Package com.aowagie.text.pdf
Class PdfIndirectObject
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public final class PdfIndirectObject extends java.lang.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
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Constructor Summary
Constructors Modifier Constructor Description private
PdfIndirectObject(int number, int generation, PdfObject object, PdfWriter writer)
Constructs aPdfIndirectObject
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PdfIndirectObject(int number, PdfObject object, PdfWriter writer)
Constructs aPdfIndirectObject
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Method Summary
All Methods Instance Methods Concrete Methods Modifier and Type Method Description PdfIndirectReference
getIndirectReference()
Returns aPdfIndirectReference
to thisPdfIndirectObject
.(package private) void
writeTo(java.io.OutputStream os)
Writes efficiently to a stream
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Method Detail
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getIndirectReference
public PdfIndirectReference getIndirectReference()
Returns aPdfIndirectReference
to thisPdfIndirectObject
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- a
PdfIndirectReference
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writeTo
void writeTo(java.io.OutputStream os) throws java.io.IOException
Writes efficiently to a stream- Parameters:
os
- the stream to write to- Throws:
java.io.IOException
- on write error
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