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+/*
+ * $Id: PdfObject.java,v 1.60 2005/11/29 21:05:02 blowagie Exp $
+ * $Name: $
+ *
+ * Copyright 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002 Bruno Lowagie
+ *
+ * The contents of this file are subject to the Mozilla Public License Version 1.1
+ * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at http://www.mozilla.org/MPL/
+ *
+ * Software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" basis,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License
+ * for the specific language governing rights and limitations under the License.
+ *
+ * The Original Code is 'iText, a free JAVA-PDF library'.
+ *
+ * The Initial Developer of the Original Code is Bruno Lowagie. Portions created by
+ * the Initial Developer are Copyright (C) 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002 by Bruno Lowagie.
+ * All Rights Reserved.
+ * Co-Developer of the code is Paulo Soares. Portions created by the Co-Developer
+ * are Copyright (C) 2000, 2001, 2002 by Paulo Soares. All Rights Reserved.
+ *
+ * Contributor(s): all the names of the contributors are added in the source code
+ * where applicable.
+ *
+ * Alternatively, the contents of this file may be used under the terms of the
+ * LGPL license (the "GNU LIBRARY GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE"), in which case the
+ * provisions of LGPL are applicable instead of those above. If you wish to
+ * allow use of your version of this file only under the terms of the LGPL
+ * License and not to allow others to use your version of this file under
+ * the MPL, indicate your decision by deleting the provisions above and
+ * replace them with the notice and other provisions required by the LGPL.
+ * If you do not delete the provisions above, a recipient may use your version
+ * of this file under either the MPL or the GNU LIBRARY GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE.
+ *
+ * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+ * under the terms of the MPL as stated above or under the terms of the GNU
+ * Library General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation;
+ * either version 2 of the License, or any later version.
+ *
+ * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+ * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS
+ * FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU Library general Public License for more
+ * details.
+ *
+ * If you didn't download this code from the following link, you should check if
+ * you aren't using an obsolete version:
+ * http://www.lowagie.com/iText/
+ */
+
+package com.lowagie.text.pdf;
+import java.io.OutputStream;
+import java.io.IOException;
+
+/**
+ * <CODE>PdfObject</CODE> is the abstract superclass of all PDF objects.
+ * <P>
+ * PDF supports seven basic types of objects: Booleans, numbers, strings, names,
+ * arrays, dictionaries and streams. In addition, PDF provides a null object.
+ * Objects may be labeled so that they can be referred to by other objects.<BR>
+ * All these basic PDF objects are described in the 'Portable Document Format
+ * Reference Manual version 1.3' Chapter 4 (pages 37-54).
+ *
+ * @see PdfNull
+ * @see PdfBoolean
+ * @see PdfNumber
+ * @see PdfString
+ * @see PdfName
+ * @see PdfArray
+ * @see PdfDictionary
+ * @see PdfStream
+ * @see PdfIndirectReference
+ */
+
+public abstract class PdfObject {
+
+ // static membervariables (all the possible types of a PdfObject)
+
+/** a possible type of <CODE>PdfObject</CODE> */
+ public static final int BOOLEAN = 1;
+
+/** a possible type of <CODE>PdfObject</CODE> */
+ public static final int NUMBER = 2;
+
+/** a possible type of <CODE>PdfObject</CODE> */
+ public static final int STRING = 3;
+
+/** a possible type of <CODE>PdfObject</CODE> */
+ public static final int NAME = 4;
+
+/** a possible type of <CODE>PdfObject</CODE> */
+ public static final int ARRAY = 5;
+
+/** a possible type of <CODE>PdfObject</CODE> */
+ public static final int DICTIONARY = 6;
+
+/** a possible type of <CODE>PdfObject</CODE> */
+ public static final int STREAM = 7;
+
+/** a possible type of <CODE>PdfObject</CODE> */
+ public static final int NULL = 8;
+
+ /** a possible type of <CODE>PdfObject</CODE> */
+ public static final int INDIRECT = 10;
+
+/** This is an empty string used for the <CODE>PdfNull</CODE>-object and for an empty <CODE>PdfString</CODE>-object. */
+ public static final String NOTHING = "";
+
+/** This is the default encoding to be used for converting Strings into bytes and vice versa.
