de.intarsys.pdf.cos
Class COSPrimitiveObject

java.lang.Object
  de.intarsys.pdf.cos.COSDocumentElement
      de.intarsys.pdf.cos.COSObject
          de.intarsys.pdf.cos.COSPrimitiveObject

All Implemented Interfaces:

ICOSExceptionHandler, de.intarsys.tools.component.ISaveStateSupport

Direct Known Subclasses:

COSBoolean, COSName, COSNull, COSNumber, COSString

public abstract class COSPrimitiveObject
extends COSObject

Primitive COS datatypes. These objects are "immutable" in their PDF semantics. The container may change!

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class de.intarsys.pdf.cos.COSObject

CONSTANT_CONTAINER, NULL_CONTAINER, SLOT_CONTAINER

Method Summary

void	addObjectListener(ICOSObjectListener listener) Add a listener for object changes.
Iterator	basicIterator() An iterator over contained objects and references.
COSObject	copyDeep() Make a deep copy of the receiver within the same document.
COSObject	copyDeep(Map copied) Make a deep copy of the receiver within the same document.
boolean	isDangling() true if this object is not contained in a document directly or indirectly.
boolean	isObjectListenerAvailable() true if an ICOSObjectListener is registered.
boolean	isPrimitive() Answer true if this object is of a primitive type
Iterator	iterator() An iterator over contained objects.
void	removeObjectListener(ICOSObjectListener listener) Remove a listener for object changes.

Methods inherited from class de.intarsys.pdf.cos.COSObject

asArray, asBoolean, asDictionary, asFixed, asInteger, asName, asNull, asNumber, asStream, asString, beConstant, beIndirect, containable, copyOptional, copyShallow, copySubGraph, dereference, getContainer, getDoc, getIndirectObject, isIndirect, isNull, isNumber, isSwapped, restoreState, stringValue, toString

Methods inherited from class de.intarsys.pdf.cos.COSDocumentElement

accept, handleException, isReference

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

equals, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Methods inherited from interface de.intarsys.tools.component.ISaveStateSupport

saveState

Method Detail

addObjectListener

public void addObjectListener(ICOSObjectListener listener)

Description copied from class: COSObject

Add a listener for object changes.

Specified by:

addObjectListener in class COSObject

Parameters:

listener - The listener to be informed about changes.

basicIterator

public Iterator basicIterator()

Description copied from class: COSObject

An iterator over contained objects and references. The iterator is an empty iterator if this is not a container.

This iterator returns COSDocumentElements, leaving references alone.

Specified by:

basicIterator in class COSObject

Returns:

Iterator over contained objects and references.

copyDeep

public COSObject copyDeep()

Description copied from class: COSObject

Make a deep copy of the receiver within the same document. The result is a "PDF semantic" deep copy, implementation artifacts as "attributes" and listeners are NOT copied.

The algorithm copies this along with all outgoing references (recursively).

Object identity is preserved.

Be careful when copying objects, as there are semantics that may NOT be recognized by this method.

Specified by:

copyDeep in class COSObject

Returns:

the object copied recursively

copyDeep

public COSObject copyDeep(Map copied)

Description copied from class: COSObject

Make a deep copy of the receiver within the same document. The result is a "PDF semantic" deep copy, implementation artifacts as "attributes" and listeners are NOT copied.

The copied map is used to identify objects copied in earlier runs of this method to avoid duplicating resources used in different copy targets (for example the pages of a document). copied is modified while executing copyDeep and contains a mapping from indirect objects in the original document to copied objects.

The algorithm copies this along with all outgoing references (recursively).

Object identity is preserved.

Be careful when copying objects, as there are semantics that may NOT be recognized by this method.

Specified by:

copyDeep in class COSObject

Returns:

the object copied recursively

See Also:

COSObject.copyDeep()

isDangling

public boolean isDangling()

Description copied from class: COSObject

true if this object is not contained in a document directly or indirectly. This is especially true when an object is new (or reset to this state when an undo happend). Remember that an object can still be garbage, even if it is not dangling.

Overrides:

isDangling in class COSObject

Returns:

true if this object is not contained in a document directly or indirectly.

isPrimitive

public boolean isPrimitive()

Description copied from class: COSObject

Answer true if this object is of a primitive type

Specified by:

isPrimitive in class COSObject

Returns:

Answer true if this object is of a primitive type

iterator

public Iterator iterator()

Description copied from class: COSObject

An iterator over contained objects. The iterator is an empty iterator if this is not a container.

This iterator returns only COSObject instances, references are dereferenced.

Specified by:

iterator in class COSObject

Returns:

Iterator over contained objects.

removeObjectListener

public void removeObjectListener(ICOSObjectListener listener)

Description copied from class: COSObject

Remove a listener for object changes.

Specified by:

removeObjectListener in class COSObject

Parameters:

listener - The listener to be removed.

isObjectListenerAvailable

public boolean isObjectListenerAvailable()

Description copied from class: COSObject

true if an ICOSObjectListener is registered. This is for test purposes.

Specified by:

isObjectListenerAvailable in class COSObject