org.freedesktop.cairo
Class SvgSurface

Object
  org.freedesktop.bindings.Pointer
      org.freedesktop.bindings.Proxy
          org.freedesktop.cairo.Surface
              org.freedesktop.cairo.SvgSurface

public class SvgSurface
extends Surface

A Surface that you can use to write to a SVG file. You should use it as in the following example:

 surface = new SvgSurface(filename, 100, 100);
 cr = new Context(surface);
 
 // do drawing 
 
 // and write to the file
 surface.finish();
 

It is important to call finish() at the end, to ensure contents are actually written to the file.

Since:

4.0.10

Author:

Vreixo Formoso

Constructor Summary

SvgSurface(String filename, double width, double height)
Create a new SvgSurface.

Method Summary

Methods inherited from class org.freedesktop.cairo.Surface

copyPage, createSimilar, finish, flush, showPage, writeToPNG

Methods inherited from class org.freedesktop.bindings.Pointer

toString

Methods inherited from class Object

equals, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

SvgSurface

public SvgSurface(String filename,
                  double width,
                  double height)
           throws IOException

Create a new SvgSurface.

Parameters:

filename - The file to write to.

width - width of the surface, in points (1 point == 1/72.0 inch)

height - height of the surface, in points (1 point == 1/72.0 inch)

Throws:

IOException - If you do not have write permissions on the given file.