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Class LayoutCollector

  • java.lang.Object
    • com.aspose.words.LayoutCollector
public class LayoutCollector 
extends java.lang.Object

This class allows to compute page numbers of document nodes.

When you create a LayoutCollector and specify a Document document object to attach to, the collector will record mapping of document nodes to layout objects when the document is formatted into pages.

You will be able to find out on which page a particular document node (e.g. run, paragraph or table cell) is located by using the getStartPageIndex(com.aspose.words.Node), getEndPageIndex(com.aspose.words.Node) and getNumPagesSpanned(com.aspose.words.Node) methods. These methods automatically build page layout model of the document and update fields if required.

When you no longer need to collect layout information, it is best to set the Document property to null to avoid unnecessary collection of more layout mappings.

Constructor Summary
LayoutCollector(Document doc)
Initializes an instance of this class.
 
Property Getters/Setters Summary
DocumentgetDocument()
void
setDocument(Document value)
           Gets or sets the document this collector instance is attached to.
 
Method Summary
voidclear()
Clears all collected layout data. Call this method after document was manually updated, or layout was rebuilt.
intgetEndPageIndex(Node node)
Gets 1-based index of the page where node ends. Returns 0 if node cannot be mapped to a page.
java.lang.ObjectgetEntity(Node node)
Returns an opaque position of the LayoutEnumerator which corresponds to the specified node. You can use returned value as an argument to LayoutEnumerator.Current given the document being enumerated and the document of the node are the same.
intgetNumPagesSpanned(Node node)
Gets number of pages the specified node spans. 0 if node is within a single page. This is the same as getEndPageIndex(com.aspose.words.Node) - getStartPageIndex(com.aspose.words.Node).
intgetStartPageIndex(Node node)
Gets 1-based index of the page where node begins. Returns 0 if node cannot be mapped to a page.
 

    • Constructor Detail

      • LayoutCollector

        public LayoutCollector(Document doc)
        Initializes an instance of this class.
        Parameters:
        doc - The document to which this collector instance will be attached to.

    • Property Getters/Setters Detail

      • getDocument/setDocument

        public Document getDocument() / public void setDocument(Document value)
        Gets or sets the document this collector instance is attached to. If you need to access page indexes of the document nodes you need to set this property to point to a document instance, before page layout of the document is built. It is best to set this property to null afterwards, otherwise the collector continues to accumulate information from subsequent rebuilds of the document's page layout.

    • Method Detail

      • clear

        public void clear()
        Clears all collected layout data. Call this method after document was manually updated, or layout was rebuilt.

      • getEndPageIndex

        public int getEndPageIndex(Node node)
                   throws java.lang.Exception
        Gets 1-based index of the page where node ends. Returns 0 if node cannot be mapped to a page.

      • getEntity

        public java.lang.Object getEntity(Node node)
                throws java.lang.Exception
        Returns an opaque position of the LayoutEnumerator which corresponds to the specified node. You can use returned value as an argument to LayoutEnumerator.Current given the document being enumerated and the document of the node are the same.

        This method works for only Paragraph nodes, as well as indivisible inline nodes, e.g. BookmarkStart or Shape. It doesn't work for Run, CellRow or Table nodes, and nodes within header/footer.

        Note that the entity returned for a Paragraph node is a paragraph break span. Use the appropriate method to ascend to the parent line

        If you need to navigate to a Run of text then you can insert bookmark right before it and then navigate to the bookmark instead.

        If you need to navigate to a Cell node then you can move to a Paragraph node in this cell and then ascend to a parent entity. The same approach can be used for Row and Table nodes.

      • getStartPageIndex

        public int getStartPageIndex(Node node)
                     throws java.lang.Exception
        Gets 1-based index of the page where node begins. Returns 0 if node cannot be mapped to a page.