rst.pdfbox.layout.elements.render

Interface Renderer

All Known Subinterfaces:

Layout

All Known Implementing Classes:

ColumnLayout, RenderContext, VerticalLayout

public interface Renderer

A renderer is responsible for rendering certain, but not necessarily all elements. The boolean return value indicates whether the element could be processed by this renderer.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
boolean	render(RenderContext renderContext, Element element, LayoutHint layoutHint) Renders an element.

Method Detail

render

boolean render(RenderContext renderContext,
               Element element,
               LayoutHint layoutHint)
        throws IOException

Renders an element.

Parameters:

renderContext - the render context.

element - the element to draw.

layoutHint - the associated layout hint

Returns:

true if the layout is able to render the element.

Throws:

IOException - by pdfbox