de.saar.basic
Class ExportUtilities

Object
  ExportUtilities

public class ExportUtilities
extends Object

This Class provides some utilities for printing SWING components. Components can be printed to a picture file, to a PDF or to a printer.

Author:

Michaela Regneri

Constructor Summary

ExportUtilities()

Method Summary

static void	exportPDF(JComponent component, String filename) Prints a JComponent to a PDF.
static void	exportPicture(JComponent comp, String name, String ext) Creates a picture out of a SWING component.
static void	printComponent(Component c) Print a component with a printer.

Methods inherited from class Object

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

Constructor Detail

ExportUtilities

public ExportUtilities()

Method Detail

printComponent

public static void printComponent(Component c)

Print a component with a printer. The standard printer dialog will be opened first.

Parameters:

c - the component to print

exportPDF

public static void exportPDF(JComponent component,
                             String filename)
                      throws IOException

Prints a JComponent to a PDF.

Parameters:

component - the component to print

filename - the filename of the PDF (has to end with .pdf)

Throws:

IOException

exportPicture

public static void exportPicture(JComponent comp,
                                 String name,
                                 String ext)
                          throws IOException

Creates a picture out of a SWING component.

Parameters:

comp - the component to export

name - the filename of the picture

ext - the picture type (the formats supported depend on platform and java version used)

Throws:

IOException

See Also:

ImageIO.getWriterFormatNames