gnu.apdf

Class PDFPattern

java.lang.Object

gnu.apdf.PDFObject

gnu.apdf.PDFStream

gnu.apdf.PDFPattern

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable

public abstract class PDFPattern
extends PDFStream

Base class for PDF pattern types.

Author:

jsevy

See Also:

Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
PDFPattern(int patternType)

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
void	write(OutputStream os) Method to write the stream's information to the supplied output stream; called by the library when the PDF docuemtn contents are being generated.
abstract void	writeDictionary(OutputStream os) This method must be defined by each subclass to write the dictionary data specific to the Pattern subclass.

Methods inherited from class gnu.apdf.PDFStream

getDeflate, getOutputStream, getStream, getStreamDataString, getWriter, setDeflate, writeStream

Methods inherited from class gnu.apdf.PDFObject

getGeneration, getName, getPDFDocument, getSerialID, getType, setName, toArray, toString, writeEnd, writeStart

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

PDFPattern

public PDFPattern(int patternType)

Method Detail

write

public void write(OutputStream os)
           throws IOException

Method to write the stream's information to the supplied output stream; called by the library when the PDF docuemtn contents are being generated.

Overrides:

write in class PDFStream

Parameters:

os - OutputStream to send the object to

Throws:

IOException - on error

writeDictionary

public abstract void writeDictionary(OutputStream os)
                              throws IOException

This method must be defined by each subclass to write the dictionary data specific to the Pattern subclass. Note that the standard fields /Type and /PatternType are written to the stream by the base class; only the subsequent fields are needed. /Type /Pattern /PatternType

Parameters:

os -

Throws:

IOException