String name)
```
    Parameters:
    
    name - a name
- Method Detail
  - setValue
```
public void setValue(java.lang.String str)
```
    Parameters:
    
    str - a string value
  - addElement
```
public void addElement(MIFElement el)
```
    Parameters:
    
    el - an MIF element
  - output
```
public boolean output(java.io.OutputStream os,
                      int indent)
               throws java.io.IOException
```
    Output this element to an output stream. This will output only so far as the fisrt unfinished child element. This method can be called again to continue from the previous point. An element that contains child elements will only be finished when the finish method is called.
    
    Parameters:
    
    os - output stream
    
    indent - indentation
    
    Returns:
    
    true if finished
    
    Throws:
    
    java.io.IOException - if not caught
  - finish
```
public void finish(boolean deep)
```
    Parameters:
    
    deep - if true, also perform finish over value elements

Class MIFElement

Field Summary

Constructor Summary

Method Summary

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

Field Detail

name

valueStr

valueElements

started

finish

finished

Constructor Detail

MIFElement

Method Detail

setValue

addElement

output

finish