Meta(int type,
    String content) 
{
        this.type = type;
        this.content = new StringBuffer(content);
}

Constructs a Meta.

Parameters:

type - the type of meta-information

content - the content

 public Meta(String tag,
    String content) 
{
        this.type = Meta.getType(tag);
        this.content = new StringBuffer(content);
}

Constructs a Meta.

Parameters:

tag - the tagname of the meta-information

content - the content

 public StringBuffer append(String string) 
{
        return content.append(string);
}

appends some text to this Meta.

 public ArrayList getChunks() 
{
        return new ArrayList();
}

Gets all the chunks in this element.

 public String getContent() 
{
        return content.toString();
}

Returns the content of the meta information.

 public String getName() 
{
        switch (type) {
            case Element.SUBJECT:
                return ElementTags.SUBJECT;
            case Element.KEYWORDS:
                return ElementTags.KEYWORDS;
            case Element.AUTHOR:
                return ElementTags.AUTHOR;
            case Element.TITLE:
                return ElementTags.TITLE;
            case Element.PRODUCER:
                return ElementTags.PRODUCER;
            case Element.CREATIONDATE:
                return ElementTags.CREATIONDATE;
                default:
                    return ElementTags.UNKNOWN;
        }
}

Returns the name of the meta information.

 public static int getType(String tag) 
{
        if (ElementTags.SUBJECT.equals(tag)) {
            return Element.SUBJECT;
        }
        if (ElementTags.KEYWORDS.equals(tag)) {
            return Element.KEYWORDS;
        }
        if (ElementTags.AUTHOR.equals(tag)) {
            return Element.AUTHOR;
        }
        if (ElementTags.TITLE.equals(tag)) {
            return Element.TITLE;
        }
        if (ElementTags.PRODUCER.equals(tag)) {
            return Element.PRODUCER;
        }
        if (ElementTags.CREATIONDATE.equals(tag)) {
            return Element.CREATIONDATE;
        }
        return Element.HEADER;
}

Returns the name of the meta information.

 public boolean isContent() 
{
		return false;
}

 public boolean isNestable() 
{
		return false;
}

 public boolean process(ElementListener listener) 
{
        try {
            return listener.add(this);
        }
        catch(DocumentException de) {
            return false;
        }
}

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

 public int type() 
{
        return type;
}

Gets the type of the text element.