Thanks for the pointers.
The intended meaning of un-"touched" was to say that no line-breaking or
other processing takes place on the elements, just returning the element
list.
What is unclear to me is how I can get the element list for a specific
table-cell. Here is what how I see things :
1. create a TableRowIterator for the table-body elements
2. do a prefetchAll()
3. Iterate over row = EffRow[] getNextRowGroup()
3.1 Get the element list of each table-cell ? This is where I am
unsure how I should get the element lists :
row.getGridUnits().getPrimary().getElements() ?
3.2 Once I have the element list of the cell I can easily get its
"full" length.
As well, is there any reading I can do to get a deeper understanding of
GridUnits ?
Thank you,
Patrick Paul
Andreas L Delmelle wrote:
On Jul 18, 2006, at 21:30, Patrick Paul wrote:
Now I need a little pointer on how best to fly over table rows
without "touching" them. I have some idea but I would prefer to
check with the experts.
Tricky indeed... the TableRowIterator constructs the very list it is
supposed to iterate over
--I mean: it creates the elements from another list instead of simply
returning them un-"touched".
prefetchAll() is unused ATM, exactly because you would "touch" all
rows (if I catch your intended meaning of that word correctly?)
OTOH, that method seems to have been added with auto-layout in mind
anyway, so give it a shot, but mind the large tables...
Seems like, instead of simply prefetchNext(), you could try refining
it to:
1) prefetchNext() [= get the row *group*, minor yet important detail]
2) doing what you need [= calculate content-length?]
3) immediately dispose of it
Another option would be to use an altered version of prefetchNext()
altogether.
HTH!
Cheers,
Andreas
