Class Meta

Namespace

iTextSharp.text

Assembly

iTextSharp.LGPLv2.Core.dll

This is an Element that contains some meta information about the document.

public class Meta : IElement

Inheritance

object

Meta

Implements

IElement

Derived

Header

Inherited Members

object.GetType()

object.MemberwiseClone()

object.ToString()

object.Equals(object)

object.Equals(object, object)

object.ReferenceEquals(object, object)

object.GetHashCode()

Remarks

An object of type Meta can not be constructed by the user. Userdefined meta information should be placed in a Header-object. Meta is reserved for: Subject, Keywords, Author, Title, Producer and Creationdate information.

Constructors

Meta(int, string)

constructors

public Meta(int type, string content)

Parameters

type int

the type of meta-information

content string

the content

Meta(string, string)

Constructs a Meta.

public Meta(string tag, string content)

Parameters

tag string

the tagname of the meta-information

content string

the content

Properties

Chunks

implementation of the Element-methods

public IList<Chunk> Chunks { get; }

Property Value

IList<Chunk>

an ArrayList

Content

Returns the content of the meta information.

public string Content { get; }

Property Value

string

a string

Name

methods to retrieve information

public virtual string Name { get; }

Property Value

string

a string

Type

Gets the type of the text element.

public int Type { get; }

Property Value

int

a type

Methods

Append(string)

appends some text to this Meta.

public StringBuilder Append(string str)

Parameters

str string

a string

Returns

StringBuilder

a StringBuilder

GetType(string)

Returns the name of the meta information.

public static int GetType(string tag)

Parameters

tag string

name to match

Returns

int

a string

IsContent()

@see com.lowagie.text.Element#isContent() @since iText 2.0.8

public bool IsContent()

Returns

bool

IsNestable()

@see com.lowagie.text.Element#isNestable() @since iText 2.0.8

public bool IsNestable()

Returns

bool

Process(IElementListener)

Processes the element by adding it (or the different parts) to a IElementListener.

public bool Process(IElementListener listener)

Parameters

listener IElementListener

the IElementListener

Returns

bool

true if the element was processed successfully