planetj.helpers
Interface IPDFGenerator

All Known Implementing Classes:

PDFHelper

public interface IPDFGenerator

A Class which can be used to generate PDF data. Implementors should provide a default constructor

Method Summary

java.lang.Object

generatePDF(java.lang.Object source, PDFFileDescriptor descriptor, ExecutingContext ec) Generates PDF for an object.

Method Detail

generatePDF

public java.lang.Object generatePDF(java.lang.Object source,
                                    PDFFileDescriptor descriptor,
                                    ExecutingContext ec)
                             throws CMException

Generates PDF for an object. The PDFFileDescriptor contains configuration options for the PDF, including where it is output to.

Parameters:

source - The data from which the PDF will be generated

descriptor - The PDFFile descriptor containing configuration options for the output

Throws:

CMException