Class PdfIndirectObject

java.lang.Object

com.itextpdf.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

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field	Description
(package private) static final byte[]	ENDOBJ
protected int	generation	the generation number
protected int	number	The object number
protected PdfObject	object
(package private) static final int	SIZEOBJ
(package private) static final byte[]	STARTOBJ
protected PdfWriter	writer

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Modifier	Constructor	Description
(package private)	PdfIndirectObject(int number, int generation, PdfObject object, PdfWriter writer)	Constructs a PdfIndirectObject.
protected	PdfIndirectObject(int number, PdfObject object, PdfWriter writer)	Constructs a PdfIndirectObject.
(package private)	PdfIndirectObject(PdfIndirectReference ref, PdfObject object, PdfWriter writer)

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
PdfIndirectReference	getIndirectReference()	Returns a PdfIndirectReference to this PdfIndirectObject.
String	toString()
protected void	writeTo(OutputStream os)	Writes efficiently to a stream

Methods inherited from class Object

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

Field Details

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

protected PdfObject object

writer

protected PdfWriter writer

Constructor Details

PdfIndirectObject

protected 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 Details

getIndirectReference

public PdfIndirectReference getIndirectReference()

Returns a PdfIndirectReference to this PdfIndirectObject.

Returns:

a PdfIndirectReference

writeTo

protected void writeTo(OutputStream os)
                throws IOException

Writes efficiently to a stream

Parameters:

os - the stream to write to

Throws:

IOException - on write error

toString

public String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class Object