org.pdfbox.cos
Class COSBase

java.lang.Object
  org.pdfbox.cos.COSBase

All Implemented Interfaces:

COSObjectable

Direct Known Subclasses:

COSArray, COSBoolean, COSDictionary, COSDocument, COSName, COSNull, COSNumber, COSObject, COSString

public abstract class COSBase

extends Object

implements COSObjectable

The base object that all objects in the PDF document will extend.

Version:

$Revision: 1.14 $

Author:

Ben Litchfield

Constructor Summary

COSBase()
Constructor.

Method Summary

abstract Object	accept(ICOSVisitor visitor) visitor pattern double dispatch method.
COSBase	getCOSObject() Convert this standard java object to a COS object.
FilterManager	getFilterManager() This will get the filter manager to use to filter streams.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

COSBase

public COSBase()

Constructor.

Method Detail

getFilterManager

public FilterManager getFilterManager()

This will get the filter manager to use to filter streams.

Returns:

The filter manager.

getCOSObject

public COSBase getCOSObject()

Convert this standard java object to a COS object.

Specified by:

getCOSObject in interface COSObjectable

Returns:

The cos object that matches this Java object.

accept

public abstract Object accept(ICOSVisitor visitor)
                       throws COSVisitorException

visitor pattern double dispatch method.

Parameters:

visitor - The object to notify when visiting this object.

Returns:

any object, depending on the visitor implementation, or null

Throws:

COSVisitorException - If an error occurs while visiting this object.