+ * The default encoding is PdfDocEncoding.
+ */
+ public static final String TEXT_PDFDOCENCODING = "PDF";
+
+/** This is the encoding to be used to output text in Unicode. */
+ public static final String TEXT_UNICODE = "UnicodeBig";
+
+ // membervariables
+
+/** the content of this <CODE>PdfObject</CODE> */
+ protected byte[] bytes;
+
+/** the type of this <CODE>PdfObject</CODE> */
+ protected int type;
+
+ /**
+ * Holds value of property indRef.
+ */
+ protected PRIndirectReference indRef;
+
+ // constructors
+
+/**
+ * Constructs a <CODE>PdfObject</CODE> of a certain <VAR>type</VAR> without any <VAR>content</VAR>.
+ *
+ * @param type type of the new <CODE>PdfObject</CODE>
+ */
+
+ protected PdfObject(int type) {
+ this.type = type;
+ }
+
+/**
+ * Constructs a <CODE>PdfObject</CODE> of a certain <VAR>type</VAR> with a certain <VAR>content</VAR>.
+ *
+ * @param type type of the new <CODE>PdfObject</CODE>
+ * @param content content of the new <CODE>PdfObject</CODE> as a <CODE>String</CODE>.
+ */
+
+ protected PdfObject(int type, String content) {
+ this.type = type;
+ bytes = PdfEncodings.convertToBytes(content, null);
+ }
+
+/**
+ * Constructs a <CODE>PdfObject</CODE> of a certain <VAR>type</VAR> with a certain <VAR>content</VAR>.
+ *
+ * @param type type of the new <CODE>PdfObject</CODE>
+ * @param bytes content of the new <CODE>PdfObject</CODE> as an array of <CODE>byte</CODE>.
+ */
+
+ protected PdfObject(int type, byte[] bytes) {
+ this.bytes = bytes;
+ this.type = type;
+ }
+
+ // methods dealing with the content of this object
+
+/**
+ * Writes the PDF representation of this <CODE>PdfObject</CODE> as an array of <CODE>byte</CODE>s to the writer.
+ * @param writer for backwards compatibility
+ * @param os the outputstream to write the bytes to.
+ * @throws IOException
+ */
+
+ public void toPdf(PdfWriter writer, OutputStream os) throws IOException {
+ if (bytes != null)
+ os.write(bytes);
+ }
+
+ /**
+ * Gets the presentation of this object in a byte array
+ * @return a byte array
+ */
+ public byte[] getBytes() {
+ return bytes;
+ }
+
+ /**
+ * Can this object be in an object stream?
+ * @return true if this object can be in an object stream.
+ */
+ public boolean canBeInObjStm() {
+ return (type >= 1 && type <= 6) || type == 8;
+ }
+
+/**
+ * Returns the length of the PDF representation of the <CODE>PdfObject</CODE>.
+ * <P>
+ * In some cases, namely for <CODE>PdfString</CODE> and <CODE>PdfStream</CODE>,
+ * this method differs from the method <CODE>length</CODE> because <CODE>length</CODE>
+ * returns the length of the actual content of the <CODE>PdfObject</CODE>.</P>
+ * <P>
+ * Remark: the actual content of an object is in most cases identical to its representation.
+ * The following statement is always true: length() &gt;= pdfLength().</P>
+ *
+ * @return a length
+ */
+
+// public int pdfLength() {
+// return toPdf(null).length;
+// }
+
+/**
+ * Returns the <CODE>String</CODE>-representation of this <CODE>PdfObject</CODE>.
+ *
+ * @return a <CODE>String</CODE>
+ */
+
+ public String toString() {
+ if (bytes == null)
+ return super.toString();
+ else
+ return PdfEncodings.convertToString(bytes, null);
+ }
+
+/**
+ * Returns the length of the actual content of the <CODE>PdfObject</CODE>.
