com.lowagie.text.pdf: public class: PdfIndirectReference

com.lowagie.text.pdf
public class: PdfIndirectReference [javadoc | source]

java.lang.Object
   com.lowagie.text.pdf.PdfObject
      com.lowagie.text.pdf.PdfIndirectReference

Direct Known Subclasses:
PRIndirectReference

PdfIndirectReference contains a reference to a PdfIndirectObject.

Any object used as an element of an array or as a value in a dictionary may be specified by either a direct object of an indirect reference. An indirect reference is a reference to an indirect object, and consists of the indirect object's object number, generation number and the R keyword.
This object is described in the 'Portable Document Format Reference Manual version 1.3' section 4.11 (page 54).

Also see:

PdfObject

PdfIndirectObject

Field Summary
protected int	number	the object number
protected int	generation	the generation number

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

Constructor:

Constructor:
protected PdfIndirectReference() { super(0); }
PdfIndirectReference(int type, int number) { this(type, number, 0); } Constructs a `PdfIndirectReference`. Parameters: `type` - the type of the `PdfObject` that is referenced to `number` - the object number.
PdfIndirectReference(int type, int number, int generation) { super(0, new StringBuffer().append(number).append(" ").append(generation).append(" R").toString()); this.number = number; this.generation = generation; } Constructs a `PdfIndirectReference`. Parameters: `type` - the type of the `PdfObject` that is referenced to `number` - the object number. `generation` - the generation number.

 protected PdfIndirectReference() {
        super(0);
}

 PdfIndirectReference(int type,
    int number) {
        this(type, number, 0);
}

Constructs a PdfIndirectReference.

Parameters:

type - the type of the PdfObject that is referenced to

number - the object number.

 PdfIndirectReference(int type,
    int number,
    int generation) {
        super(0, new StringBuffer().append(number).append(" ").append(generation).append(" R").toString());
        this.number = number;
        this.generation = generation;
}

Constructs a PdfIndirectReference.

Parameters:

type - the type of the PdfObject that is referenced to

number - the object number.

generation - the generation number.

Method from com.lowagie.text.pdf.PdfIndirectReference Summary:
getGeneration, getNumber, toString

Methods from com.lowagie.text.pdf.PdfObject:
canBeInObjStm, getBytes, getIndRef, isArray, isBoolean, isDictionary, isIndirect, isName, isNull, isNumber, isStream, isString, length, setContent, setIndRef, toPdf, toString, type

Methods from java.lang.Object:
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Method from com.lowagie.text.pdf.PdfIndirectReference Detail:
public int getGeneration() { return generation; } Returns the generation of the object.
public int getNumber() { return number; } Returns the number of the object.
public String toString() { return new StringBuffer().append(number).append(" ").append(generation).append(" R").toString(); }

Method from com.lowagie.text.pdf.PdfIndirectReference Detail:

 public int getGeneration() {
        return generation;
}

Returns the generation of the object.

 public int getNumber() {
        return number;
}

Returns the number of the object.

 public String toString() {
    	return new StringBuffer().append(number).append(" ").append(generation).append(" R").toString();
}