com.cete.dynamicpdf.pageelements
Class Link

java.lang.Object
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  +--com.cete.dynamicpdf.PageElement
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        +--com.cete.dynamicpdf.pageelements.Link

All Implemented Interfaces:

IAnnotation, IArea, ICoordinate

public class Link

extends PageElement

implements IAnnotation, IArea, ICoordinate

This class can be used to place links on the PDF.

NOTE: This page element cannot be used within a table cell, or tranformation group.

Licensing:
This class is a DynamicPDF Generator Professional Edition feature. One of the following licenses is required for non-evaluation usage:

• DynamicPDF Generator Professional Edition
• DynamicPDF Generator Enterprise Edition
• DynamicPDF Merger Professional Edition
• DynamicPDF Merger Enterprise Edition

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Constructor Summary

Link(float x, float y, float width, float height, Action action)
Creates a new instance of Link.

Method Summary

void	draw(PageWriter writer) Draws the link to the given PageWriter object.
void	drawAnnotation(DocumentWriter writer) Draws the link to the given DocumentWriter object.
Action	getAction() Gets the Action to be taken by the link.
float	getHeight() Gets the height of the link.
float	getWidth() Gets the width of the link.
float	getX() Gets the X coordinate of the link.
float	getY() Gets the Y coordinate of the link.
void	setHeight(float value) Sets the height of the link.
void	setWidth(float value) Sets the width of the link.
void	setX(float value) Sets the X coordinate of the link.
void	setY(float value) Sets the Y coordinate of the link.

Methods inherited from class com.cete.dynamicpdf.PageElement

getRequiredLicenseLevel, getStrID, setRequiredLicenseLevel, setStrID

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

Link

public Link(float x,
            float y,
            float width,
            float height,
            Action action)

Creates a new instance of Link.

Parameters:

x - X coordinate of the link.

y - Y coordinate of the link.

width - Width of the link.

height - Height of the link.

action - Action or Destination of the link.

See Also:

Link

Method Detail

getHeight

public float getHeight()

Gets the height of the link.

Specified by:

getHeight in interface IArea

Returns:

the float height of the area.

getWidth

public float getWidth()

Gets the width of the link.

Specified by:

getWidth in interface IArea

Returns:

the float width of the area.

getX

public float getX()

Gets the X coordinate of the link.

Specified by:

getX in interface ICoordinate

getY

public float getY()

Gets the Y coordinate of the link.

Specified by:

getY in interface ICoordinate

setHeight

public void setHeight(float value)

Sets the height of the link.

Specified by:

setHeight in interface IArea

Parameters:

value - the float height of the area.

setWidth

public void setWidth(float value)

Sets the width of the link.

Specified by:

setWidth in interface IArea

Parameters:

value - the float width of the area.

setX

public void setX(float value)

Sets the X coordinate of the link.

Specified by:

setX in interface ICoordinate

setY

public void setY(float value)

Sets the Y coordinate of the link.

Specified by:

setY in interface ICoordinate

getAction

public Action getAction()

Gets the Action to be taken by the link.

See Also:

Action

draw

public void draw(PageWriter writer)

Draws the link to the given PageWriter object.

Specified by:

draw in class PageElement

Parameters:

writer - PageWriter object to receive the link's output.

See Also:

PageWriter

drawAnnotation

public void drawAnnotation(DocumentWriter writer)

Draws the link to the given DocumentWriter object.

Specified by:

drawAnnotation in interface IAnnotation

Parameters:

writer - DocumentWriter object to receive the link's output.

See Also:

DocumentWriter