com.lowagie.text.pdf
Class PdfPage

java.lang.Object
  com.lowagie.text.pdf.PdfObject
      com.lowagie.text.pdf.PdfDictionary
          com.lowagie.text.pdf.PdfPage

public class PdfPage
extends PdfDictionary

PdfPage is the PDF Page-object.

A Page object is a dictionary whose keys describe a single page containing text, graphics, and images. A Page object is a leaf of the Pages tree.
This object is described in the 'Portable Document Format Reference Manual version 1.3' section 6.4 (page 73-81)

See Also:

PdfPages

Field Summary

private static PdfName[]	boxNames
private static String[]	boxStrings
static PdfNumber	INVERTEDPORTRAIT value of the Rotate key for a page in INVERTEDPORTRAIT
static PdfNumber	LANDSCAPE value of the Rotate key for a page in LANDSCAPE
(package private) PdfRectangle	mediaBox value of the MediaBox key
static PdfNumber	PORTRAIT value of the Rotate key for a page in PORTRAIT
static PdfNumber	SEASCAPE value of the Rotate key for a page in SEASCAPE

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

CATALOG, FONT, hashMap, OUTLINES, PAGE, PAGES

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

PdfPage(PdfRectangle mediaBox, HashMap boxSize, PdfDictionary resources)
Constructs a PdfPage.

PdfPage(PdfRectangle mediaBox, HashMap boxSize, PdfDictionary resources, int rotate)
Constructs a PdfPage.

Method Summary

(package private) void	add(PdfIndirectReference contents) Adds an indirect reference pointing to a PdfContents-object.
(package private) PdfRectangle	getMediaBox() Returns the MediaBox of this Page.
boolean	isParent() Checks if this page element is a tree of pages.
(package private) PdfRectangle	rotateMediaBox() Rotates the mediabox, but not the text in it.

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

contains, get, getAsArray, getAsBoolean, getAsDict, getAsIndirectObject, getAsName, getAsNumber, getAsStream, getAsString, getDirectObject, getKeys, isCatalog, isFont, isOutlineTree, isPage, isPages, merge, mergeDifferent, put, putAll, putEx, remove, size, toPdf, toString

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

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

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

boxStrings

private static final String[] boxStrings

boxNames

private static final PdfName[] boxNames

PORTRAIT

public static final PdfNumber PORTRAIT

value of the Rotate key for a page in PORTRAIT

LANDSCAPE

public static final PdfNumber LANDSCAPE

value of the Rotate key for a page in LANDSCAPE

INVERTEDPORTRAIT

public static final PdfNumber INVERTEDPORTRAIT

value of the Rotate key for a page in INVERTEDPORTRAIT

SEASCAPE

public static final PdfNumber SEASCAPE

value of the Rotate key for a page in SEASCAPE

mediaBox

PdfRectangle mediaBox

value of the MediaBox key

Constructor Detail

PdfPage

PdfPage(PdfRectangle mediaBox,
        HashMap boxSize,
        PdfDictionary resources,
        int rotate)

Constructs a PdfPage.

Parameters:

mediaBox - a value for the MediaBox key

resources - an indirect reference to a PdfResources-object

rotate - a value for the Rotate key

PdfPage

PdfPage(PdfRectangle mediaBox,
        HashMap boxSize,
        PdfDictionary resources)

Constructs a PdfPage.

Parameters:

mediaBox - a value for the MediaBox key

resources - an indirect reference to a PdfResources-object

Method Detail

isParent

public boolean isParent()

Checks if this page element is a tree of pages.

This method always returns false.

Returns:

false because this is a single page

add

void add(PdfIndirectReference contents)

Adds an indirect reference pointing to a PdfContents-object.

Parameters:

contents - an indirect reference to a PdfContents-object

rotateMediaBox

PdfRectangle rotateMediaBox()

Rotates the mediabox, but not the text in it.

Returns:

a PdfRectangle

getMediaBox

PdfRectangle getMediaBox()

Returns the MediaBox of this Page.

Returns:

a PdfRectangle