Class PdfStructureElement

java.lang.Object

com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfObject

com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfDictionary

com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfStructureElement

All Implemented Interfaces:

IPdfStructureElement, Serializable

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

See Also:

• Serialized Form

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class PdfDictionary

CATALOG, FONT, hashMap, OUTLINES, PAGE, PAGES

Fields inherited from class PdfObject

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

Constructor Summary

Constructors

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

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
PdfObject	getAttribute(PdfName name)	Gets the first entarance of attribute.
protected AccessibleElementId	getElementId()
PdfDictionary	getParent()	Gets the parent of this node.
PdfDictionary	getParent(boolean includeStructTreeRoot)
PdfIndirectReference	getReference()	Gets the reference this object will be written to.
PdfName	getStructureType()
void	setAttribute(PdfName name, PdfObject obj)	Sets the attribute value.
protected void	setStructureElementParent(PdfStructureElement parent)
protected void	setStructureTreeRoot(PdfStructureTreeRoot root)
void	toPdf(PdfWriter writer, OutputStream os)	Writes the PDF representation of this PdfDictionary as an array of byte to the given OutputStream.
void	writeAttributes(IAccessibleElement element)

Methods inherited from class PdfDictionary

checkType, 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, toString

Methods inherited from class PdfObject

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

Methods inherited from class Object

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

Constructor Details

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 root,
 PdfName structureType)

Creates a new instance of PdfStructureElement.

Parameters:

root - 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,
 AccessibleElementId elementId)

Method Details

getStructureType

public PdfName getStructureType()

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)

toPdf

public void toPdf(PdfWriter writer,
 OutputStream os)
           throws IOException

Description copied from class: PdfDictionary

Writes the PDF representation of this PdfDictionary as an array of byte to the given OutputStream.

Overrides:

toPdf in class PdfDictionary

Parameters:

writer - for backwards compatibility

os - the OutputStream to write the bytes to.

Throws:

IOException

setStructureTreeRoot

protected void setStructureTreeRoot(PdfStructureTreeRoot root)

setStructureElementParent

protected void setStructureElementParent(PdfStructureElement parent)

getElementId

protected AccessibleElementId getElementId()