protected Contents() 
{
           
      contents = new StringBuffer();
}

The constructor

 protected Contents(String s) 
{
      contents = new StringBuffer(s);
}

Constructor used when reading worksheets. The string contains all the formatting (but not alignment characters

Parameters:

s - the format string

 protected Contents(HeaderFooter.Contents copy) 
{
      contents = new StringBuffer(copy.getContents());
}

Copy constructor

Parameters:

copy - the contents to copy

 protected  void append(String txt) 
{
      appendInternal(txt);
}

Appends the text to the string buffer

 protected  void appendDate() 
{
      appendInternal(DATE);
}

Appends the current date

 protected  void appendPageNumber() 
{
      appendInternal(PAGENUM);
}

Appends the page number

 protected  void appendTime() 
{
      appendInternal(TIME);
}

Appends the current time

 protected  void appendTotalPages() 
{
      appendInternal(TOTAL_PAGENUM);
}

Appends the total number of pages

 protected  void appendWorkSheetName() 
{
      appendInternal(WORKSHEET_NAME);
}

Appends the worksheet name

 protected  void appendWorkbookName() 
{
      appendInternal(WORKBOOK_NAME);
}

Appends the workbook name

 protected  void clear() 
{
      contents = null;
}

Clears the contents of this portion

 protected boolean empty() 
{
      if (contents == null || contents.length() == 0)
      {
        return true;
      }
      else
      {
        return false;
      }
}

Queries if the contents are empty

 protected String getContents() 
{
      return contents != null ? contents.toString() : "";
}

Retrieves a Stringified version of this object

 protected  void setFontName(String fontName) 
{
      // Font name must be in quotations
      appendInternal("&\"");
      appendInternal(fontName);
      appendInternal('\"");
}

Sets the font of text subsequently appended to this object.. Previously appended text is not affected.

Note: no checking is performed to determine if fontName is a valid font.

 protected boolean setFontSize(int size) 
{
      if (size <  1 || size  > 99)
      {
        return false;
      }
      // A two digit number should be used -- even if the
      // leading number is just a zero.
      String fontSize;
      if (size <  10) 
      {
  	  // single-digit -- make two digit
        fontSize = "0" + size; 
      }
      else
      {
        fontSize = Integer.toString(size);
      }
      appendInternal('&");
      appendInternal(fontSize);
      return true;
}

Sets the font size of text subsequently appended to this object. Previously appended text is not affected.

Valid point sizes are between 1 and 99 (inclusive). If size is outside this range, this method returns false and does not change font size. If size is within this range, the font size is changed and true is returned.

 protected  void toggleBold() 
{
     appendInternal(BOLD_TOGGLE);
}

Turns bold printing on or off. Bold printing is initially off. Text subsequently appended to this object will be bolded until this method is called again.

 protected  void toggleDoubleUnderline() 
{
      appendInternal(DOUBLE_UNDERLINE_TOGGLE);
}

Turns double-underline printing on or off. Double-underline printing is initially off. Text subsequently appended to this object will be double-underlined until this method is called again.

 protected  void toggleItalics() 
{
      appendInternal(ITALICS_TOGGLE);
}

Turns italics printing on or off. Italics printing is initially off. Text subsequently appended to this object will be italicized until this method is called again.

 protected  void toggleOutline() 
{
     appendInternal(OUTLINE_TOGGLE);
}

Turns outline printing on or off (Macintosh only). Outline printing is initially off. Text subsequently appended to this object will be outlined until this method is called again.

 protected  void toggleShadow() 
{
      appendInternal(SHADOW_TOGGLE);
}

Turns shadow printing on or off (Macintosh only). Shadow printing is initially off. Text subsequently appended to this object will be shadowed until this method is called again.

 protected  void toggleStrikethrough() 
{
      appendInternal(STRIKETHROUGH_TOGGLE);
}

Turns strikethrough printing on or off. Strikethrough printing is initially off. Text subsequently appended to this object will be striked out until this method is called again.

 protected  void toggleSubScript() 
{
      appendInternal(SUBSCRIPT_TOGGLE);
}

Turns subscript printing on or off. Subscript printing is initially off. Text subsequently appended to this object will be subscripted until this method is called again.

 protected  void toggleSuperScript() 
{
      appendInternal(SUPERSCRIPT_TOGGLE);
}

Turns superscript printing on or off. Superscript printing is initially off. Text subsequently appended to this object will be superscripted until this method is called again.

 protected  void toggleUnderline() 
{
      appendInternal(UNDERLINE_TOGGLE);
}

Turns underline printing on or off. Underline printing is initially off. Text subsequently appended to this object will be underlined until this method is called again.