+ * <P>
+ * In some cases, namely for <CODE>PdfString</CODE> and <CODE>PdfStream</CODE>,
+ * this method differs from the method <CODE>pdfLength</CODE> because <CODE>pdfLength</CODE>
+ * returns the length of the PDF representation of the object, not of the actual content
+ * as does the method <CODE>length</CODE>.</P>
+ * <P>
+ * Remark: the actual content of an object is in some cases identical to its representation.
+ * The following statement is always true: length() &gt;= pdfLength().</P>
+ *
+ * @return a length
+ */
+
+ public int length() {
+ return toString().length();
+ }
+
+/**
+ * Changes the content of this <CODE>PdfObject</CODE>.
+ *
+ * @param content the new content of this <CODE>PdfObject</CODE>
+ */
+
+ protected void setContent(String content) {
+ bytes = PdfEncodings.convertToBytes(content, null);
+ }
+
+ // methods dealing with the type of this object
+
+/**
+ * Returns the type of this <CODE>PdfObject</CODE>.
+ *
+ * @return a type
+ */
+
+ public int type() {
+ return type;
+ }
+
+/**
+ * Checks if this <CODE>PdfObject</CODE> is of the type <CODE>PdfNull</CODE>.
+ *
+ * @return <CODE>true</CODE> or <CODE>false</CODE>
+ */
+
+ public boolean isNull() {
+ return (this.type == NULL);
+ }
+
+/**
+ * Checks if this <CODE>PdfObject</CODE> is of the type <CODE>PdfBoolean</CODE>.
+ *
+ * @return <CODE>true</CODE> or <CODE>false</CODE>
+ */
+
+ public boolean isBoolean() {
+ return (this.type == BOOLEAN);
+ }
+
+/**
+ * Checks if this <CODE>PdfObject</CODE> is of the type <CODE>PdfNumber</CODE>.
+ *
+ * @return <CODE>true</CODE> or <CODE>false</CODE>
+ */
+
+ public boolean isNumber() {
+ return (this.type == NUMBER);
+ }
+
+/**
+ * Checks if this <CODE>PdfObject</CODE> is of the type <CODE>PdfString</CODE>.
+ *
+ * @return <CODE>true</CODE> or <CODE>false</CODE>
+ */
+
+ public boolean isString() {
+ return (this.type == STRING);
+ }
+
+/**
+ * Checks if this <CODE>PdfObject</CODE> is of the type <CODE>PdfName</CODE>.
+ *
+ * @return <CODE>true</CODE> or <CODE>false</CODE>
+ */
+
+ public boolean isName() {
+ return (this.type == NAME);
+ }
+
+/**
+ * Checks if this <CODE>PdfObject</CODE> is of the type <CODE>PdfArray</CODE>.
+ *
+ * @return <CODE>true</CODE> or <CODE>false</CODE>
+ */
+
+ public boolean isArray() {
+ return (this.type == ARRAY);
+ }
+
+/**
+ * Checks if this <CODE>PdfObject</CODE> is of the type <CODE>PdfDictionary</CODE>.
+ *
+ * @return <CODE>true</CODE> or <CODE>false</CODE>
+ */
+
+ public boolean isDictionary() {
+ return (this.type == DICTIONARY);
+ }
+
+/**
+ * Checks if this <CODE>PdfObject</CODE> is of the type <CODE>PdfStream</CODE>.
+ *
+ * @return <CODE>true</CODE> or <CODE>false</CODE>
+ */
+
+ public boolean isStream() {
+ return (this.type == STREAM);
+ }
+
+ /**
+ * Checks if this is an indirect object.
+ * @return true if this is an indirect object
+ */
+ public boolean isIndirect() {
+ return (this.type == INDIRECT);
+ }
+
+ /**
+ * Getter for property indRef.
+ * @return Value of property indRef.
+ */
+ public PRIndirectReference getIndRef() {
+ return this.indRef;
+ }
+
+ /**
+ * Setter for property indRef.
+ * @param indRef New value of property indRef.
+ */
+ public void setIndRef(PRIndirectReference indRef) {
+ this.indRef = indRef;
+ }
+}