org.apache.pdfbox.cos

Class COSObject

java.lang.Object

org.apache.pdfbox.cos.COSBase

org.apache.pdfbox.cos.COSObject

All Implemented Interfaces:

COSObjectable

public class COSObject
extends COSBase

This class represents a PDF object.

Version:

$Revision: 1.37 $

Author:

Ben Litchfield

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
COSObject(COSBase object) Constructor.

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
Object	accept(ICOSVisitor visitor) visitor pattern double dispatch method.
COSBase	getDictionaryObject(COSName key) This will get the dictionary object in this object that has the name key and if it is a pdfobjref then it will dereference that and return it.
COSInteger	getGenerationNumber() Getter for property generationNumber.
COSBase	getItem(COSName key) This will get the dictionary object in this object that has the name key.
COSBase	getObject() This will get the object that this object encapsulates.
COSInteger	getObjectNumber() Getter for property objectNumber.
void	setGenerationNumber(COSInteger generationNumberValue) Setter for property generationNumber.
void	setObject(COSBase object) This will set the object that this object encapsulates.
void	setObjectNumber(COSInteger objectNum) Setter for property objectNumber.
String	toString()

Methods inherited from class org.apache.pdfbox.cos.COSBase

getCOSObject, getFilterManager, isDirect, isNeedToBeUpdate, setDirect, setNeedToBeUpdate

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

COSObject

public COSObject(COSBase object)
          throws IOException

Constructor.

Parameters:

object - The object that this encapsulates.

Throws:

IOException - If there is an error with the object passed in.

Method Detail

getDictionaryObject

public COSBase getDictionaryObject(COSName key)

This will get the dictionary object in this object that has the name key and if it is a pdfobjref then it will dereference that and return it.

Parameters:

key - The key to the value that we are searching for.

Returns:

The pdf object that matches the key.

getItem

public COSBase getItem(COSName key)

This will get the dictionary object in this object that has the name key.

Parameters:

key - The key to the value that we are searching for.

Returns:

The pdf object that matches the key.

getObject

public COSBase getObject()

This will get the object that this object encapsulates.

Returns:

The encapsulated object.

setObject

public void setObject(COSBase object)
               throws IOException

This will set the object that this object encapsulates.

Parameters:

object - The new object to encapsulate.

Throws:

IOException - If there is an error setting the updated object.

toString

public String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class Object

getObjectNumber

public COSInteger getObjectNumber()

Getter for property objectNumber.

Returns:

Value of property objectNumber.

setObjectNumber

public void setObjectNumber(COSInteger objectNum)

Setter for property objectNumber.

Parameters:

objectNum - New value of property objectNumber.

getGenerationNumber

public COSInteger getGenerationNumber()

Getter for property generationNumber.

Returns:

Value of property generationNumber.

setGenerationNumber

public void setGenerationNumber(COSInteger generationNumberValue)

Setter for property generationNumber.

Parameters:

generationNumberValue - New value of property generationNumber.

accept

public Object accept(ICOSVisitor visitor)
              throws COSVisitorException

visitor pattern double dispatch method.

Specified by:

accept in class COSBase

Parameters:

visitor - The object to notify when visiting this object.

Returns:

any object, depending on the visitor implementation, or null

Throws:

COSVisitorException - If an error occurs while visiting this object.