com.lowagie.text.pdf

Class PdfIndirectObject

java.lang.Object

com.lowagie.text.pdf.PdfIndirectObject

public class PdfIndirectObject
extends 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 1.7' section 3.2.9 (page 63-65).

See Also:

PdfObject, PdfIndirectReference

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
protected int	generation the generation number
protected int	number The object number

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
PdfIndirectReference	getIndirectReference() Returns a PdfIndirectReference to this PdfIndirectObject.

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

Method Detail

getIndirectReference

public PdfIndirectReference getIndirectReference()

Returns a PdfIndirectReference to this PdfIndirectObject.

Returns:

a PdfIndirectReference