com.itextpdf.text.pdf
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

protected int	generation the generation number
protected int	number The object number
protected PdfObject	object
protected PdfWriter	writer

Constructor Summary

protected

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

Method Summary

PdfIndirectReference	getIndirectReference() Returns a PdfIndirectReference to this PdfIndirectObject.
protected 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

object

protected PdfObject object

writer

protected PdfWriter writer

Constructor Detail

PdfIndirectObject

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

Constructs a PdfIndirectObject.

Parameters:

number - the object number

object - the direct object

Method Detail

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