/*
 * $Id$
 *
 * Copyright 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004 by Mark Hall
 *
 * The contents of this file are subject to the Mozilla Public License Version 1.1
 * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
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 *
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 * The Original Code is 'iText, a free JAVA-PDF library'.
 *
 * The Initial Developer of the Original Code is Bruno Lowagie. Portions created by
 * the Initial Developer are Copyright (C) 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002 by Bruno Lowagie.
 * All Rights Reserved.
 * Co-Developer of the code is Paulo Soares. Portions created by the Co-Developer
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 * Co-Developer of the code is Mark Hall. Portions created by the Co-Developer are
 * Copyright (C) 2006 by Mark Hall. All Rights Reserved
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package com.lowagie.text.rtf.text;

import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.OutputStream;
import java.util.ArrayList;

import com.lowagie.text.rtf.RtfAddableElement;

/**
 * The RtfTabGroup is a convenience class if the same tabs are to be added
 * to multiple paragraphs.<br /><br />
 * 
 * <code>RtfTabGroup tabs = new RtfTabGroup();<br />
 * tabs.add(new RtfTab(70, RtfTab.TAB_LEFT_ALIGN));<br />
 * tabs.add(new RtfTab(160, RtfTab.TAB_CENTER_ALIGN));<br />
 * tabs.add(new RtfTab(250, RtfTab.TAB_DECIMAL_ALIGN));<br />
 * tabs.add(new RtfTab(500, RtfTab.TAB_RIGHT_ALIGN));<br />
 * Paragraph para = new Paragraph();<br />
 * para.add(tabs);<br />
 * para.add("\tLeft aligned\tCentre aligned\t12,45\tRight aligned");</code>
 * 
 * @version $Id$
 * @author Mark Hall (Mark.Hall@mail.room3b.eu)
 * @author Thomas Bickel (tmb99@inode.at)
 */
public class RtfTabGroup extends RtfAddableElement {
	/**
	 * The tabs to add.
	 */
	private ArrayList tabs = null;

	/**
	 * Constructs an empty RtfTabGroup.
	 */
	public RtfTabGroup() {
		this.tabs = new ArrayList();
	}
	
	/**
	 * Constructs a RtfTabGroup with a set of tabs.
	 * 
	 * @param tabs An ArrayList with the RtfTabs to group in this RtfTabGroup.
	 */
	public RtfTabGroup(ArrayList tabs) {
		this.tabs = new ArrayList();
		for(int i = 0; i < tabs.size(); i++) {
			if(tabs.get(i) instanceof RtfTab) {
				this.tabs.add(tabs.get(i));
			}
		}
	}
	
	/**
	 * Adds a RtfTab to the list of grouped tabs.
	 * 
	 * @param tab The RtfTab to add.
	 */
	public void add(RtfTab tab) {
		this.tabs.add(tab);
	}
	
    /**
     * Combines the tab output form all grouped tabs.
     */    
    public void writeContent(final OutputStream result) throws IOException
    {
    	for(int i = 0; i < this.tabs.size(); i++) {
    		RtfTab rt = (RtfTab) this.tabs.get(i);
    		rt.writeContent(result);
    	}
    }        
	
}