Package com.lowagie.text.pdf

Class PdfOutline

java.lang.Object

com.lowagie.text.pdf.PdfObject

com.lowagie.text.pdf.PdfDictionary

com.lowagie.text.pdf.PdfOutline

public class PdfOutline
extends PdfDictionary

PdfOutline is an object that represents a PDF outline entry.

An outline allows a user to access views of a document by name.
This object is described in the 'Portable Document Format Reference Manual version 1.3' section 6.7 (page 104-106)

See Also:

• PdfDictionary

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field	Description
protected ArrayList	kids
protected PdfWriter	writer

Fields inherited from class com.lowagie.text.pdf.PdfDictionary

CATALOG, FONT, hashMap, OUTLINES, PAGE, PAGES

Fields inherited from class com.lowagie.text.pdf.PdfObject

ARRAY, BOOLEAN, bytes, DICTIONARY, INDIRECT, indRef, NAME, NOTHING, NULL, NUMBER, STREAM, STRING, TEXT_PDFDOCENCODING, TEXT_UNICODE, type

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
PdfOutline(PdfOutline parent, PdfAction action, Paragraph title)	Constructs a PdfOutline.
PdfOutline(PdfOutline parent, PdfAction action, Paragraph title, boolean open)	Constructs a PdfOutline.
PdfOutline(PdfOutline parent, PdfAction action, PdfString title)	Constructs a PdfOutline.
PdfOutline(PdfOutline parent, PdfAction action, PdfString title, boolean open)	Constructs a PdfOutline.
PdfOutline(PdfOutline parent, PdfAction action, String title)	Constructs a PdfOutline.
PdfOutline(PdfOutline parent, PdfAction action, String title, boolean open)	Constructs a PdfOutline.
PdfOutline(PdfOutline parent, PdfDestination destination, Paragraph title)	Constructs a PdfOutline.
PdfOutline(PdfOutline parent, PdfDestination destination, Paragraph title, boolean open)	Constructs a PdfOutline.
PdfOutline(PdfOutline parent, PdfDestination destination, PdfString title)	Constructs a PdfOutline.
PdfOutline(PdfOutline parent, PdfDestination destination, PdfString title, boolean open)	Constructs a PdfOutline.
PdfOutline(PdfOutline parent, PdfDestination destination, String title)	Constructs a PdfOutline.
PdfOutline(PdfOutline parent, PdfDestination destination, String title, boolean open)	Constructs a PdfOutline.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
void	addKid(PdfOutline outline)	Adds a kid to the outline
Color	getColor()	Getter for property color.
ArrayList	getKids()	Returns the kids of this outline
PdfDestination	getPdfDestination()	Gets the destination for this outline.
int	getStyle()	Getter for property style.
String	getTag()	Getter for property tag.
String	getTitle()	Gets the title of this outline
PdfIndirectReference	indirectReference()	Gets the indirect reference of this PdfOutline.
boolean	isOpen()	Getter for property open.
int	level()	returns the level of this outline.
PdfOutline	parent()	Gets the parent of this PdfOutline.
void	setColor(Color color)	Setter for property color.
boolean	setDestinationPage(PdfIndirectReference pageReference)	Set the page of the PdfDestination-object.
void	setIndirectReference(PdfIndirectReference reference)	Sets the indirect reference of this PdfOutline.
void	setKids(ArrayList kids)	Sets the kids of this outline
void	setOpen(boolean open)	Setter for property open.
void	setStyle(int style)	Setter for property style.
void	setTag(String tag)	Setter for property tag.
void	setTitle(String title)	Sets the title of this outline
void	toPdf(PdfWriter writer, OutputStream os)	Returns the PDF representation of this PdfOutline.

Methods inherited from class com.lowagie.text.pdf.PdfDictionary

contains, get, getAsArray, getAsBoolean, getAsDict, getAsIndirectObject, getAsName, getAsNumber, getAsStream, getAsString, getDirectObject, getKeys, isCatalog, isFont, isOutlineTree, isPage, isPages, merge, mergeDifferent, put, putAll, putEx, remove, size, toString

Methods inherited from class com.lowagie.text.pdf.PdfObject

canBeInObjStm, getBytes, getIndRef, isArray, isBoolean, isDictionary, isIndirect, isName, isNull, isNumber, isStream, isString, length, setContent, setIndRef, type

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Details

kids

protected ArrayList kids

writer

protected PdfWriter writer

Constructor Details

PdfOutline

public PdfOutline(PdfOutline parent,
 PdfAction action,
 String title)

Constructs a PdfOutline.

This is the constructor for an outline entry. The open mode is true.

Parameters:

parent - the parent of this outline item

action - the PdfAction for this outline item

title - the title of this outline item

PdfOutline

public PdfOutline(PdfOutline parent,
 PdfAction action,
 String title,
 boolean open)

Constructs a PdfOutline.

This is the constructor for an outline entry.

Parameters:

parent - the parent of this outline item

action - the PdfAction for this outline item

title - the title of this outline item

open - true if the children are visible

PdfOutline

public PdfOutline(PdfOutline parent,
 PdfDestination destination,
 String title)

Constructs a PdfOutline.

This is the constructor for an outline entry. The open mode is true.

