de.intarsys.pdf.cos

Class COSTools

java.lang.Object

de.intarsys.pdf.cos.COSTools

public class COSTools
extends Object

Some tools to ease life with COS.

Nested Class Summary

Nested Classes

Modifier and Type	Class and Description
static class	COSTools.Revision

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static COSObject	createObject(Object javaObject) Deprecated. use COSConverter
static List<COSTools.Revision>	getRevisions(COSDocument doc)
static List<COSTools.Revision>	getSubsequentRevisions(COSDocument doc, STXRefSection base)
static List<de.intarsys.tools.locator.ILocator>	getVersions(COSDocument doc) A collection of ILocator instances, representing the versions created when writing incrementally.
static COSDictionary	toDictionary(COSObject object) Tries to force a dictionary out of the COSObject.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Detail

createObject

@Deprecated
public static COSObject createObject(Object javaObject)

Deprecated. use COSConverter

Try the best in marshalling java objects directly to COSObject. Collections will be marshalled recursively.

Parameters:

javaObject - the java object to be marshalled

Returns:

The resulting COSObject

getRevisions

public static List<COSTools.Revision> getRevisions(COSDocument doc)
                                            throws IOException,
                                                   COSLoadException

Throws:

IOException

COSLoadException

getSubsequentRevisions

public static List<COSTools.Revision> getSubsequentRevisions(COSDocument doc,
                                             STXRefSection base)
                                                      throws IOException,
                                                             COSLoadException

Throws:

IOException

COSLoadException

getVersions

public static List<de.intarsys.tools.locator.ILocator> getVersions(COSDocument doc)
                                                            throws IOException,
                                                                   COSLoadException

A collection of ILocator instances, representing the versions created when writing incrementally.

Parameters:

doc - The original document.

Returns:

A collection of ILocator instances, representing the versions created when writing incrementally.

Throws:

IOException

COSLoadException

toDictionary

public static COSDictionary toDictionary(COSObject object)

Tries to force a dictionary out of the COSObject.

Parameters:

object - The object to be cast to a COSDictionary

Returns:

COSDictionary or null