PdfIndirectObject

java.lang.Object
- com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfIndirectObject

```
public 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

Field Summary

Fields
Modifier and Type	Field	Description
`(package private) static byte[]`	`ENDOBJ`
`protected int`	`generation`	the generation number
`protected int`	`number`	The object number
`protected PdfObject`	`object`
`(package private) static int`	`SIZEOBJ`
`(package private) static 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

All Methods Instance Methods Concrete Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`PdfIndirectReference`	`getIndirectReference()`	Returns a `PdfIndirectReference` to this `PdfIndirectObject`.
`java.lang.String`	`toString()`
`protected void`	`writeTo(java.io.OutputStream os)`	Writes efficiently to a stream

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

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 Detail

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 Detail
- getIndirectReference
```
public PdfIndirectReference getIndirectReference()
```
  Returns a PdfIndirectReference to this PdfIndirectObject.
  
  Returns:
  
  a PdfIndirectReference
- writeTo
```
protected 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
- toString
```
public java.lang.String toString()
```
  Overrides:
  
  toString in class java.lang.Object