org.eclipse.nebula.paperclips.core

Interface PrintPiece

All Known Subinterfaces:

TextPrintPiece

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractPiece, BackgroundPiece, BigPiece, BorderPiece, CompositePiece, DebugPiece, EmptyPiece, GridLookPainterPiece, ImagePiece, LinePiece, NullPrintPiece, PageNumberPiece, RotatePiece, ScalePiece, TextPiece

public interface PrintPiece

A piece of a Print, which is capable of drawing itself on a graphics device. PrintPiece objects are created by a PrintIterator.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
void	dispose() Disposes the system resources allocated by this PrintPiece.
org.eclipse.swt.graphics.Point	getSize() Returns the dimensions of this PrintPiece, in pixels.
void	paint(org.eclipse.swt.graphics.GC gc, int x, int y) Draws this PrintPiece on the given graphics device, at the given coordinates.

Method Detail

getSize

org.eclipse.swt.graphics.Point getSize()

Returns the dimensions of this PrintPiece, in pixels.

Returns:

the dimensions of this PrintPiece, in pixels.

paint

void paint(org.eclipse.swt.graphics.GC gc,
           int x,
           int y)

Draws this PrintPiece on the given graphics device, at the given coordinates.

Parameters:

gc - a graphics context for the graphics device.

x - the x coordinate where this PrintPiece will be drawn.

y - the x coordinate where this PrintPiece will be drawn.

dispose

void dispose()

Disposes the system resources allocated by this PrintPiece. The dispose method is not a permanent disposal of a PrintPiece. It is intended to reclaim system resources, however future calls to paint(GC,int,int) may require that the resources be allocated again.