com.itextpdf.text.pdf

Class PdfLiteral

java.lang.Object

com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfObject

com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfLiteral

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable

public class PdfLiteral
extends PdfObject

a Literal

See Also:

Serialized Form

Field Summary

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

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

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
PdfLiteral(byte[] b)
PdfLiteral(int size)
PdfLiteral(int type, byte[] b)
PdfLiteral(int type, String text)
PdfLiteral(String text)

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
long	getPosition() Getter for property position.
int	getPosLength() Getter for property posLength.
void	toPdf(PdfWriter writer, OutputStream os) Writes the PDF representation of this PdfObject as an array of bytes to the writer.

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

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

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

PdfLiteral

public PdfLiteral(String text)

PdfLiteral

public PdfLiteral(byte[] b)

PdfLiteral

public PdfLiteral(int size)

PdfLiteral

public PdfLiteral(int type,
                  String text)

PdfLiteral

public PdfLiteral(int type,
                  byte[] b)

Method Detail

toPdf

public void toPdf(PdfWriter writer,
                  OutputStream os)
           throws IOException

Description copied from class: PdfObject

Writes the PDF representation of this PdfObject as an array of bytes to the writer.

Overrides:

toPdf in class PdfObject

Parameters:

writer - for backwards compatibility

os - The OutputStream to write the bytes to.

Throws:

IOException

getPosition

public long getPosition()

Getter for property position.

Returns:

Value of property position.

getPosLength

public int getPosLength()

Getter for property posLength.

Returns:

Value of property posLength.