com.lowagie.text.pdf
Class PdfIndirectObject

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

public class PdfIndirectObject
extends Object

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).

See Also:

PdfObject, PdfIndirectReference

Field Summary

(package private) static byte[]	ENDOBJ
protected int	generation the generation number
protected int	number The object number
(package private) PdfObject	object
(package private) static int	SIZEOBJ
(package private) static byte[]	STARTOBJ
(package private) PdfWriter	writer

Constructor Summary

PdfIndirectObject(int number, int generation, PdfObject object, PdfWriter writer)
Constructs a PdfIndirectObject.

PdfIndirectObject(int number, PdfObject object, PdfWriter writer)
Constructs a PdfIndirectObject.

PdfIndirectObject(PdfIndirectReference ref, PdfObject object, PdfWriter writer)

Method Summary

PdfIndirectReference	getIndirectReference() Returns a PdfIndirectReference to this PdfIndirectObject.
(package private) void	writeTo(OutputStream os) Writes efficiently to a stream

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

number

protected int number

The object number

generation

protected int generation

the generation number

STARTOBJ

static final byte[] STARTOBJ

ENDOBJ

static final byte[] ENDOBJ

SIZEOBJ

static final int SIZEOBJ

object

PdfObject object

writer

PdfWriter writer

Constructor Detail

PdfIndirectObject

PdfIndirectObject(int number,
                  PdfObject object,
                  PdfWriter writer)

Constructs a PdfIndirectObject.

Parameters:

number - the object number

object - the direct object

PdfIndirectObject

PdfIndirectObject(PdfIndirectReference ref,
                  PdfObject object,
                  PdfWriter writer)

PdfIndirectObject

PdfIndirectObject(int number,
                  int generation,
                  PdfObject object,
                  PdfWriter writer)

Constructs a PdfIndirectObject.

Parameters:

number - the object number

generation - the generation number

object - the direct object

Method Detail

getIndirectReference

public PdfIndirectReference getIndirectReference()

Returns a PdfIndirectReference to this PdfIndirectObject.

Returns:

a PdfIndirectReference

writeTo

void writeTo(OutputStream os)
       throws IOException

Writes efficiently to a stream

Parameters:

os - the stream to write to

Throws:

IOException - on write error