## com.lowagie.text
Class HeaderFooter

    java.lang.Object
      com.lowagie.text.Rectangle
          com.lowagie.text.HeaderFooter

All Implemented Interfaces:
  Element, MarkupAttributes

Direct Known Subclasses:
  RtfHeaderFooter, RtfHeaderFooter, RtfHeaderFooterGroup, RtfHeaderFooters

    public class HeaderFooter

extends Rectangle
implements MarkupAttributes

A `HeaderFooter`-object is a `Rectangle` with text that can be put above and/or below every page.

Example:

>      HeaderFooter header = new HeaderFooter(new Phrase("This is a header."), false);
>      HeaderFooter footer = new HeaderFooter(new Phrase("This is page "), new Phrase("."));
>      document.setHeader(header);
>      document.setFooter(footer);

Field Summary
`private Phrase` `after` This is the `Phrase` that comes after the pagenumber.
`private int` `alignment` This is alignment of the header/footer.
`private Phrase` `before` This is the `Phrase` that comes before the pagenumber.
`private boolean` `numbered` Does the page contain a pagenumber?
`private int` `pageN` This is number of the page.

Fields inherited from class com.lowagie.text.Rectangle
`background, border, borderColorBottom, borderColorLeft, borderColorRight, borderColorTop, borderWidth, borderWidthBottom, borderWidthLeft, borderWidthRight, borderWidthTop, BOTTOM, BOX, color, LEFT, llx, lly, markupAttributes, NO_BORDER, RIGHT, rotation, TOP, UNDEFINED, urx, ury, useVariableBorders`

Fields inherited from interface com.lowagie.text.Element

`ALIGN_BASELINE, ALIGN_BOTTOM, ALIGN_CENTER, ALIGN_JUSTIFIED, ALIGN_JUSTIFIED_ALL, ALIGN_LEFT, ALIGN_MIDDLE, ALIGN_RIGHT, ALIGN_TOP, ALIGN_UNDEFINED, ANCHOR, ANNOTATION, AUTHOR, CCITT_BLACKIS1, CCITT_ENCODEDBYTEALIGN, CCITT_ENDOFBLOCK, CCITT_ENDOFLINE, CCITTG3_1D, CCITTG3_2D, CCITTG4, CELL, CHAPTER, CHUNK, CREATIONDATE, CREATOR, GRAPHIC, HEADER, IMGRAW, IMGTEMPLATE, JPEG, KEYWORDS, LIST, LISTITEM, MULTI_COLUMN_TEXT, PARAGRAPH, PHRASE, PRODUCER, PTABLE, RECTANGLE, ROW, SECTION, SUBJECT, TABLE, TITLE`

Constructor Summary
`HeaderFooter(Phrase before, boolean numbered)` Constructs a `Header`-object with a pagenumber at the end.
`HeaderFooter(Phrase before, Phrase after)` Constructs a `HeaderFooter`-object.

Method Summary
`int` `alignment()` Gets the alignment of this HeaderFooter.
`Phrase` `getAfter()` Gets the part that comes after the pageNumber.
`Phrase` `getBefore()` Gets the part that comes before the pageNumber.
`boolean` `isNumbered()` Checks if the HeaderFooter contains a page number.
`Paragraph` `paragraph()` Gets the `Paragraph` that can be used as header or footer.
`void` `setAlignment(int alignment)` Sets the alignment.
`void` `setPageNumber(int pageN)` Sets the page number.

Methods inherited from class com.lowagie.text.Rectangle

`backgroundColor, border, borderColor, borderWidth, bottom, bottom, cloneNonPositionParameters, disableBorderSide, enableBorderSide, getBorderColorBottom, getBorderColorLeft, getBorderColorRight, getBorderColorTop, getBorderWidthBottom, getBorderWidthLeft, getBorderWidthRight, getBorderWidthTop, getChunks, getMarkupAttribute, getMarkupAttributeNames, getMarkupAttributes, getRotation, grayFill, hasBorder, hasBorders, height, isUseVariableBorders, left, left, normalize, process, rectangle, right, right, rotate, setBackgroundColor, setBorder, setBorderColor, setBorderColorBottom, setBorderColorLeft, setBorderColorRight, setBorderColorTop, setBorderWidth, setBorderWidthBottom, setBorderWidthLeft, setBorderWidthRight, setBorderWidthTop, setBottom, setGrayFill, setLeft, setMarkupAttribute, setMarkupAttributes, setRight, setTop, setUseVariableBorders, softCloneNonPositionParameters, top, top, toString, type, width`

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

Methods inherited from interface com.lowagie.text.MarkupAttributes
`getMarkupAttribute, getMarkupAttributeNames, getMarkupAttributes, setMarkupAttribute, setMarkupAttributes`

Methods inherited from interface com.lowagie.text.Element
`getChunks, process, toString, type`

Field Detail

### numbered

    private boolean numbered

  Does the page contain a pagenumber?

### before

    private Phrase before

  This is the `Phrase` that comes before the pagenumber.

### pageN

    private int pageN

  This is number of the page.

### after

    private Phrase after

  This is the `Phrase` that comes after the pagenumber.

### alignment

    private int alignment

  This is alignment of the header/footer.

Constructor Detail

### HeaderFooter

    public HeaderFooter(Phrase before,
                        Phrase after)

  Constructs a `HeaderFooter`-object.

  Parameters:
    `before` - the `Phrase` before the pagenumber
    `after` - the `Phrase` before the pagenumber

### HeaderFooter

    public HeaderFooter(Phrase before,
                        boolean numbered)

  Constructs a `Header`-object with a pagenumber at the end.

  Parameters:
    `before` - the `Phrase` before the pagenumber
    `numbered` - `true` if the page has to be numbered

Method Detail

### isNumbered

    public boolean isNumbered()

  Checks if the HeaderFooter contains a page number.

  Returns:
    true if the page has to be numbered

### getBefore

    public Phrase getBefore()

  Gets the part that comes before the pageNumber.

  Returns:
    a Phrase

### getAfter

    public Phrase getAfter()

  Gets the part that comes after the pageNumber.

  Returns:
    a Phrase

### setPageNumber

    public void setPageNumber(int pageN)

  Sets the page number.

  Parameters:
    `pageN` - the new page number

### setAlignment

    public void setAlignment(int alignment)

  Sets the alignment.

  Parameters:
    `alignment` - the new alignment

### paragraph

    public Paragraph paragraph()

  Gets the `Paragraph` that can be used as header or footer.

  Returns:
    a `Paragraph`

### alignment

    public int alignment()

  Gets the alignment of this HeaderFooter.

  Returns:
    alignment