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/*
 * $Id: RtfBasicElement.java 3580 2008-08-06 15:52:00Z howard_s $
 *
 * Copyright 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004 by Mark Hall
 *
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 * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
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 * The Original Code is 'iText, a free JAVA-PDF library'.
 *
 * The Initial Developer of the Original Code is Bruno Lowagie. Portions created by
 * the Initial Developer are Copyright (C) 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002 by Bruno Lowagie.
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package com.lowagie.text.rtf;

import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.OutputStream;

import com.lowagie.text.DocWriter;
import com.lowagie.text.RtfElementInterface;
import com.lowagie.text.rtf.document.RtfDocument;

/**
 * The RtfBasicElement interface defines the interface for elements that can
 * be added to the RtfWriter.
 *
 * @version $Id: RtfBasicElement.java 3580 2008-08-06 15:52:00Z howard_s $
 * @author Mark Hall (Mark.Hall@mail.room3b.eu)
 * @author Thomas Bickel (tmb99@inode.at)
 */
public interface RtfBasicElement extends RtfElementInterface {
    /**
     * Constant for the beginning of a rtf group
     */
    public static final byte[] OPEN_GROUP = DocWriter.getISOBytes("{");
    /**
     * Constant for the end of an rtf group
     */
    public static final byte[] CLOSE_GROUP = DocWriter.getISOBytes("}");
    /**
     * Constant for a delimiter in rtf
     */
    public static final byte[] DELIMITER = DocWriter.getISOBytes(" ");
    /**
     * Constant for a comma delimiter in rtf
     */
    public static final byte[] COMMA_DELIMITER = DocWriter.getISOBytes(";");
    /**
     * The factor to use for translating from iText to rtf measurements
     */
    public static final double TWIPS_FACTOR = 20;

    /**
     * Writes the element content to the given output stream.
     * 
     * @param out The <code>OutputStream</code> to write the content to
     */
    public void writeContent(OutputStream out) throws IOException;

    /**
     * Sets the RtfDocument this RtfElement belongs to
     * 
     * @param doc The @link{com.lowagie.text.rtf.document.RtfDocument} this <code>RtfElement</code> belongs to
     */
    public void setRtfDocument(RtfDocument doc);

    /**
     * Sets whether this RtfBasicElement is in a table
     * 
     * @param inTable Whether this RtfBasicElement is in a table
     */
    public void setInTable(boolean inTable);

    /**
     * Sets whether this RtfBasicElement is in a header
     * 
     * @param inHeader Whether this RtfBasicElement is in a header
     */
    public void setInHeader(boolean inHeader);
}