http://xmlgraphics.apache.org/fop/: Apache FOP (Formatting Objects Processor) is the world's first print formatter driven by XSL formatting objects (XSL-FO) and the world's first output independent formatter. It is a Java application that reads a formatting object (FO) tree and renders the resulting pages to a specified output. Output formats currently supported include PDF, PCL, PS, AFP, TIFF, PNG, SVG, XML (area tree representation), Print, AWT and TXT. The primary output target is PDF. (Apache Software Foundation) 
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/* $Id: StructuredData.java 1297404 2012-03-06 10:17:54Z vhennebert $ */

package org.apache.fop.afp;


An AFP object which is able to know its own data length prior to writeToStream()

/**
 * An AFP object which is able to know its own data length prior to writeToStream()
 */
public interface StructuredData {

    
Returns the data length of this structured field

Returns:the data length of this structured field
/**
     * Returns the data length of this structured field
     *
     * @return the data length of this structured field
     */
    int getDataLength();
}