de.intarsys.pdf.cos
Class COSTools

java.lang.Object
  de.intarsys.pdf.cos.COSTools

public class COSTools
extends Object

Some tools to ease life with COS.

Method Summary

static COSObject	createObject(Object javaObject) Try the best in marshalling java objects directly to COSObject.
static List	getVersions(COSDocument doc) A collection of ILocator instances, representing the versions created when writing incrementally.
static COSDictionary	toDictionary(COSObject object) Tries to force a dictionary out of the COSObject.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Detail

toDictionary

public static COSDictionary toDictionary(COSObject object)

Tries to force a dictionary out of the COSObject.

Parameters:

object - The object to be cast to a COSDictionary

Returns:

COSDictionary or null

createObject

public static COSObject createObject(Object javaObject)

Try the best in marshalling java objects directly to COSObject. Collections will be marshalled recursively.

Parameters:

javaObject - the java object to be marshalled

Returns:

The resulting COSObject

getVersions

public static List getVersions(COSDocument doc)
                        throws IOException,
                               COSLoadException

A collection of ILocator instances, representing the versions created when writing incrementally.

Parameters:

doc - The original document.

Returns:

A collection of ILocator instances, representing the versions created when writing incrementally.

Throws:

IOException

COSLoadException