Package com.itextpdf.kernel.pdf

Class PdfPrimitiveObject

java.lang.Object

com.itextpdf.kernel.pdf.PdfObject

com.itextpdf.kernel.pdf.PdfPrimitiveObject

Direct Known Subclasses:

PdfBoolean, PdfLiteral, PdfName, PdfNull, PdfNumber, PdfString

       public abstract class PdfPrimitiveObject extends PdfObject
      

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field	Description
protected byte[]	content
protected boolean	directOnly

Fields inherited from class com.itextpdf.kernel.pdf.PdfObject

ARRAY, BOOLEAN, DICTIONARY, FLUSHED, FORBID_RELEASE, FREE, INDIRECT_REFERENCE, indirectReference, LITERAL, MODIFIED, MUST_BE_FLUSHED, MUST_BE_INDIRECT, NAME, NULL, NUMBER, ORIGINAL_OBJECT_STREAM, READ_ONLY, READING, STREAM, STRING, UNENCRYPTED

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Modifier	Constructor	Description
protected	PdfPrimitiveObject()
protected	PdfPrimitiveObject(boolean directOnly)
protected	PdfPrimitiveObject(byte[] content)	Initialize PdfPrimitiveObject from the passed bytes.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
protected int	compareContent(PdfPrimitiveObject o)
protected void	copyContent(PdfObject from, PdfDocument document, ICopyFilter copyFilter)	Copies object content from object 'from'.
protected abstract void	generateContent()
protected final byte[]	getInternalContent()
protected boolean	hasContent()
PdfObject	makeIndirect(PdfDocument document, PdfIndirectReference reference)	Marks object to be saved as indirect.
PdfObject	setIndirectReference(PdfIndirectReference indirectReference)

Methods inherited from class com.itextpdf.kernel.pdf.PdfObject

checkState, clearState, clone, clone, copyContent, copyTo, copyTo, copyTo, copyTo, flush, flush, getIndirectReference, getType, isArray, isBoolean, isDictionary, isFlushed, isIndirect, isIndirectReference, isLiteral, isModified, isName, isNull, isNumber, isReleaseForbidden, isStream, isString, makeIndirect, newInstance, release, setModified, setState

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Details

content

             protected byte[] content
            

directOnly

             protected boolean directOnly
            

Constructor Details

PdfPrimitiveObject

             protected PdfPrimitiveObject()
            

PdfPrimitiveObject

             protected PdfPrimitiveObject
             (boolean directOnly)
            

PdfPrimitiveObject

             protected PdfPrimitiveObject
             (byte[] content)
            

Initialize PdfPrimitiveObject from the passed bytes.

Parameters:

content - byte content, shall not be null.

Method Details

getInternalContent

             protected final byte[] getInternalContent()
            

hasContent

             protected boolean hasContent()
            

generateContent

             protected abstract void generateContent()
            

makeIndirect

             public PdfObject makeIndirect
             (PdfDocument document, PdfIndirectReference reference)
            

Description copied from class: PdfObject

Marks object to be saved as indirect.

Overrides:

makeIndirect in class PdfObject

Parameters:

document - a document the indirect reference will belong to.

reference - indirect reference which will be associated with this document

Returns:

object itself.

setIndirectReference

             public PdfObject setIndirectReference
             (PdfIndirectReference indirectReference)
            

Overrides:

setIndirectReference in class PdfObject

copyContent

             protected void copyContent
             (PdfObject from, PdfDocument document, ICopyFilter copyFilter)
            

Description copied from class: PdfObject

Copies object content from object 'from'.

Overrides:

copyContent in class PdfObject

Parameters:

from - object to copy content from.

document - document to copy object to.

copyFilter - ICopyFilter a filter that will apply on dictionaries and array Use NullCopyFilter for no filtering

compareContent

             protected int compareContent
             (PdfPrimitiveObject o)