org.apache.fop.render

Class AbstractRendererMaker

java.lang.Object

org.apache.fop.render.AbstractRendererMaker

Direct Known Subclasses:

AWTRendererMaker, PNGRendererMaker, PrintRendererMaker, TIFFRendererMaker, TXTRendererMaker, XMLRendererMaker

public abstract class AbstractRendererMaker
extends Object

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

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
AbstractRendererMaker()

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
abstract void	configureRenderer(FOUserAgent userAgent, Renderer renderer) Configures a given renderer using the appropriate configurator.
abstract String[]	getSupportedMimeTypes()
boolean	isMimeTypeSupported(String mimeType) Indicates whether a specific MIME type is supported by this renderer.
abstract Renderer	makeRenderer(FOUserAgent userAgent) Instantiates a new renderer.
abstract boolean	needsOutputStream()

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

AbstractRendererMaker

public AbstractRendererMaker()

Method Detail

makeRenderer

public abstract Renderer makeRenderer(FOUserAgent userAgent)

Instantiates a new renderer.

Parameters:

userAgent - the user agent

Returns:

the newly instantiated renderer

needsOutputStream

public abstract boolean needsOutputStream()

Returns:

Indicates whether this renderer requires an OutputStream to work with.

getSupportedMimeTypes

public abstract String[] getSupportedMimeTypes()

Returns:

an array of MIME types the renderer supports.

configureRenderer

public abstract void configureRenderer(FOUserAgent userAgent,
                     Renderer renderer)
                                throws FOPException

Configures a given renderer using the appropriate configurator.

Parameters:

userAgent - user agent

renderer - the renderer that is to be configured

Throws:

FOPException

isMimeTypeSupported

public boolean isMimeTypeSupported(String mimeType)

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

Parameters:

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

Returns:

true if the MIME type is supported