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 * $Id: PdfIndirectObject.java 3912 2009-04-26 08:38:15Z blowagie $
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package com.lowagie.text.pdf;

import com.lowagie.text.DocWriter;

import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.OutputStream;

/**
 * <CODE>PdfIndirectObject</CODE> is the Pdf indirect object.
 * <P>
 * An <I>indirect object</I> is an object that has been labeled so that it can be referenced by
 * other objects. Any type of <CODE>PdfObject</CODE> may be labeled as an indirect object.<BR>
 * An indirect object consists of an object identifier, a direct object, and the <B>endobj</B>
 * keyword. The <I>object identifier</I> consists of an integer <I>object number</I>, an integer
 * <I>generation number</I>, and the <B>obj</B> keyword.<BR>
 * This object is described in the 'Portable Document Format Reference Manual version 1.7' section
 * 3.2.9 (page 63-65).
 *
 * @see PdfObject
 * @see PdfIndirectReference
 */

public class PdfIndirectObject {

	// membervariables

	/** The object number */
	protected int		number;

	/** the generation number */
	protected int		generation	= 0;

	static final byte	STARTOBJ[]	= DocWriter.getISOBytes(" obj\n");
	static final byte	ENDOBJ[]	= DocWriter.getISOBytes("\nendobj\n");
	static final int	SIZEOBJ		= STARTOBJ.length + ENDOBJ.length;
	PdfObject			object;
	PdfWriter			writer;

	// constructors

	/**
	 * Constructs a <CODE>PdfIndirectObject</CODE>.
	 *
	 * @param number the object number
	 * @param object the direct object
	 */

	PdfIndirectObject(int number, PdfObject object, PdfWriter writer) {
		this(number, 0, object, writer);
	}

	PdfIndirectObject(PdfIndirectReference ref, PdfObject object, PdfWriter writer) {
		this(ref.getNumber(), ref.getGeneration(), object, writer);
	}

	/**
	 * Constructs a <CODE>PdfIndirectObject</CODE>.
	 *
	 * @param number the object number
	 * @param generation the generation number
	 * @param object the direct object
	 */

	PdfIndirectObject(int number, int generation, PdfObject object, PdfWriter writer) {
		this.writer = writer;
		this.number = number;
		this.generation = generation;
		this.object = object;
	}

	// methods

	/**
	 * Return the length of this <CODE>PdfIndirectObject</CODE>.
	 *
	 * @return the length of the PDF-representation of this indirect object.
	 */

	// public int length() {
	// if (isStream)
	// return bytes.size() + SIZEOBJ + stream.getStreamLength(writer);
	// else
	// return bytes.size();
	// }

	/**
	 * Returns a <CODE>PdfIndirectReference</CODE> to this <CODE>PdfIndirectObject</CODE>.
	 *
	 * @return a <CODE>PdfIndirectReference</CODE>
	 */

	public PdfIndirectReference getIndirectReference() {
		return new PdfIndirectReference(object.type(), number, generation);
	}

	/**
	 * Writes efficiently to a stream
	 *
	 * @param os the stream to write to
	 * @throws IOException on write error
	 */
	void writeTo(OutputStream os) throws IOException {
		os.write(DocWriter.getISOBytes(String.valueOf(number)));
		os.write(' ');
		os.write(DocWriter.getISOBytes(String.valueOf(generation)));
		os.write(STARTOBJ);
		object.toPdf(writer, os);
		os.write(ENDOBJ);
	}
}