com.itextpdf.layout.element

Class Link

java.lang.Object

com.itextpdf.layout.ElementPropertyContainer

com.itextpdf.layout.element.AbstractElement<Text>

com.itextpdf.layout.element.Text

com.itextpdf.layout.element.Link

All Implemented Interfaces:

IAccessibleElement, IElement, ILeafElement, IPropertyContainer

public class Link
extends Text

A clickable piece of Text which contains a link annotation dictionary. The concept is largely similar to that of the HTML anchor tag.

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
protected PdfLinkAnnotation	linkAnnotation Deprecated.

Fields inherited from class com.itextpdf.layout.element.Text

role, tagProperties, text

Fields inherited from class com.itextpdf.layout.element.AbstractElement

childElements, nextRenderer, styles

Fields inherited from class com.itextpdf.layout.ElementPropertyContainer

properties

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
Link(String text, PdfAction action) Creates a Link which can execute an action.
Link(String text, PdfDestination destination) Creates a Link to another location in the document.
Link(String text, PdfLinkAnnotation linkAnnotation) Creates a Link with a fully constructed link annotation dictionary.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
PdfLinkAnnotation	getLinkAnnotation() Gets the link annotation dictionary associated with this link.
protected IRenderer	makeNewRenderer()

Methods inherited from class com.itextpdf.layout.element.Text

getAccessibilityProperties, getHorizontalScaling, getRole, getText, getTextRise, setHorizontalScaling, setRole, setSkew, setText, setTextRise

Methods inherited from class com.itextpdf.layout.element.AbstractElement

addStyle, createRendererSubTree, getChildren, getProperty, getRenderer, hasProperty, isEmpty, propagateArtifactRoleToChildElements, setAction, setNextRenderer, setPageNumber

Methods inherited from class com.itextpdf.layout.ElementPropertyContainer

deleteOwnProperty, getDefaultProperty, getHeight, getOwnProperty, getSplitCharacters, getStrokeColor, getStrokeWidth, getTextRenderingMode, getWidth, hasOwnProperty, setBackgroundColor, setBackgroundColor, setBackgroundColor, setBackgroundColor, setBaseDirection, setBold, setBorder, setBorderBottom, setBorderLeft, setBorderRight, setBorderTop, setCharacterSpacing, setDestination, setFixedPosition, setFixedPosition, setFixedPosition, setFixedPosition, setFont, setFont, setFontColor, setFontColor, setFontKerning, setFontScript, setFontSize, setHeight, setHorizontalAlignment, setHyphenation, setItalic, setLineThrough, setOpacity, setProperty, setRelativePosition, setSplitCharacters, setStrokeColor, setStrokeWidth, setTextAlignment, setTextRenderingMode, setUnderline, setUnderline, setUnderline, setUnderline, setWidth, setWidth, setWidthPercent, setWordSpacing

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Methods inherited from interface com.itextpdf.layout.element.IElement

createRendererSubTree, getRenderer, setNextRenderer

Methods inherited from interface com.itextpdf.layout.IPropertyContainer

deleteOwnProperty, getDefaultProperty, getOwnProperty, getProperty, hasOwnProperty, hasProperty, setProperty

Field Detail

linkAnnotation

@Deprecated
protected PdfLinkAnnotation linkAnnotation

Deprecated.

Constructor Detail

Link

public Link(String text,
            PdfLinkAnnotation linkAnnotation)

Creates a Link with a fully constructed link annotation dictionary.

Parameters:

text - the textual contents of the link

linkAnnotation - a PdfLinkAnnotation

Link

public Link(String text,
            PdfAction action)

Creates a Link which can execute an action.

Parameters:

text - the textual contents of the link

action - a PdfAction

Link

public Link(String text,
            PdfDestination destination)

Creates a Link to another location in the document.

Parameters:

text - the textual contents of the link

destination - a PdfDestination

Method Detail

getLinkAnnotation

public PdfLinkAnnotation getLinkAnnotation()

Gets the link annotation dictionary associated with this link.

Returns:

a PdfLinkAnnotation

makeNewRenderer

protected IRenderer makeNewRenderer()

Overrides:

makeNewRenderer in class Text