com.lowagie.text.pdf
Class PdfIndirectReference

java.lang.Object
  com.lowagie.text.pdf.PdfObject
      com.lowagie.text.pdf.PdfIndirectReference

Direct Known Subclasses:

PRIndirectReference

public class PdfIndirectReference
extends PdfObject

PdfIndirectReference contains a reference to a PdfIndirectObject.

Any object used as an element of an array or as a value in a dictionary may be specified by either a direct object of an indirect reference. An indirect reference is a reference to an indirect object, and consists of the indirect object's object number, generation number and the R keyword.
This object is described in the 'Portable Document Format Reference Manual version 1.3' section 4.11 (page 54).

See Also:

PdfObject, PdfIndirectObject

Field Summary

protected int	generation the generation number
protected int	number the object number

Fields inherited from class com.lowagie.text.pdf.PdfObject

ARRAY, BOOLEAN, bytes, DICTIONARY, INDIRECT, indRef, NAME, NOTHING, NULL, NUMBER, STREAM, STRING, TEXT_PDFDOCENCODING, TEXT_UNICODE, type

Constructor Summary

protected	PdfIndirectReference()
(package private)	PdfIndirectReference(int type, int number) Constructs a PdfIndirectReference.
(package private)	PdfIndirectReference(int type, int number, int generation) Constructs a PdfIndirectReference.

Method Summary

int	getGeneration() Returns the generation of the object.
int	getNumber() Returns the number of the object.
String	toString() Returns the String-representation of this PdfObject.

Methods inherited from class com.lowagie.text.pdf.PdfObject

canBeInObjStm, getBytes, getIndRef, isArray, isBoolean, isDictionary, isIndirect, isName, isNull, isNumber, isStream, isString, length, setContent, setIndRef, toPdf, type

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

number

protected int number

the object number

generation

protected int generation

the generation number

Constructor Detail

PdfIndirectReference

protected PdfIndirectReference()

PdfIndirectReference

PdfIndirectReference(int type,
                     int number,
                     int generation)

Constructs a PdfIndirectReference.

Parameters:

type - the type of the PdfObject that is referenced to

number - the object number.

generation - the generation number.

PdfIndirectReference

PdfIndirectReference(int type,
                     int number)

Constructs a PdfIndirectReference.

Parameters:

type - the type of the PdfObject that is referenced to

number - the object number.

Method Detail

getNumber

public int getNumber()

Returns the number of the object.

Returns:

a number.

getGeneration

public int getGeneration()

Returns the generation of the object.

Returns:

a number.

toString

public String toString()

Description copied from class: PdfObject

Returns the String-representation of this PdfObject.

Overrides:

toString in class PdfObject

Returns:

a String