Package com.lowagie.text

Class Chapter

java.lang.Object
java.util.AbstractCollection<E>
java.util.AbstractList<E>
java.util.ArrayList
com.lowagie.text.Section
com.lowagie.text.Chapter
All Implemented Interfaces:
Element, LargeElement, TextElementArray, Serializable, Cloneable, Iterable, Collection, List, RandomAccess
Direct Known Subclasses:
ChapterAutoNumber
public class Chapter extends Section
A Chapter is a special Section.

A chapter number has to be created using a Paragraph as title and an int as chapter number. The chapter number is shown be default. If you don't want to see the chapter number, you have to set the numberdepth to 0.

Example: 

 Paragraph title2 = new Paragraph("This is Chapter 2", FontFactory.getFont(FontFactory.HELVETICA, 18, Font.BOLDITALIC, new Color(0, 0, 255)));
 Chapter chapter2 = new Chapter(title2, 2);
 chapter2.setNumberDepth(0);
 Paragraph someText = new Paragraph("This is some text");
 chapter2.add(someText);
 Paragraph title21 = new Paragraph("This is Section 1 in Chapter 2", FontFactory.getFont(FontFactory.HELVETICA, 16, Font.BOLD, new Color(255, 0, 0)));
 Section section1 = chapter2.addSection(title21);
 Paragraph someSectionText = new Paragraph("This is some silly paragraph in a chapter and/or section. It contains some text to test the functionality of Chapters and Section.");
 section1.add(someSectionText);
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  • Constructor Details

    • Chapter

      public Chapter(int number)
      Constructs a new Chapter.
      Parameters:
      number - the Chapter number

    • Chapter

      public Chapter(Paragraph title, int number)
      Constructs a new Chapter.
      Parameters:
      title - the Chapter title (as a Paragraph)
      number - the Chapter number

    • Chapter

      public Chapter(String title, int number)
      Constructs a new Chapter.
      Parameters:
      title - the Chapter title (as a String)
      number - the Chapter number

  • Method Details

    • type

      public int type()
      Gets the type of the text element.
      Specified by:
      type in interface Element
      Overrides:
      type in class Section
      Returns:
      a type

    • isNestable

      public boolean isNestable()
      Description copied from interface: Element
      Checks if this element is nestable.
      Specified by:
      isNestable in interface Element
      Overrides:
      isNestable in class Section
      Returns:
      true if this element can be nested inside other elements.
      Since:
      iText 2.0.8
      See Also: