/*
 * $Id: RtfAddableElement.java,v 1.2 2006/10/03 15:23:37 hallm Exp $
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package com.lowagie.text.rtf;

import com.lowagie.text.Chunk;
import com.lowagie.text.Font;
import com.lowagie.text.rtf.document.RtfDocument;

/**
 * The RtfAddableElement is the superclass for all rtf specific elements
 * that need to be added to an iText document. It is an extension of Chunk
 * and it also implements RtfBasicElement. It is an abstract class thus it
 * cannot be instantiated itself and has to be subclassed to be used.
 * 
 * @version $Revision: 1.2 $
 * @author Mark Hall (mhall@edu.uni-klu.ac.at)
 */
public abstract class RtfAddableElement extends Chunk implements RtfBasicElement {

	/**
	 * The RtfDocument this RtfAddableElement belongs to.
	 */
	protected RtfDocument doc = null;
	/**
	 * Whether this RtfAddableElement is contained in a table.
	 */
	protected boolean inTable = false;
	/**
	 * Whether this RtfAddableElement is contained in a header.
	 */
	protected boolean inHeader = false;
	
	/**
	 * Constructs a new RtfAddableElement. The Chunk content is
	 * set to an empty string and the font to the default Font().
	 */
	public RtfAddableElement() {
		super("", new Font());
	}

	/**
	 * Subclasses have to implement this method.
	 */
	public abstract byte[] write();

	/**
	 * Sets the RtfDocument this RtfAddableElement belongs to
	 */
	public void setRtfDocument(RtfDocument doc) {
		this.doc = doc;
	}

	/**
	 * Sets whether this RtfAddableElement is contained in a table.
	 */
	public void setInTable(boolean inTable) {
		this.inTable = inTable;
	}

	/**
	 * Sets whether this RtfAddableElement is contained in a header/footer.
	 */
	public void setInHeader(boolean inHeader) {
		this.inHeader = inHeader;
	}

    /**
     * Transforms an integer into its String representation and then returns the bytes
     * of that string.
     *
     * @param i The integer to convert
     * @return A byte array representing the integer
     */
    public byte[] intToByteArray(int i) {
        return Integer.toString(i).getBytes();
    }
    
    /**
     *  RtfAddableElement subclasses are never assumed to be empty.
     */
    public boolean isEmpty() {
        return false;
    }
}
