org.pdfbox.cos

Class COSStream

Implemented Interfaces:
COSObjectable
Known Direct Subclasses:
COSStreamArray

public class COSStream
extends COSDictionary

This class represents a stream object in a PDF document.
Version:
$Revision: 1.39 $
Author:
Ben Litchfield

Constructor Summary

COSStream(COSDictionary dictionary, RandomAccess storage)
Constructor.
COSStream(RandomAccess storage)
Constructor.

Method Summary

Object
accept(ICOSVisitor visitor)
visitor pattern double dispatch method.
OutputStream
createFilteredStream()
This will create a new stream for which filtered byte should be written to.
OutputStream
createFilteredStream(COSBase expectedLength)
This will create a new stream for which filtered byte should be written to.
OutputStream
createUnfilteredStream()
This will create an output stream that can be written to.
InputStream
getFilteredStream()
This will get the stream with all of the filters applied.
COSBase
getFilters()
This will return the filters to apply to the byte stream.
RandomAccess
getScratchFile()
This will get the scratch file associated with this stream.
List
getStreamTokens()
This will get all the tokens in the stream.
InputStream
getUnfilteredStream()
This will get the logical content stream with none of the filters.
void
replaceWithStream(COSStream stream)
This will replace this object with the data from the new object.
void
setFilters(COSBase filters)
set the filters to be applied to the stream.

Methods inherited from class org.pdfbox.cos.COSDictionary

accept, addAll, clear, containsValue, getBoolean, getBoolean, getDate, getDate, getDate, getDate, getDictionaryObject, getDictionaryObject, getDictionaryObject, getDictionaryObject, getEmbeddedDate, getEmbeddedDate, getEmbeddedDate, getEmbeddedDate, getEmbeddedInt, getEmbeddedInt, getEmbeddedInt, getEmbeddedInt, getEmbeddedString, getEmbeddedString, getEmbeddedString, getEmbeddedString, getFloat, getFloat, getFloat, getFloat, getInt, getInt, getInt, getInt, getInt, getItem, getKeyForValue, getLong, getLong, getLong, getLong, getLong, getNameAsString, getNameAsString, getNameAsString, getNameAsString, getObjectFromPath, getString, getString, getString, getString, getValues, keyList, mergeInto, removeItem, setBoolean, setBoolean, setDate, setDate, setEmbeddedDate, setEmbeddedDate, setEmbeddedInt, setEmbeddedInt, setEmbeddedString, setEmbeddedString, setFloat, setFloat, setInt, setInt, setItem, setItem, setItem, setItem, setLong, setLong, setName, setName, setString, setString, size

Methods inherited from class org.pdfbox.cos.COSBase

accept, getCOSObject, getFilterManager

Constructor Details

COSStream

public COSStream(COSDictionary dictionary,
                 RandomAccess storage)
Constructor.
Parameters:
dictionary - The dictionary that is associated with this stream.
storage - The intermediate storage for the stream.

COSStream

public COSStream(RandomAccess storage)
Constructor. Creates a new stream with an empty dictionary.
Parameters:
storage - The intermediate storage for the stream.

Method Details

accept

public Object accept(ICOSVisitor visitor)
            throws COSVisitorException
visitor pattern double dispatch method.
Overrides:
accept in interface COSDictionary
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.

createFilteredStream

public OutputStream createFilteredStream()
            throws IOException
This will create a new stream for which filtered byte should be written to. You probably don't want this but want to use the createUnfilteredStream, which is used to write raw bytes to.
Returns:
A stream that can be written to.

createFilteredStream

public OutputStream createFilteredStream(COSBase expectedLength)
            throws IOException
This will create a new stream for which filtered byte should be written to. You probably don't want this but want to use the createUnfilteredStream, which is used to write raw bytes to.
Parameters:
expectedLength - An entry where a length is expected.
Returns:
A stream that can be written to.

createUnfilteredStream

public OutputStream createUnfilteredStream()
            throws IOException
This will create an output stream that can be written to.
Returns:
An output stream which raw data bytes should be written to.

getFilteredStream

public InputStream getFilteredStream()
            throws IOException
This will get the stream with all of the filters applied.
Returns:
the bytes of the physical (endoced) stream

getFilters

public COSBase getFilters()
This will return the filters to apply to the byte stream. The method will return - null if no filters are to be applied - a COSName if one filter is to be applied - a COSArray containing COSNames if multiple filters are to be applied
Returns:
the COSBase object representing the filters

getScratchFile

public RandomAccess getScratchFile()
This will get the scratch file associated with this stream.
Returns:
The scratch file where this stream is being stored.

getStreamTokens

public List getStreamTokens()
            throws IOException
This will get all the tokens in the stream.
Returns:
All of the tokens in the stream.

getUnfilteredStream

public InputStream getUnfilteredStream()
            throws IOException
This will get the logical content stream with none of the filters.
Returns:
the bytes of the logical (decoded) stream

replaceWithStream

public void replaceWithStream(COSStream stream)
This will replace this object with the data from the new object. This is used to easily maintain referential integrity when changing references to new objects.
Parameters:
stream - The stream that have the new values in it.

setFilters

public void setFilters(COSBase filters)
            throws IOException
set the filters to be applied to the stream.
Parameters:
filters - The filters to set on this stream.