public AbstractRtfField(String content,
    Font font) 
{
                         
        super(content, font);
}

public constructor

Parameters:

content - the content of the field

font - the font of the field

 public final String content() 
{
        return "";
}

empty implementation for Chunk.

 public final boolean isAlt() 
{
        return this.rtfFieldIsAlt;
}

Determines whether this RtfField shall refer to an end note.

 public final boolean isDirty() 
{
        return this.rtfFieldIsDirty;
}

Determines whether the field was changed since the field was last updated

 public final boolean isLocked() 
{
                               
        return this.rtfFieldIsLocked;
}

Determines whtether the field is locked, i.e. it cannot be updated.

 public final boolean isPrivate() 
{
        return this.rtfFieldIsPrivate;
}

Determines whether the field is in suitable form for display.

 public final  void setAlt(boolean rtfFieldIsAlt) 
{
        this.rtfFieldIsAlt = rtfFieldIsAlt;
}

Determines whether this RtfField shall refer to an end note.

 public final  void setDirty(boolean rtfFieldIsDirty) 
{
        this.rtfFieldIsDirty = rtfFieldIsDirty;
}

Set whether a formatting change has been made since the field was last updated

 public final  void setEdited(boolean rtfFieldWasEdited) 
{
        this.rtfFieldWasEdited = rtfFieldWasEdited;
}

Set whether text has been added, removed from thre field result since the field was last updated.

 public final  void setLocked(boolean rtfFieldIsLocked) 
{
        this.rtfFieldIsLocked = rtfFieldIsLocked;
}

Set whether the field can be updated.

 public final  void setPrivate(boolean rtfFieldIsPrivate) 
{
        this.rtfFieldIsPrivate = rtfFieldIsPrivate;
}

Set whether the field is in suitable form for display. I.e. it's not a field with a picture as field result

 public final boolean wasEdited() 
{
        return this.rtfFieldWasEdited;
}

Determines whether text has been added, removed from the field result since the field was last updated.

 public  void write(RtfWriter writer,
    OutputStream out) throws IOException 
{
        writeRtfFieldBegin(out);
        writeRtfFieldModifiers(out);
        writeRtfFieldInstBegin(out);
        writer.writeInitialFontSignature( out, this );
        writeRtfFieldInitializationStuff(out);
        writeRtfFieldInstEnd(out);
        writeRtfFieldResultBegin(out);
        writer.writeInitialFontSignature( out, this );
        writeRtfFieldResultStuff(out);
        writeRtfFieldResultEnd(out);
        writeRtfFieldEnd(out);
}

For Interface RtfField.

 protected final  void writeRtfFieldBegin(OutputStream out) throws IOException 
{
        out.write(RtfWriter.openGroup);
        out.write(RtfWriter.escape);
        out.write(RtfWriter.field);
}

Write the beginning of an RtfField to the OutputStream.

 protected final  void writeRtfFieldEnd(OutputStream out) throws IOException 
{
        out.write( RtfWriter.closeGroup );
}

Close the RtfField.

 abstract public  void writeRtfFieldInitializationStuff(OutputStream out) throws IOException
Abstract method for writing custom stuff to the Field
Initialization Stuff part of an RtfField.

 protected final  void writeRtfFieldInstBegin(OutputStream out) throws IOException 
{
        out.write( RtfWriter.openGroup );        
        out.write( RtfWriter.escape );
        out.write( RtfWriter.fieldContent );
        out.write( RtfWriter.delimiter );
}

Write RtfField Initialization Stuff to OutputStream.

 protected final  void writeRtfFieldInstEnd(OutputStream out) throws IOException 
{
        if (isAlt()) {
            out.write( fldAlt );
            out.write( RtfWriter.delimiter );
        }
        out.write( RtfWriter.closeGroup );
}

Write end of RtfField Initialization Stuff to OutputStream.

 protected final  void writeRtfFieldModifiers(OutputStream out) throws IOException 
{
        if (isDirty()) {
            out.write(fldDirty);
        }
        if (wasEdited()) {
            out.write(fldEdit);
        }
        if (isLocked()) {
            out.write(fldLock);
        }
        if (isPrivate()) {
            out.write(fldPriv);
        }
}

Write the modifiers defined for a RtfField to the OutputStream.

 protected final  void writeRtfFieldResultBegin(OutputStream out) throws IOException 
{
        out.write( RtfWriter.openGroup );        
        out.write( RtfWriter.escape );
        out.write( RtfWriter.fieldDisplay );
        out.write( RtfWriter.delimiter );
}

Write beginning of RtfField Result to OutputStream.

 protected final  void writeRtfFieldResultEnd(OutputStream out) throws IOException 
{
        out.write( RtfWriter.delimiter );
        out.write( RtfWriter.closeGroup );
}

Write end of RtfField Result to OutputStream.

 abstract public  void writeRtfFieldResultStuff(OutputStream out) throws IOException
Abstract method for writing custom stuff to the Field Result
part of an RtfField.