Package com.lowagie.text.pdf

Class PdfIndirectObject

java.lang.Object

com.lowagie.text.pdf.PdfIndirectObject

@Deprecated
public class PdfIndirectObject
extends Object

Deprecated.

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 final byte[]	ENDOBJ	Deprecated.
protected int	generation	Deprecated. the generation number
protected int	number	Deprecated. The object number
(package private) PdfObject	object	Deprecated.
(package private) static final int	SIZEOBJ	Deprecated.
(package private) static final byte[]	STARTOBJ	Deprecated.
(package private) PdfWriter	writer	Deprecated.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
PdfIndirectObject(int number, int generation, PdfObject object, PdfWriter writer)	Deprecated. Constructs a PdfIndirectObject.
PdfIndirectObject(int number, PdfObject object, PdfWriter writer)	Deprecated. Constructs a PdfIndirectObject.
PdfIndirectObject(PdfIndirectReference ref, PdfObject object, PdfWriter writer)	Deprecated.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
PdfIndirectReference	getIndirectReference()	Deprecated. Returns a PdfIndirectReference to this PdfIndirectObject.
(package private) void	writeTo(OutputStream os)	Deprecated. Writes efficiently to a stream

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Details

STARTOBJ

static final byte[] STARTOBJ

Deprecated.

ENDOBJ

static final byte[] ENDOBJ

Deprecated.

SIZEOBJ

static final int SIZEOBJ

Deprecated.

number

protected int number

Deprecated.

The object number

generation

protected int generation

Deprecated.

the generation number

object

PdfObject object

Deprecated.

writer

PdfWriter writer

Deprecated.

Constructor Details

PdfIndirectObject

PdfIndirectObject(int number,
 PdfObject object,
 PdfWriter writer)

Deprecated.

Constructs a PdfIndirectObject.

Parameters:

number - the object number

object - the direct object

PdfIndirectObject

PdfIndirectObject(PdfIndirectReference ref,
 PdfObject object,
 PdfWriter writer)

Deprecated.

PdfIndirectObject

PdfIndirectObject(int number,
 int generation,
 PdfObject object,
 PdfWriter writer)

Deprecated.

Constructs a PdfIndirectObject.

Parameters:

number - the object number

generation - the generation number

object - the direct object

Method Details

getIndirectReference

public PdfIndirectReference getIndirectReference()

Deprecated.

Returns a PdfIndirectReference to this PdfIndirectObject.

Returns:

a PdfIndirectReference

writeTo

void writeTo(OutputStream os)
      throws IOException

Deprecated.

Writes efficiently to a stream

Parameters:

os - the stream to write to

Throws:

IOException - on write error