org.apache.pdfbox.pdmodel.documentinterchange.logicalstructure

Class PDAttributeObject

java.lang.Object

org.apache.pdfbox.pdmodel.common.PDDictionaryWrapper

org.apache.pdfbox.pdmodel.documentinterchange.logicalstructure.PDAttributeObject

All Implemented Interfaces:

COSObjectable

Direct Known Subclasses:

PDDefaultAttributeObject, PDStandardAttributeObject, PDUserAttributeObject

public abstract class PDAttributeObject
extends PDDictionaryWrapper

An attribute object.

Version:

$Revision: $

Author:

Johannes Koch

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
PDAttributeObject() Default constructor.
PDAttributeObject(COSDictionary dictionary) Creates a new attribute object with a given dictionary.

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
protected static String	arrayToString(float[] array) Creates a String representation of a float array.
protected static String	arrayToString(Object[] array) Creates a String representation of an Object array.
static PDAttributeObject	create(COSDictionary dictionary) Creates an attribute object.
String	getOwner() Returns the owner of the attributes.
boolean	isEmpty() Detects whether there are no properties in the attribute object.
protected void	notifyChanged() Notifies the attribute object change listeners about a change in this attribute object.
protected void	potentiallyNotifyChanged(COSBase oldBase, COSBase newBase) Notifies the attribute object change listeners if the attribute is changed.
protected void	setOwner(String owner) Sets the owner of the attributes.
protected void	setStructureElement(PDStructureElement structureElement) Sets the structure element.
String	toString()

Methods inherited from class org.apache.pdfbox.pdmodel.common.PDDictionaryWrapper

equals, getCOSDictionary, getCOSObject, hashCode

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

PDAttributeObject

public PDAttributeObject()

Default constructor.

PDAttributeObject

public PDAttributeObject(COSDictionary dictionary)

Creates a new attribute object with a given dictionary.

Parameters:

dictionary - the dictionary

Method Detail

create

public static PDAttributeObject create(COSDictionary dictionary)

Creates an attribute object.

Parameters:

dictionary - the dictionary

Returns:

the attribute object

setStructureElement

protected void setStructureElement(PDStructureElement structureElement)

Sets the structure element.

Parameters:

structureElement - the structure element

getOwner

public String getOwner()

Returns the owner of the attributes.

Returns:

the owner of the attributes

setOwner

protected void setOwner(String owner)

Sets the owner of the attributes.

Parameters:

owner - the owner of the attributes

isEmpty

public boolean isEmpty()

Detects whether there are no properties in the attribute object.

Returns:

true if the attribute object is empty, false otherwise

potentiallyNotifyChanged

protected void potentiallyNotifyChanged(COSBase oldBase,
                            COSBase newBase)

Notifies the attribute object change listeners if the attribute is changed.

Parameters:

oldBase - old value

newBase - new value

notifyChanged

protected void notifyChanged()

Notifies the attribute object change listeners about a change in this attribute object.

toString

public String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class Object

arrayToString

protected static String arrayToString(Object[] array)

Creates a String representation of an Object array.

Parameters:

array - the Object array

Returns:

the String representation

arrayToString

protected static String arrayToString(float[] array)

Creates a String representation of a float array.

Parameters:

array - the float array

Returns:

the String representation