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/*
 * $Id: Header.java 5075 2012-02-27 16:36:18Z blowagie $
 *
 * This file is part of the iText (R) project.
 * Copyright (c) 1998-2012 1T3XT BVBA
 * Authors: Bruno Lowagie, Paulo Soares, et al.
 *
 * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
 * it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License version 3
 * as published by the Free Software Foundation with the addition of the
 * following permission added to Section 15 as permitted in Section 7(a):
 * FOR ANY PART OF THE COVERED WORK IN WHICH THE COPYRIGHT IS OWNED BY 1T3XT,
 * 1T3XT DISCLAIMS THE WARRANTY OF NON INFRINGEMENT OF THIRD PARTY RIGHTS.
 *
 * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
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 * http://itextpdf.com/terms-of-use/
 *
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 * of this program must display Appropriate Legal Notices, as required under
 * Section 5 of the GNU Affero General Public License.
 *
 * In accordance with Section 7(b) of the GNU Affero General Public License,
 * a covered work must retain the producer line in every PDF that is created
 * or manipulated using iText.
 *
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 * a commercial license. Buying such a license is mandatory as soon as you
 * develop commercial activities involving the iText software without
 * disclosing the source code of your own applications.
 * These activities include: offering paid services to customers as an ASP,
 * serving PDFs on the fly in a web application, shipping iText with a closed
 * source product.
 *
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 */
package com.itextpdf.text;

/**
 * This is an Element that contains
 * some user defined meta information about the document.
 * 
 * Example:
 * 
 * Header header = new Header("inspired by", "William Shakespeare");
 * 
 *
 * @see		Element
 * @see		Meta
 */

public class Header extends Meta {
    
    // membervariables
    
	/** This is the content of this chunk of text. */
    private StringBuffer name;
    
    // constructors
    
    /**
     * Constructs a Meta.
     *
     * @param	name		the name of the meta-information
     * @param	content		the content
     */
    
    public Header(String name, String content) {
        super(Element.HEADER, content);
        this.name = new StringBuffer(name);
    }
    
    // methods to retrieve information

	/**
     * Returns the name of the meta information.
     *
     * @return	a String
     */
    public String getName() {
        return name.toString();
    }

}