/**
  * Creates a Table object based on this TableAttributes object.
  *
  * @return a com.lowagie.text.Table object
  * @throws BadElementException
  */
 public Table createTable() throws BadElementException {
   if (content.isEmpty()) throw new BadElementException("Trying to create a table without rows.");
   SimpleCell row = (SimpleCell) content.get(0);
   SimpleCell cell;
   int columns = 0;
   for (Iterator i = row.getContent().iterator(); i.hasNext(); ) {
     cell = (SimpleCell) i.next();
     columns += cell.getColspan();
   }
   float[] widths = new float[columns];
   float[] widthpercentages = new float[columns];
   Table table = new Table(columns);
   table.setAlignment(alignment);
   table.setSpacing(cellspacing);
   table.setPadding(cellpadding);
   table.cloneNonPositionParameters(this);
   int pos;
   for (Iterator rows = content.iterator(); rows.hasNext(); ) {
     row = (SimpleCell) rows.next();
     pos = 0;
     for (Iterator cells = row.getContent().iterator(); cells.hasNext(); ) {
       cell = (SimpleCell) cells.next();
       table.addCell(cell.createCell(row));
       if (cell.getColspan() == 1) {
         if (cell.getWidth() > 0) widths[pos] = cell.getWidth();
         if (cell.getWidthpercentage() > 0) widthpercentages[pos] = cell.getWidthpercentage();
       }
       pos += cell.getColspan();
     }
   }
   float sumWidths = 0f;
   for (int i = 0; i < columns; i++) {
     if (widths[i] == 0) {
       sumWidths = 0;
       break;
     }
     sumWidths += widths[i];
   }
   if (sumWidths > 0) {
     table.setWidth(sumWidths);
     table.setLocked(true);
     table.setWidths(widths);
   } else {
     for (int i = 0; i < columns; i++) {
       if (widthpercentages[i] == 0) {
         sumWidths = 0;
         break;
       }
       sumWidths += widthpercentages[i];
     }
     if (sumWidths > 0) {
       table.setWidths(widthpercentages);
     }
   }
   if (width > 0) {
     table.setWidth(width);
     table.setLocked(true);
   } else if (widthpercentage > 0) {
     table.setWidth(widthpercentage);
   }
   return table;
 }