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 * Copyright 2003 Paulo Soares
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package com.lowagie.text.pdf;

import com.lowagie.text.Rectangle;

/** An event called for a single cell.
 * @author Paulo Soares ([email protected])
 */
public interface PdfPCellEvent {
    /** This method is called at the end of the cell rendering. The text or graphics are added to
     * one of the 4 PdfContentByte contained in
     * canvases.

     * The indexes to canvases are:
     * 

     * PdfPTable.BASECANVAS - the original PdfContentByte. Anything placed here
     * will be under the cell.
     * 
PdfPTable.BACKGROUNDCANVAS - the layer where the background goes to.
     * 
PdfPTable.LINECANVAS - the layer where the lines go to.
     * 
PdfPTable.TEXTCANVAS - the layer where the text go to. Anything placed here
     * will be over the cell.
     * 
     * The layers are placed in sequence on top of each other.
     * 
     * @param cell the cell
     * @param position the coordinates of the cell
     * @param canvases an array of PdfContentByte
     */    
    public void cellLayout(PdfPCell cell, Rectangle position, PdfContentByte[] canvases);
}