PdfBoolean

java.lang.Object
- com.aowagie.text.pdf.PdfObject
- - com.aowagie.text.pdf.PdfBoolean

```
public class PdfBoolean
extends PdfObject
```
PdfBoolean is the boolean object represented by the keywords true or false.
This object is described in the 'Portable Document Format Reference Manual version 1.7' section 3.2.1 (page 52).

See Also:

PdfObject, BadPdfFormatException

Field Summary

Fields
Modifier and Type	Field	Description
`private static java.lang.String`	`FALSE`	A possible value of `PdfBoolean`
`(package private) static PdfBoolean`	`PDFFALSE`
`static PdfBoolean`	`PDFTRUE`
`private static java.lang.String`	`TRUE`	A possible value of `PdfBoolean`
`private boolean`	`value`	the boolean value of this object

Fields inherited from class com.aowagie.text.pdf.PdfObject
ARRAY, BOOLEAN, bytes, DICTIONARY, INDIRECT, NAME, NOTHING, NULL, NUMBER, STREAM, STRING, TEXT_PDFDOCENCODING, TEXT_UNICODE, type

Constructor Summary

Constructors
Constructor Description

PdfBoolean(boolean value)
Constructs a PdfBoolean-object.

PdfBoolean(java.lang.String value)
Constructs a PdfBoolean-object.

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Concrete Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`(package private) boolean`	`booleanValue()`	Returns the primitive value of the `PdfBoolean`-object.
`java.lang.String`	`toString()`	Returns the `String`-representation of this `PdfObject`.

Methods inherited from class com.aowagie.text.pdf.PdfObject
canBeInObjStm, getBytes, getIndRef, isArray, isBoolean, isDictionary, isIndirect, isName, isNull, isNumber, isStream, isString, setContent, setIndRef, toPdf, type

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

- Field Detail
  - PDFTRUE
```
public static final PdfBoolean PDFTRUE
```
  - PDFFALSE
```
static final PdfBoolean PDFFALSE
```
  - TRUE
```
private static final java.lang.String TRUE
```
    A possible value of PdfBoolean
    
    See Also:
    
    Constant Field Values
  - FALSE
```
private static final java.lang.String FALSE
```
    A possible value of PdfBoolean
    
    See Also:
    
    Constant Field Values
  - value
```
private boolean value
```
    the boolean value of this object
- Constructor Detail
  - PdfBoolean
```
public PdfBoolean(boolean value)
```
    Constructs a PdfBoolean-object.
    
    Parameters:
    
    value - the value of the new PdfObject
  - PdfBoolean
```
PdfBoolean(java.lang.String value)
    throws BadPdfFormatException
```
    Constructs a PdfBoolean-object.
    
    Parameters:
    
    value - the value of the new PdfObject, represented as a String
    
    Throws:
    
    BadPdfFormatException - thrown if the value isn't 'true' or 'false'
- Method Detail
  - booleanValue
```
boolean booleanValue()
```
    Returns the primitive value of the PdfBoolean-object.
    
    Returns:
    
    the actual value of the object.
  - toString
```
public java.lang.String toString()
```
    Description copied from class: PdfObject
    
    Returns the String-representation of this PdfObject.
    
    Overrides:
    
    toString in class PdfObject
    
    Returns:
    
    a String