org.odftoolkit.simple.common.field
Class AuthorField

java.lang.Object
  org.odftoolkit.simple.Component
      org.odftoolkit.simple.common.field.Field
          org.odftoolkit.simple.common.field.AuthorField

public class AuthorField
extends Field

An AuthorField represents the initials of the author or the full name of the author of a document.

NOTE: Before the document is opened in any editor, the value of this field is invalid.

Since:

0.5

Nested Class Summary

Nested classes/interfaces inherited from class org.odftoolkit.simple.common.field.Field

Field.FieldType

Method Summary

Field.FieldType	getFieldType() Return the type of this field.
OdfElement	getOdfElement() Return an instance of OdfElement which represents this feature.

Methods inherited from class org.odftoolkit.simple.Component

getComponentByElement, getOwnerDocument, registerComponent, unregisterComponent

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Method Detail

getOdfElement

public OdfElement getOdfElement()

Return an instance of OdfElement which represents this feature. If this is an initial author field, an instance of TextAuthorInitialsElement is returned, otherwise an instance of TextAuthorNameElement is returned.

Specified by:

getOdfElement in class Component

Returns:

an instance of OdfElement

getFieldType

public Field.FieldType getFieldType()

Description copied from class: Field

Return the type of this field.

Specified by:

getFieldType in class Field

Returns:

the type of this field.