AbstractRenderingContext (Apache FOP Core 2.11 API)
Date: 2025-04-24

org.apache.fop.render

## Class AbstractRenderingContext

- java.lang.Object
- - org.apache.fop.render.AbstractRenderingContext

- All Implemented Interfaces:
    RenderingContext
  Direct Known Subclasses:
    AFPRenderingContext, Java2DRenderingContext, PCLRenderingContext, PDFRenderingContext, PSRenderingContext

      public abstract class AbstractRenderingContext
      extends Object
      implements RenderingContext

  Abstract base class for RenderingContext implementations.

- - ### Constructor Summary

    Constructors
    Constructor and Description
    `AbstractRenderingContext(FOUserAgent userAgent)` Main constructor.

  - ### Method Summary

    All Methods Instance Methods Concrete Methods
    Modifier and Type | Method and Description
    --- | ---
    `Object` | `getHint(Object key)` Returns a hint identified by a key.
    `Map` | `getHints()` Returns an unmodifiable representation of all hints.
    `FOUserAgent` | `getUserAgent()` Returns the user agent.
    `void` | `putHint(Object key, Object value)` Sets an additional hint, overriding an existing hint.
    `void` | `putHints(Map additionalHints)` Adds additional hints to the existing hints, overriding existing hints.

    - ### Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

      `clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait`

    - ### Methods inherited from interface org.apache.fop.render.RenderingContext

      `getMimeType`

- - ### Constructor Detail

    - #### AbstractRenderingContext

          public AbstractRenderingContext(FOUserAgent userAgent)

      Main constructor.
      Parameters:
        `userAgent` - the user agent

  - ### Method Detail

    - #### getUserAgent

          public FOUserAgent getUserAgent()

      Returns the user agent.
      Specified by:
        `getUserAgent` in interface `RenderingContext`
      Returns:
        The user agent

    - #### putHints

          public void putHints(Map additionalHints)

      Adds additional hints to the existing hints, overriding existing hints.
      Specified by:
        `putHints` in interface `RenderingContext`
      Parameters:
        `additionalHints` - a map of additional hints

    - #### putHint

          public void putHint(Object key,
                              Object value)

      Sets an additional hint, overriding an existing hint.
      Specified by:
        `putHint` in interface `RenderingContext`
      Parameters:
        `key` - the key
        `value` - the value

    - #### getHints

          public Map getHints()

      Returns an unmodifiable representation of all hints.
      Specified by:
        `getHints` in interface `RenderingContext`
      Returns:
        the hints

    - #### getHint

          public Object getHint(Object key)

      Returns a hint identified by a key.
      Specified by:
        `getHint` in interface `RenderingContext`
      Parameters:
        `key` - the key
      Returns:
        the hint or null if no hint with the given key could be found

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