com.antelmann.util
Class TextPrinter

java.lang.Object
  com.antelmann.util.TextPrinter

All Implemented Interfaces:

Printable

public class TextPrinter
extends Object
implements Printable

enables printing of plain text with line wrapping over multiple pages

Author:

Holger Antelmann

See Also:

PrintUtilities

Field Summary

protected ArrayList<StringBuilder>	pageText
static Font	standardFont the standard font used when no specific font was specified for a TextPrinter

Fields inherited from interface java.awt.print.Printable

NO_SUCH_PAGE, PAGE_EXISTS

Constructor Summary

TextPrinter(String text)

TextPrinter(String text, Font font, Color color)

Method Summary

Color	getColor()
Font	getFont()
String	getText() returns the text this object has been instanciated with.
int	print(Graphics g, PageFormat format, int pageIndex)
protected String	printPage(Graphics g, PageFormat format, StringBuilder text) prints the given text onto the given format using the given graphics.
protected String	printParagraph(Graphics2D g, PageFormat format, String paragraph, Point2D.Float pen)
void	setColor(Color color)
void	setFont(Font font)
void	startPrint() prints this TextPrinter directly to the default printer
void	startPrint(PrinterJob job, boolean showDialog)

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

standardFont

public static Font standardFont

the standard font used when no specific font was specified for a TextPrinter

pageText

protected ArrayList<StringBuilder> pageText

Constructor Detail

TextPrinter

public TextPrinter(String text)

TextPrinter

public TextPrinter(String text,
                   Font font,
                   Color color)

Method Detail

getText

public String getText()

returns the text this object has been instanciated with. If the object was originally called with null as text, this method returns an empty string.

setFont

public void setFont(Font font)

setColor

public void setColor(Color color)

getFont

public Font getFont()

getColor

public Color getColor()

startPrint

public void startPrint()
                throws PrinterException

prints this TextPrinter directly to the default printer

Throws:

PrinterException

startPrint

public void startPrint(PrinterJob job,
                       boolean showDialog)
                throws PrinterException

Throws:

PrinterException

print

public int print(Graphics g,
                 PageFormat format,
                 int pageIndex)
          throws PrinterException

Specified by:

print in interface Printable

Throws:

PrinterException

printPage

protected String printPage(Graphics g,
                           PageFormat format,
                           StringBuilder text)

prints the given text onto the given format using the given graphics. The text parameter will be stripped to only contain the text that actually fit on the page, while the remainder is returned.

Returns:

the remaining text that didn't fit on the page (may return an empty string but never null)

printParagraph

protected String printParagraph(Graphics2D g,
                                PageFormat format,
                                String paragraph,
                                Point2D.Float pen)