com.itextpdf.text.pdf
Class PdfStructureElement

java.lang.Object
  com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfObject
      com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfDictionary
          com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfStructureElement

All Implemented Interfaces:

IPdfStructureElement

public class PdfStructureElement
extends PdfDictionary
implements IPdfStructureElement

This is a node in a document logical structure. It may contain a mark point or it may contain other nodes.

Author:

Paulo Soares

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfDictionary

CATALOG, FONT, hashMap, OUTLINES, PAGE, PAGES

Fields inherited from class com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfObject

ARRAY, BOOLEAN, bytes, DICTIONARY, INDIRECT, indRef, NAME, NOTHING, NULL, NUMBER, STREAM, STRING, TEXT_PDFDOCENCODING, TEXT_UNICODE, type

Constructor Summary

protected	PdfStructureElement(PdfDictionary parent, PdfName structureType)
	PdfStructureElement(PdfStructureElement parent, PdfName structureType) Creates a new instance of PdfStructureElement.
	PdfStructureElement(PdfStructureTreeRoot parent, PdfName structureType) Creates a new instance of PdfStructureElement.

Method Summary

PdfObject	getAttribute(PdfName name) Gets the first entarance of attribute.
PdfDictionary	getParent() Gets the parent of this node.
PdfDictionary	getParent(boolean includeStructTreeRoot)
PdfIndirectReference	getReference() Gets the reference this object will be written to.
PdfName	getStructureType()
void	setAttribute(PdfName name, PdfObject obj) Sets the attribute value.
void	toPdf(PdfWriter writer, OutputStream os) Writes the PDF representation of this PdfDictionary as an array of byte to the given OutputStream.
void	writeAttributes(IAccessibleElement element)

Methods inherited from class com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfDictionary

checkType, clear, contains, get, getAsArray, getAsBoolean, getAsDict, getAsIndirectObject, getAsName, getAsNumber, getAsStream, getAsString, getDirectObject, getKeys, isCatalog, isFont, isOutlineTree, isPage, isPages, merge, mergeDifferent, put, putAll, putEx, remove, size, toString

Methods inherited from class com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfObject

canBeInObjStm, getBytes, getIndRef, isArray, isBoolean, isDictionary, isIndirect, isName, isNull, isNumber, isStream, isString, length, setContent, setIndRef, 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

PdfStructureElement

protected PdfStructureElement(PdfDictionary parent,
                              PdfName structureType)

Method Detail

getStructureType

public PdfName getStructureType()

getParent

public PdfDictionary getParent()

Gets the parent of this node.

Returns:

the parent of this node

getParent

public PdfDictionary getParent(boolean includeStructTreeRoot)

getReference

public PdfIndirectReference getReference()

Gets the reference this object will be written to.

Returns:

the reference this object will be written to

Since:

2.1.6 method removed in 2.1.5, but restored in 2.1.6

getAttribute

public PdfObject getAttribute(PdfName name)

Gets the first entarance of attribute.

Specified by:

getAttribute in interface IPdfStructureElement

Since:

5.3.4

setAttribute

public void setAttribute(PdfName name,
                         PdfObject obj)

Sets the attribute value.

Specified by:

setAttribute in interface IPdfStructureElement

Since:

5.3.4

writeAttributes

public void writeAttributes(IAccessibleElement element)

toPdf

public void toPdf(PdfWriter writer,
                  OutputStream os)
           throws IOException

Description copied from class: PdfDictionary

Writes the PDF representation of this PdfDictionary as an array of byte to the given OutputStream.

Overrides:

toPdf in class PdfDictionary

Parameters:

writer - for backwards compatibility

os - the OutputStream to write the bytes to.

Throws:

IOException