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package com.lowagie.text.pdf;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.OutputStream;
import com.lowagie.text.DocWriter;
/**
* 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 PdfObject
* @see PdfIndirectReference
*/
public class PdfIndirectObject {
// membervariables
/** The object number */
protected int number;
/** the generation number */
protected int generation = 0;
static final byte STARTOBJ[] = DocWriter.getISOBytes(" obj\n");
static final byte ENDOBJ[] = DocWriter.getISOBytes("\nendobj\n");
static final int SIZEOBJ = STARTOBJ.length + ENDOBJ.length;
PdfObject object;
PdfWriter writer;
// constructors
/**
* Constructs a PdfIndirectObject.
*
* @param number the object number
* @param object the direct object
*/
PdfIndirectObject(int number, PdfObject object, PdfWriter writer) {
this(number, 0, object, writer);
}
PdfIndirectObject(PdfIndirectReference ref, PdfObject object, PdfWriter writer) {
this(ref.getNumber(),ref.getGeneration(),object,writer);
}
/**
* Constructs a PdfIndirectObject.
*
* @param number the object number
* @param generation the generation number
* @param object the direct object
*/
PdfIndirectObject(int number, int generation, PdfObject object, PdfWriter writer) {
this.writer = writer;
this.number = number;
this.generation = generation;
this.object = object;
PdfEncryption crypto = null;
if (writer != null)
crypto = writer.getEncryption();
if (crypto != null) {
crypto.setHashKey(number, generation);
}
}
// methods
/**
* Return the length of this PdfIndirectObject.
*
* @return the length of the PDF-representation of this indirect object.
*/
// public int length() {
// if (isStream)
// return bytes.size() + SIZEOBJ + stream.getStreamLength(writer);
// else
// return bytes.size();
// }
/**
* Returns a PdfIndirectReference to this PdfIndirectObject.
*
* @return a PdfIndirectReference
*/
public PdfIndirectReference getIndirectReference() {
return new PdfIndirectReference(object.type(), number, generation);
}
/**
* Writes efficiently to a stream
*
* @param os the stream to write to
* @throws IOException on write error
*/
void writeTo(OutputStream os) throws IOException
{
os.write(DocWriter.getISOBytes(String.valueOf(number)));
os.write(' ');
os.write(DocWriter.getISOBytes(String.valueOf(generation)));
os.write(STARTOBJ);
object.toPdf(writer, os);
os.write(ENDOBJ);
}
}