com.lowagie.text.pdf: public class: PdfIndirectObject

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public class: PdfIndirectObject [javadoc | source]

java.lang.Object
   com.lowagie.text.pdf.PdfIndirectObject

PdfIndirectObject is the Pdf indirect object.

An indirect object is an object that has been labeled so that it can be referenced by other objects. Any type of PdfObject may be labeled as an indirect object.
An indirect object consists of an object identifier, a direct object, and the endobj keyword. The object identifier consists of an integer object number, an integer generation number, and the obj keyword.
This object is described in the 'Portable Document Format Reference Manual version 1.7' section 3.2.9 (page 63-65).

Also see:

PdfObject

PdfIndirectReference

Field Summary
protected int	number	The object number
protected int	generation	the generation number
static final byte[]	STARTOBJ
static final byte[]	ENDOBJ
static final int	SIZEOBJ
PdfObject	object
PdfWriter	writer

Constructor:

Constructor:
PdfIndirectObject(int number, PdfObject object, PdfWriter writer) { this(number, 0, object, writer); } Constructs a `PdfIndirectObject`. Parameters: `number` - the object number `object` - the direct object
PdfIndirectObject(PdfIndirectReference ref, PdfObject object, PdfWriter writer) { this(ref.getNumber(),ref.getGeneration(),object,writer); }
PdfIndirectObject(int number, int generation, PdfObject object, PdfWriter writer) { this.writer = writer; this.number = number; this.generation = generation; this.object = object; PdfEncryption crypto = null; if (writer != null) crypto = writer.getEncryption(); if (crypto != null) { crypto.setHashKey(number, generation); } } Constructs a `PdfIndirectObject`. Parameters: `number` - the object number `generation` - the generation number `object` - the direct object

 PdfIndirectObject(int number,
    PdfObject object,
    PdfWriter writer) {
        this(number, 0, object, writer);
}

PdfIndirectObject

Parameters:

number - the object number

object - the direct object

 PdfIndirectObject(PdfIndirectReference ref,
    PdfObject object,
    PdfWriter writer) {
        this(ref.getNumber(),ref.getGeneration(),object,writer);
}

 PdfIndirectObject(int number,
    int generation,
    PdfObject object,
    PdfWriter writer) {
        this.writer = writer;
        this.number = number;
        this.generation = generation;
        this.object = object;
        PdfEncryption crypto = null;
        if (writer != null)
            crypto = writer.getEncryption();
        if (crypto != null) {
            crypto.setHashKey(number, generation);
        }
}

PdfIndirectObject

Parameters:

number - the object number

generation - the generation number

object - the direct object

Method from com.lowagie.text.pdf.PdfIndirectObject Summary:
getIndirectReference, writeTo

Methods from java.lang.Object:
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Method from com.lowagie.text.pdf.PdfIndirectObject Detail:
public PdfIndirectReference getIndirectReference() { return new PdfIndirectReference(object.type(), number, generation); } Returns a `PdfIndirectReference` to this `PdfIndirectObject`.
void writeTo(OutputStream os) throws IOException { os.write(DocWriter.getISOBytes(String.valueOf(number))); os.write(' '); os.write(DocWriter.getISOBytes(String.valueOf(generation))); os.write(STARTOBJ); object.toPdf(writer, os); os.write(ENDOBJ); } Writes efficiently to a stream

Method from com.lowagie.text.pdf.PdfIndirectObject Detail:

 public PdfIndirectReference getIndirectReference() {
        return new PdfIndirectReference(object.type(), number, generation);
}

PdfIndirectReference

PdfIndirectObject

  void writeTo(OutputStream os) throws IOException {
        os.write(DocWriter.getISOBytes(String.valueOf(number)));
        os.write(' ');
        os.write(DocWriter.getISOBytes(String.valueOf(generation)));
        os.write(STARTOBJ);
        object.toPdf(writer, os);
        os.write(ENDOBJ);
}

Writes efficiently to a stream