com.lowagie.text.pdf

Class PdfPageLabels

java.lang.Object

com.lowagie.text.pdf.PdfPageLabels

public class PdfPageLabels
extends Object

Page labels are used to identify each page visually on the screen or in print.

Author:

Paulo Soares (psoares@consiste.pt)

Nested Class Summary

Nested Classes

Modifier and Type	Class and Description
static class	PdfPageLabels.PdfPageLabelFormat

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
static int	DECIMAL_ARABIC_NUMERALS Logical pages will have the form 1,2,3,...
static int	EMPTY No logical page numbers are generated but fixed text may still exist
static int	LOWERCASE_LETTERS Logical pages will have the form of uppercase letters (a to z for the first 26 pages, aa to zz for the next 26, and so on)
static int	LOWERCASE_ROMAN_NUMERALS Logical pages will have the form i,ii,iii,iv,...
static int	UPPERCASE_LETTERS Logical pages will have the form of uppercase letters (A to Z for the first 26 pages, AA to ZZ for the next 26, and so on)
static int	UPPERCASE_ROMAN_NUMERALS Logical pages will have the form I,II,III,IV,...

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
PdfPageLabels() Creates a new PdfPageLabel with a default logical page 1

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
void	addPageLabel(int page, int numberStyle) Adds or replaces a page label.
void	addPageLabel(int page, int numberStyle, String text) Adds or replaces a page label.
void	addPageLabel(int page, int numberStyle, String text, int firstPage) Adds or replaces a page label.
void	addPageLabel(PdfPageLabels.PdfPageLabelFormat format) Adds or replaces a page label.
static PdfPageLabels.PdfPageLabelFormat[]	getPageLabelFormats(PdfReader reader) Retrieves the page labels from a PDF as an array of PdfPageLabels.PdfPageLabelFormat objects.
static String[]	getPageLabels(PdfReader reader) Retrieves the page labels from a PDF as an array of String objects.
void	removePageLabel(int page) Removes a page label.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

DECIMAL_ARABIC_NUMERALS

public static final int DECIMAL_ARABIC_NUMERALS

Logical pages will have the form 1,2,3,...

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Constant Field Values

UPPERCASE_ROMAN_NUMERALS

public static final int UPPERCASE_ROMAN_NUMERALS

Logical pages will have the form I,II,III,IV,...

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Constant Field Values

LOWERCASE_ROMAN_NUMERALS

public static final int LOWERCASE_ROMAN_NUMERALS

Logical pages will have the form i,ii,iii,iv,...

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Constant Field Values

UPPERCASE_LETTERS

public static final int UPPERCASE_LETTERS

Logical pages will have the form of uppercase letters (A to Z for the first 26 pages, AA to ZZ for the next 26, and so on)

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Constant Field Values

LOWERCASE_LETTERS

public static final int LOWERCASE_LETTERS

Logical pages will have the form of uppercase letters (a to z for the first 26 pages, aa to zz for the next 26, and so on)

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Constant Field Values

EMPTY

public static final int EMPTY

No logical page numbers are generated but fixed text may still exist

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Constant Field Values

Constructor Detail

PdfPageLabels

public PdfPageLabels()

Creates a new PdfPageLabel with a default logical page 1

Method Detail

addPageLabel

public void addPageLabel(int page,
                int numberStyle,
                String text,
                int firstPage)

Adds or replaces a page label.

Parameters:

page - the real page to start the numbering. First page is 1

numberStyle - the numbering style such as LOWERCASE_ROMAN_NUMERALS

text - the text to prefix the number. Can be null or empty

firstPage - the first logical page number

addPageLabel

public void addPageLabel(int page,
                int numberStyle,
                String text)

Adds or replaces a page label. The first logical page has the default of 1.

Parameters:

page - the real page to start the numbering. First page is 1

numberStyle - the numbering style such as LOWERCASE_ROMAN_NUMERALS

text - the text to prefix the number. Can be null or empty

addPageLabel

public void addPageLabel(int page,
                int numberStyle)

Adds or replaces a page label. There is no text prefix and the first logical page has the default of 1.

Parameters:

page - the real page to start the numbering. First page is 1

numberStyle - the numbering style such as LOWERCASE_ROMAN_NUMERALS

addPageLabel

public void addPageLabel(PdfPageLabels.PdfPageLabelFormat format)

Adds or replaces a page label.

removePageLabel

public void removePageLabel(int page)

Removes a page label. The first page label can not be removed, only changed.

Parameters:

page - the real page to remove

getPageLabels

public static String[] getPageLabels(PdfReader reader)

Retrieves the page labels from a PDF as an array of String objects.

Parameters:

reader - a PdfReader object that has the page labels you want to retrieve

Returns:

a String array or null if no page labels are present

getPageLabelFormats

public static PdfPageLabels.PdfPageLabelFormat[] getPageLabelFormats(PdfReader reader)

Retrieves the page labels from a PDF as an array of PdfPageLabels.PdfPageLabelFormat objects.

Parameters:

reader - a PdfReader object that has the page labels you want to retrieve

Returns:

a PdfPageLabelEntry array, containing an entry for each format change or null if no page labels are present