com.itextpdf.text.pdf

Class PdfStructureElement

java.lang.Object

com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfObject

com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfDictionary

com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfStructureElement

All Implemented Interfaces:

IPdfStructureElement

public class PdfStructureElement
extends PdfDictionary
implements IPdfStructureElement

This is a node in a document logical structure. It may contain a mark point or it may contain other nodes.

Author:

Paulo Soares

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfDictionary

CATALOG, FONT, hashMap, OUTLINES, PAGE, PAGES

Fields inherited from class com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfObject

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

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Modifier	Constructor and Description
protected	PdfStructureElement(PdfDictionary parent, PdfName structureType)
	PdfStructureElement(PdfStructureElement parent, PdfName structureType) Creates a new instance of PdfStructureElement.
	PdfStructureElement(PdfStructureTreeRoot parent, PdfName structureType) Creates a new instance of PdfStructureElement.

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
PdfObject	getAttribute(PdfName name) Gets the first entarance of attribute.
PdfDictionary	getParent() Gets the parent of this node.
PdfDictionary	getParent(boolean includeStructTreeRoot)
PdfIndirectReference	getReference() Gets the reference this object will be written to.
void	setAttribute(PdfName name, PdfObject obj) Sets the attribute value.
void	writeAttributes(IAccessibleElement element)

Methods inherited from class com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfDictionary

clear, contains, get, getAsArray, getAsBoolean, getAsDict, getAsIndirectObject, getAsName, getAsNumber, getAsStream, getAsString, getDirectObject, getKeys, isCatalog, isFont, isOutlineTree, isPage, isPages, merge, mergeDifferent, put, putAll, putEx, remove, size, toPdf, toString

Methods inherited from class com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfObject

canBeInObjStm, getBytes, getIndRef, isArray, isBoolean, isDictionary, isIndirect, isName, isNull, isNumber, isStream, isString, length, setContent, setIndRef, type

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

PdfStructureElement

public PdfStructureElement(PdfStructureElement parent,
                   PdfName structureType)

Creates a new instance of PdfStructureElement.

Parameters:

parent - the parent of this node

structureType - the type of structure. It may be a standard type or a user type mapped by the role map

PdfStructureElement

public PdfStructureElement(PdfStructureTreeRoot parent,
                   PdfName structureType)

Creates a new instance of PdfStructureElement.

Parameters:

parent - the parent of this node

structureType - the type of structure. It may be a standard type or a user type mapped by the role map

PdfStructureElement

protected PdfStructureElement(PdfDictionary parent,
                   PdfName structureType)

Method Detail

getParent

public PdfDictionary getParent()

Gets the parent of this node.

Returns:

the parent of this node

getParent

public PdfDictionary getParent(boolean includeStructTreeRoot)

getReference

public PdfIndirectReference getReference()

Gets the reference this object will be written to.

Returns:

the reference this object will be written to

Since:

2.1.6 method removed in 2.1.5, but restored in 2.1.6

getAttribute

public PdfObject getAttribute(PdfName name)

Gets the first entarance of attribute.

Specified by:

getAttribute in interface IPdfStructureElement

Since:

5.3.4

setAttribute

public void setAttribute(PdfName name,
                PdfObject obj)

Sets the attribute value.

Specified by:

setAttribute in interface IPdfStructureElement

Since:

5.3.4

writeAttributes

public void writeAttributes(IAccessibleElement element)