com.cete.dynamicpdf
Class Resource

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

Direct Known Subclasses:

Annotation, ColorSpace, DocumentJavaScriptList, DocumentPackage, EmbeddedFileList, EmbeddedFileResource, Font, Form, FormField, IccProfile, ImageData, ImportedPageContents, JavaScriptResource, OperatorWriter, SingleByteEncodingResource, Tag, TransparencyGroup.Transparency, XmpMetadata

public abstract class Resource
extends java.lang.Object

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

Licensing:
This class is a DynamicPDF Generator Professional Edition feature. One of the following licenses is required for non-evaluation usage:

• DynamicPDF Generator Professional Edition
• DynamicPDF Generator Enterprise Edition
• DynamicPDF Merger Professional Edition
• DynamicPDF Merger Enterprise Edition

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.
int	getRequiredPdfObjects() Gets the number of PDF objects required by the resource.
ResourceType	getResourceType() Gets the type of 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.

Returns:

the unique ID of the resource.

getRequiredPdfObjects

public int getRequiredPdfObjects()

Gets the number of PDF objects required by the resource.

Returns:

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

getResourceType

public ResourceType getResourceType()

Gets the type of resource.

Returns:

the type of resource.

See Also:

ResourceType

newUid

public static long newUid()

Generates a new unique ID for a resource.

Returns:

The generated unique ID.