Parameters:

parent - the parent of this outline item

destination - the destination for this outline item

title - the title of this outline item

PdfOutline

public PdfOutline(PdfOutline parent,
 PdfDestination destination,
 String title,
 boolean open)

Constructs a PdfOutline.

This is the constructor for an outline entry.

Parameters:

parent - the parent of this outline item

destination - the destination for this outline item

title - the title of this outline item

open - true if the children are visible

PdfOutline

public PdfOutline(PdfOutline parent,
 PdfAction action,
 PdfString title)

Constructs a PdfOutline.

This is the constructor for an outline entry. The open mode is true.

Parameters:

parent - the parent of this outline item

action - the PdfAction for this outline item

title - the title of this outline item

PdfOutline

public PdfOutline(PdfOutline parent,
 PdfAction action,
 PdfString title,
 boolean open)

Constructs a PdfOutline.

This is the constructor for an outline entry.

Parameters:

parent - the parent of this outline item

action - the PdfAction for this outline item

title - the title of this outline item

open - true if the children are visible

PdfOutline

public PdfOutline(PdfOutline parent,
 PdfDestination destination,
 PdfString title)

Constructs a PdfOutline.

This is the constructor for an outline entry. The open mode is true.

Parameters:

parent - the parent of this outline item

destination - the destination for this outline item

title - the title of this outline item

PdfOutline

public PdfOutline(PdfOutline parent,
 PdfDestination destination,
 PdfString title,
 boolean open)

Constructs a PdfOutline.

This is the constructor for an outline entry.

Parameters:

parent - the parent of this outline item

destination - the destination for this outline item

title - the title of this outline item

open - true if the children are visible

PdfOutline

public PdfOutline(PdfOutline parent,
 PdfAction action,
 Paragraph title)

Constructs a PdfOutline.

This is the constructor for an outline entry. The open mode is true.

Parameters:

parent - the parent of this outline item

action - the PdfAction for this outline item

title - the title of this outline item

PdfOutline

public PdfOutline(PdfOutline parent,
 PdfAction action,
 Paragraph title,
 boolean open)

Constructs a PdfOutline.

This is the constructor for an outline entry.

Parameters:

parent - the parent of this outline item

action - the PdfAction for this outline item

title - the title of this outline item

open - true if the children are visible

PdfOutline

public PdfOutline(PdfOutline parent,
 PdfDestination destination,
 Paragraph title)

Constructs a PdfOutline.

This is the constructor for an outline entry. The open mode is true.

Parameters:

parent - the parent of this outline item

destination - the destination for this outline item

title - the title of this outline item

PdfOutline

public PdfOutline(PdfOutline parent,
 PdfDestination destination,
 Paragraph title,
 boolean open)

Constructs a PdfOutline.

This is the constructor for an outline entry.

Parameters:

parent - the parent of this outline item

destination - the destination for this outline item

title - the title of this outline item

open - true if the children are visible

Method Details

setIndirectReference

public void setIndirectReference(PdfIndirectReference reference)

Sets the indirect reference of this PdfOutline.

Parameters:

reference - the PdfIndirectReference to this outline.

indirectReference

public PdfIndirectReference indirectReference()

Gets the indirect reference of this PdfOutline.

Returns:

the PdfIndirectReference to this outline.

parent

public PdfOutline parent()

Gets the parent of this PdfOutline.

Returns:

the PdfOutline that is the parent of this outline.

setDestinationPage

public boolean setDestinationPage(PdfIndirectReference pageReference)

Set the page of the PdfDestination-object.

Parameters:

pageReference - indirect reference to the page

Returns:

true if this page was set as the PdfDestination-page.

getPdfDestination

public PdfDestination getPdfDestination()

Gets the destination for this outline.

Returns:

the destination

level

public int level()

returns the level of this outline.

Returns:

a level

toPdf

public void toPdf(PdfWriter writer,
 OutputStream os)
           throws IOException

Returns the PDF representation of this PdfOutline.

Overrides:

toPdf in class PdfDictionary

Parameters:

writer - the encryption information

os -

Throws:

IOException

addKid

public void addKid(PdfOutline outline)

Adds a kid to the outline

Parameters:

outline -

getKids

public ArrayList getKids()

Returns the kids of this outline

Returns:

an ArrayList with PdfOutlines

setKids

public void setKids(ArrayList kids)

Sets the kids of this outline

Parameters:

kids -

getTag

public String getTag()

Getter for property tag.

Returns:

Value of property tag.

setTag

public void setTag(String tag)

Setter for property tag.

Parameters:

tag - New value of property tag.

getTitle

public String getTitle()

Gets the title of this outline

Returns:

the title as a String

setTitle

public void setTitle(String title)

Sets the title of this outline

Parameters:

title -

isOpen

public boolean isOpen()

Getter for property open.

Returns:

Value of property open.

setOpen

public void setOpen(boolean open)

Setter for property open.

Parameters:

open - New value of property open.

getColor

public Color getColor()

Getter for property color.

Returns:

Value of property color.

setColor

public void setColor(Color color)

Setter for property color.

Parameters:

color - New value of property color.

getStyle

public int getStyle()

Getter for property style.

Returns:

Value of property style.

setStyle

public void setStyle(int style)

Setter for property style.

Parameters:

style - New value of property style.