PdfLiteral

java.lang.Object
- com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfObject
- - com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfLiteral

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.io.Serializable
```
public class PdfLiteral
extends PdfObject
```
a Literal

See Also:

Serialized Form

Field Summary

Fields
Modifier and Type Field Description

private long position
Holds value of property position.
- 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	Description
`PdfLiteral(byte[] b)`
`PdfLiteral(int size)`
`PdfLiteral(int type, byte[] b)`
`PdfLiteral(int type, java.lang.String text)`
`PdfLiteral(java.lang.String text)`

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Concrete Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`long`	`getPosition()`	Getter for property position.
`int`	`getPosLength()`	Getter for property posLength.
`void`	`toPdf(PdfWriter writer, java.io.OutputStream os)`	Writes the PDF representation of this `PdfObject` as an array of `byte`s 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

- Field Detail
  - position
```
private long position
```
    Holds value of property position.
- Constructor Detail
  - PdfLiteral
```
public PdfLiteral(java.lang.String text)
```
  - PdfLiteral
```
public PdfLiteral(byte[] b)
```
  - PdfLiteral
```
public PdfLiteral(int size)
```
  - PdfLiteral
```
public PdfLiteral(int type,
                  java.lang.String text)
```
  - PdfLiteral
```
public PdfLiteral(int type,
                  byte[] b)
```
- Method Detail
  - toPdf
```
public void toPdf(PdfWriter writer,
                  java.io.OutputStream os)
           throws java.io.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:
    
    java.io.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.