code: protected void copyFormat(PdfPTable sourceTable) {
          relativeWidths = new float[sourceTable.getNumberOfColumns()];
          absoluteWidths = new float[sourceTable.getNumberOfColumns()];
          System.arraycopy(sourceTable.relativeWidths, 0, relativeWidths, 0, getNumberOfColumns());
          System.arraycopy(sourceTable.absoluteWidths, 0, absoluteWidths, 0, getNumberOfColumns());
          totalWidth = sourceTable.totalWidth;
          totalHeight = sourceTable.totalHeight;
          currentRowIdx = 0;
          tableEvent = sourceTable.tableEvent;
          runDirection = sourceTable.runDirection;
          defaultCell = new PdfPCell(sourceTable.defaultCell);
          currentRow = new PdfPCell[sourceTable.currentRow.length];
          isColspan = sourceTable.isColspan;
          splitRows = sourceTable.splitRows;
          spacingAfter = sourceTable.spacingAfter;
          spacingBefore = sourceTable.spacingBefore;
          headerRows = sourceTable.headerRows;
          footerRows = sourceTable.footerRows;
          lockedWidth = sourceTable.lockedWidth;
          extendLastRow = sourceTable.extendLastRow;
          headersInEvent = sourceTable.headersInEvent;
          widthPercentage = sourceTable.widthPercentage;
          splitLate = sourceTable.splitLate;
          skipFirstHeader = sourceTable.skipFirstHeader;
          skipLastFooter = sourceTable.skipLastFooter;
          horizontalAlignment = sourceTable.horizontalAlignment;
          keepTogether = sourceTable.keepTogether;
          complete = sourceTable.complete;
      }
docs: Copies the format of the sourceTable without copying the content.
  
  @param sourceTable
  @since	2.1.6 private is now protected