Package org.openpdf.text.pdf

Class PdfIndirectReference

java.lang.Object

org.openpdf.text.pdf.PdfObject

org.openpdf.text.pdf.PdfIndirectReference

public class PdfIndirectReference
extends PdfObject

PdfIndirectReference contains a reference to a PdfIndirectObject.

Any object used as an element of an array or as a value in a dictionary may be specified by either a direct object of an indirect reference. An indirect reference is a reference to an indirect object, and consists of the indirect object's object number, generation number and the R keyword.
This object is described in the 'Portable Document Format Reference Manual version 1.3' section 4.11 (page 54).

See Also:

• PdfObject
• PdfIndirectObject

Field Summary

Fields

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

Fields inherited from class org.openpdf.text.pdf.PdfObject

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

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
int	getNumber()	Returns the number of the object.
String	toString()	Returns the generation of the object.

Methods inherited from class org.openpdf.text.pdf.PdfObject

canBeInObjStm, getBytes, isArray, isDictionary, isName, isNull, isNumber, isString, setContent, toPdf, type

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Details

number

protected int number

the object number

generation

protected int generation

the generation number

Method Details

getNumber

public int getNumber()

Returns the number of the object.

Returns:

a number.

toString

public String toString()

Returns the generation of the object.

Overrides:

toString in class PdfObject

Returns:

a number.