PdfIndirectObject

java.lang.Object
- com.gitlab.pdftk_java.com.lowagie.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 1.3' section 4.10 (page 53).

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
`(package private) PdfObject`	`object`
`(package private) static int`	`SIZEOBJ`
`(package private) static byte[]`	`STARTOBJ`
`(package private) PdfWriter`	`writer`

Constructor Summary

Constructors
Constructor	Description
`PdfIndirectObject(int number, int generation, PdfObject object, PdfWriter writer)`	Constructs a `PdfIndirectObject`.
`PdfIndirectObject(int number, PdfObject object, PdfWriter writer)`	Constructs a `PdfIndirectObject`.
`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`.
`(package private) void`	`writeTo(java.io.OutputStream os)`	Writes eficiently to a stream

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, 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
```
PdfObject object
```

writer
```
PdfWriter writer
```

Constructor Detail

PdfIndirectObject

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
```
void writeTo(java.io.OutputStream os)
      throws java.io.IOException
```
  Writes eficiently to a stream
  
  Parameters:
  
  os - the stream to write to
  
  Throws:
  
  java.io.IOException - on write error