com.cete.dynamicpdf
Class Resource

java.lang.Object
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  +--com.cete.dynamicpdf.Resource

Direct Known Subclasses:

Annotation, Font, Form, FormField, ImageData, ImportedPageContents, ImportedPageDataContents, PageWriter, SingleByteEncodingResource

public abstract class Resource

extends java.lang.Object

Class provides the base class from which all resources are derived.

Constructor Summary

protected	Resource() Initializes a new instance of the Resource class using the next UID.
protected	Resource(long uid) Initializes a new instance of the Resource class.

Method Summary

abstract void	draw(DocumentWriter writer) Draws the resource to the given DocumentWriter object.
abstract int	getRequiredPdfObjects() Gets the number of PDF objects required by the resource.
long	getUid() Gets the unique ID of the resource.
static long	newUid() Generates a new unique ID for a resource.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

Resource

protected Resource()

Initializes a new instance of the Resource class using the next UID.

See Also:

Resource

Resource

protected Resource(long uid)

Initializes a new instance of the Resource class.

Parameters:

uid - A unique ID.

Method Detail

getUid

public long getUid()

Gets the unique ID of the resource.

getRequiredPdfObjects

public abstract int getRequiredPdfObjects()

Gets the number of PDF objects required by the resource.

draw

public abstract void draw(DocumentWriter writer)

Draws the resource to the given DocumentWriter object.

Parameters:

writer - DocumentWriter object to receive the resource's output.

See Also:

DocumentWriter

newUid

public static long newUid()

Generates a new unique ID for a resource.

Returns:

The generated unique ID.