Package com.lowagie.text.pdf

Interface PdfPCellEvent

All Known Implementing Classes:
FieldPositioningEvents, PdfPCellEventForwarder, SimpleCell
public interface PdfPCellEvent
An event called for a single cell.
Author:
Paulo Soares (psoares@consiste.pt)

  • Method Summary

    Modifier and Type
    Method
    Description
    void
    cellLayout(PdfPCell cell, Rectangle position, PdfContentByte[] canvases)
    This method is called at the end of the cell rendering.

  • Method Details

    • cellLayout

      void cellLayout(PdfPCell cell, Rectangle position, PdfContentByte[] canvases)
      This method is called at the end of the cell rendering. The text or graphics are added to one of the 4 PdfContentByte contained in canvases.
      The indexes to canvases are:

      • PdfPTable.BASECANVAS - the original PdfContentByte. Anything placed here will be under the cell.
      • PdfPTable.BACKGROUNDCANVAS - the layer where the background goes to.
      • PdfPTable.LINECANVAS - the layer where the lines go to.
      • PdfPTable.TEXTCANVAS - the layer where the text go to. Anything placed here will be over the cell.
      The layers are placed in sequence on top of each other.

      Parameters:
      cell - the cell
      position - the coordinates of the cell
      canvases - an array of PdfContentByte