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using System;
using System.Collections;
/*
* $Id: IElement.cs,v 1.4 2008/05/13 11:25:10 psoares33 Exp $
*
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namespace iTextSharp.text {
/// <summary>
/// Interface for a text element.
/// </summary>
/// <seealso cref="T:iTextSharp.text.Anchor"/>
/// <seealso cref="T:iTextSharp.text.Cell"/>
/// <seealso cref="T:iTextSharp.text.Chapter"/>
/// <seealso cref="T:iTextSharp.text.Chunk"/>
/// <seealso cref="T:iTextSharp.text.Gif"/>
/// <seealso cref="T:iTextSharp.text.Graphic"/>
/// <seealso cref="T:iTextSharp.text.Header"/>
/// <seealso cref="T:iTextSharp.text.Image"/>
/// <seealso cref="T:iTextSharp.text.Jpeg"/>
/// <seealso cref="T:iTextSharp.text.List"/>
/// <seealso cref="T:iTextSharp.text.ListItem"/>
/// <seealso cref="T:iTextSharp.text.Meta"/>
/// <seealso cref="T:iTextSharp.text.Paragraph"/>
/// <seealso cref="T:iTextSharp.text.Phrase"/>
/// <seealso cref="T:iTextSharp.text.Rectangle"/>
/// <seealso cref="T:iTextSharp.text.Row"/>
/// <seealso cref="T:iTextSharp.text.Section"/>
/// <seealso cref="T:iTextSharp.text.Table"/>
public interface IElement {
// methods
/// <summary>
/// Processes the element by adding it (or the different parts) to an
/// IElementListener.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="listener">an IElementListener</param>
/// <returns>true if the element was processed successfully</returns>
bool Process(IElementListener listener);
/// <summary>
/// Gets the type of the text element.
/// </summary>
/// <value>a type</value>
int Type {
get;
}
/**
* Checks if this element is a content object.
* If not, it's a metadata object.
* @since iText 2.0.8
* @return true if this is a 'content' element; false if this is a 'medadata' element
*/
bool IsContent();
/**
* Checks if this element is nestable.
* @since iText 2.0.8
* @return true if this element can be nested inside other elements.
*/
bool IsNestable();
/// <summary>
/// Gets all the chunks in this element.
/// </summary>
/// <value>an ArrayList</value>
ArrayList Chunks {
get;
}
/// <summary>
/// Gets the content of the text element.
/// </summary>
/// <returns>the content of the text element</returns>
string ToString();
}
}