com.itextpdf.text.html
Class HtmlUtilities

java.lang.Object
  com.itextpdf.text.html.HtmlUtilities

public class HtmlUtilities
extends Object

A class that contains some utilities to parse HTML attributes and content.

Since:

5.0.6 (some of these methods used to be in the Markup class)

Field Summary

static float	DEFAULT_FONT_SIZE a default value for font-size
static int[]	FONTSIZES A series of predefined font sizes.

Constructor Summary

HtmlUtilities()

Method Summary

static int	alignmentValue(String alignment) Translates a String value to an alignment value.
static BaseColor	decodeColor(String s) Converts a BaseColor into a HTML representation of this BaseColor.
static String	eliminateWhiteSpace(String content) Helper class that reduces the white space in a String
static int	getIndexedFontSize(String value, String previous) Picks a font size from a series of predefined font sizes.
static Properties	parseAttributes(String string) This method parses a String with attributes and returns a Properties object.
static float	parseLength(String string) Parses a length.
static float	parseLength(String string, float actualFontSize) New method contributed by: Lubos Strapko
static String	removeComment(String string, String startComment, String endComment) Removes the comments sections of a String.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

DEFAULT_FONT_SIZE

public static final float DEFAULT_FONT_SIZE

a default value for font-size

Since:

2.1.3

See Also:

Constant Field Values

FONTSIZES

public static final int[] FONTSIZES

A series of predefined font sizes.

Since:

5.0.6 (renamed)

Constructor Detail

HtmlUtilities

public HtmlUtilities()

Method Detail

parseLength

public static float parseLength(String string)

Parses a length.

Parameters:

string - a length in the form of an optional + or -, followed by a number and a unit.

Returns:

a float

parseLength

public static float parseLength(String string,
                                float actualFontSize)

New method contributed by: Lubos Strapko

Since:

2.1.3

decodeColor

public static BaseColor decodeColor(String s)

Converts a BaseColor into a HTML representation of this BaseColor.

Parameters:

s - the BaseColor that has to be converted.

Returns:

the HTML representation of this BaseColor

parseAttributes

public static Properties parseAttributes(String string)

This method parses a String with attributes and returns a Properties object.

Parameters:

string - a String of this form: 'key1="value1"; key2="value2";... keyN="valueN" '

Returns:

a Properties object

removeComment

public static String removeComment(String string,
                                   String startComment,
                                   String endComment)

Removes the comments sections of a String.

Parameters:

string - the original String

startComment - the String that marks the start of a Comment section

endComment - the String that marks the end of a Comment section.

Returns:

the String stripped of its comment section

eliminateWhiteSpace

public static String eliminateWhiteSpace(String content)

Helper class that reduces the white space in a String

Parameters:

content - content containing whitespace

Returns:

the content without all unnecessary whitespace

getIndexedFontSize

public static int getIndexedFontSize(String value,
                                     String previous)

Picks a font size from a series of predefined font sizes.

Parameters:

value - the new value of a font, expressed as an index

previous - the previous value of the font size

Returns:

a new font size.

alignmentValue

public static int alignmentValue(String alignment)

Translates a String value to an alignment value. (written by Norman Richards, integrated into iText by Bruno)

Parameters:

alignment - a String (one of the ALIGN_ constants of this class)

Returns:

an alignment value (one of the ALIGN_ constants of the Element interface)