AbstractIFDocumentHandlerMaker (Apache FOP 2.4 API)

java.lang.Object
- org.apache.fop.render.intermediate.AbstractIFDocumentHandlerMaker

Direct Known Subclasses:

AFPDocumentHandlerMaker, IFSerializerMaker, PCLDocumentHandlerMaker, PDFDocumentHandlerMaker, PNGDocumentHandlerMaker, PSDocumentHandlerMaker, TIFFDocumentHandlerMaker
```
public abstract class AbstractIFDocumentHandlerMaker
extends java.lang.Object
```
Base class for factory classes which instantiate IFDocumentHandlers and provide information about them.

Constructor Summary

Constructors
Constructor Description

AbstractIFDocumentHandlerMaker()

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods Concrete Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`abstract java.lang.String[]`	`getSupportedMimeTypes()`
`boolean`	`isMimeTypeSupported(java.lang.String mimeType)`	Indicates whether a specific MIME type is supported by this document handler.
`abstract IFDocumentHandler`	`makeIFDocumentHandler(IFContext ifContext)`	Instantiates a new `IFDocumentHandler`.
`abstract boolean`	`needsOutputStream()`

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

- Constructor Detail
  - AbstractIFDocumentHandlerMaker
```
public AbstractIFDocumentHandlerMaker()
```
- Method Detail
  - makeIFDocumentHandler
```
public abstract IFDocumentHandler makeIFDocumentHandler(IFContext ifContext)
```
    Instantiates a new IFDocumentHandler.
    
    Parameters:
    
    ifContext - the user agent
    
    Returns:
    
    the newly instantiated document handler
  - needsOutputStream
```
public abstract boolean needsOutputStream()
```
    Returns:
    
    Indicates whether this document handler requires an OutputStream to work with.
  - getSupportedMimeTypes
```
public abstract java.lang.String[] getSupportedMimeTypes()
```
    Returns:
    
    an array of MIME types the document handler supports.
  - isMimeTypeSupported
```
public boolean isMimeTypeSupported(java.lang.String mimeType)
```
    Indicates whether a specific MIME type is supported by this document handler.
    
    Parameters:
    
    mimeType - the MIME type (ex. "application/pdf")
    
    Returns:
    
    true if the MIME type is supported