Method Detail

• setOptions

  public void setOptions​(RtfOptions opt)

  set options

  Parameters:

  opt - options to set

• addChild

  protected void addChild​(RtfElement e)
                   throws RtfStructureException

  add a child element to this

  Parameters:

  e - child element to add

  Throws:

  RtfStructureException - for trying to add an invalid child (??)

• getChildren

  public java.util.List getChildren()

  Returns:

  a copy of our children's list

• getChildCount

  public int getChildCount()

  Returns:

  the number of children

• findChildren

  public int findChildren​(RtfElement aChild)

  Find the passed child in the current container

  Parameters:

  aChild - the child element

  Returns:

  the depth (nested level) inside the current container

• setChildren

  public boolean setChildren​(java.util.List list)

  Add by Boris Poudérous on 07/22/2002 Set the children list

  Parameters:

  list - list of child objects

  Returns:

  true if process succeeded

• writeRtfContent

  protected void writeRtfContent()
                          throws java.io.IOException

  write RTF code of all our children

  Specified by:

  writeRtfContent in class RtfElement

  Throws:

  java.io.IOException - for I/O problems

• toString

  public java.lang.String toString()

  minimal debugging display

  Overrides:

  toString in class RtfElement

  Returns:

  String representation of object contents

• okToWriteRtf

  protected boolean okToWriteRtf()

  Description copied from class: RtfElement
  can be overridden to suppress all RTF output

  Overrides:

  okToWriteRtf in class RtfElement

  Returns:

  false if empty or if our options block writing

• isEmpty

  public boolean isEmpty()

  Specified by:

  isEmpty in class RtfElement

  Returns:

  true if this element would generate no "useful" RTF content, i.e. (for RtfContainer) true if it has no children where isEmpty() is false