org.apache.fop.render
Class AbstractFOEventHandlerMaker

java.lang.Object
  org.apache.fop.render.AbstractFOEventHandlerMaker

Direct Known Subclasses:

RTFFOEventHandlerMaker

public abstract class AbstractFOEventHandlerMaker
extends java.lang.Object

Base class for factory classes which instantiate FOEventHandlers and provide information about them.

Constructor Summary

AbstractFOEventHandlerMaker()

Method Summary

abstract java.lang.String[]	getSupportedMimeTypes()
boolean	isMimeTypeSupported(java.lang.String mimeType) Indicates whether a specific MIME type is supported by this renderer.
abstract FOEventHandler	makeFOEventHandler(FOUserAgent ua, java.io.OutputStream out) Instantiates a new FOEventHandler.
abstract boolean	needsOutputStream()

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

AbstractFOEventHandlerMaker

public AbstractFOEventHandlerMaker()

Method Detail

makeFOEventHandler

public abstract FOEventHandler makeFOEventHandler(FOUserAgent ua,
                                                  java.io.OutputStream out)
                                           throws FOPException

Instantiates a new FOEventHandler.

Parameters:

ua - the user agent

out - OutputStream for the FOEventHandler to use

Returns:

the newly instantiated FOEventHandler

Throws:

FOPException - if a problem occurs while creating the event handler

needsOutputStream

public abstract boolean needsOutputStream()

Returns:

Indicates whether this renderer requires an OutputStream to work with.

getSupportedMimeTypes

public abstract java.lang.String[] getSupportedMimeTypes()

Returns:

an array of MIME types the renderer supports.

isMimeTypeSupported

public boolean isMimeTypeSupported(java.lang.String mimeType)

Indicates whether a specific MIME type is supported by this renderer.

Parameters:

mimeType - the MIME type (ex. "application/rtf")

Returns:

true if the MIME type is supported