PdfStructureElement (PDFtk Java 3.3.2 API)

java.lang.Object
- com.gitlab.pdftk_java.com.lowagie.text.pdf.PdfObject
- - com.gitlab.pdftk_java.com.lowagie.text.pdf.PdfDictionary
  - - com.gitlab.pdftk_java.com.lowagie.text.pdf.PdfStructureElement

```
public class PdfStructureElement
extends PdfDictionary
```
This is a node in a document logical structure. It may contain a mark point or it may contain other nodes.

Author:

Paulo Soares (psoares@consiste.pt)

Field Summary
- Fields inherited from class com.gitlab.pdftk_java.com.lowagie.text.pdf.PdfDictionary
  CATALOG, FONT, hashMap, OUTLINES, PAGE, PAGES
- Fields inherited from class com.gitlab.pdftk_java.com.lowagie.text.pdf.PdfObject
  ARRAY, BOOLEAN, bytes, DICTIONARY, INDIRECT, indRef, m_NULL, NAME, NOTHING, NUMBER, STREAM, STRING, TEXT_PDFDOCENCODING, TEXT_UNICODE, type

Constructor Summary

Constructors
Constructor	Description
`PdfStructureElement(PdfStructureElement parent, PdfName structureType)`	Creates a new instance of PdfStructureElement.
`PdfStructureElement(PdfStructureTreeRoot parent, PdfName structureType)`	Creates a new instance of PdfStructureElement.

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Concrete Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`PdfDictionary`	`getParent()`	Gets the parent of this node.
`PdfIndirectReference`	`getReference()`	Gets the reference this object will be written to.

Methods inherited from class com.gitlab.pdftk_java.com.lowagie.text.pdf.PdfDictionary
contains, get, getAsArray, getAsBoolean, getAsDict, getAsIndirectObject, getAsName, getAsNumber, getAsStream, getAsString, getDirectObject, getKeys, isCatalog, isDictionaryType, isFont, isOutlineTree, isPage, isPages, merge, mergeDifferent, put, putAll, putDel, putEx, remove, size, toPdf

Methods inherited from class com.gitlab.pdftk_java.com.lowagie.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

- Constructor Detail
  - PdfStructureElement
```
public PdfStructureElement(PdfStructureElement parent,
                           PdfName structureType)
```
    Creates a new instance of PdfStructureElement.
    
    Parameters:
    
    parent - the parent of this node
    
    structureType - the type of structure. It may be a standard type or a user type mapped by the role map
  - PdfStructureElement
```
public PdfStructureElement(PdfStructureTreeRoot parent,
                           PdfName structureType)
```
    Creates a new instance of PdfStructureElement.
    
    Parameters:
    
    parent - the parent of this node
    
    structureType - the type of structure. It may be a standard type or a user type mapped by the role map
- Method Detail
  - getParent
```
public PdfDictionary getParent()
```
    Gets the parent of this node.
    
    Returns:
    
    the parent of this node
  - getReference
```
public PdfIndirectReference getReference()
```
    Gets the reference this object will be written to.
    
    Returns:
    
    the reference this object will be written to