com.etymon.pj.object
Class BaseObject

java.lang.Object
  com.etymon.pj.object.BaseObject

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.lang.Cloneable

Direct Known Subclasses:

PageMark, PjObject

public abstract class BaseObject
extends java.lang.Object
implements java.lang.Cloneable

The base class for all high level objects and page markings.

Constructor Summary

BaseObject()

Method Summary

abstract java.lang.Object	clone() Returns a deep copy of this object.
java.lang.String	toString() Returns a string representation of this object in PDF format.
static long	write(java.io.OutputStream os, byte[] b) Writes a byte[] to a stream.
static long	write(java.io.OutputStream os, char c) Writes a char to a stream.
static long	write(java.io.OutputStream os, java.lang.Object obj) Writes an Object to a stream.
static long	writeln(java.io.OutputStream os, java.lang.Object obj) Writes an Object to a stream followed by a carriage return.
abstract long	writePdf(java.io.OutputStream os) Writes this object to a file in PDF format.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

BaseObject

public BaseObject()

Method Detail

clone

public abstract java.lang.Object clone()
                                throws java.lang.CloneNotSupportedException

Returns a deep copy of this object.

Overrides:

clone in class java.lang.Object

Returns:

a deep copy of this object.

Throws:

java.lang.CloneNotSupportedException - if the instance can not be cloned.

writePdf

public abstract long writePdf(java.io.OutputStream os)
                       throws java.io.IOException

Writes this object to a file in PDF format.

Parameters:

raf - the file to write to.

Returns:

the number of bytes written.

Throws:

java.io.IOException - if an I/O error occurs.

write

public static long write(java.io.OutputStream os,
                         char c)
                  throws java.io.IOException

Writes a char to a stream.

Parameters:

os - the stream to write to.

c - the character to write.

Returns:

the number of bytes written.

Throws:

java.io.IOException - if an I/O error occurs.

write

public static long write(java.io.OutputStream os,
                         byte[] b)
                  throws java.io.IOException

Writes a byte[] to a stream.

Parameters:

os - the stream to write to.

b - the byte[] to write.

Returns:

the number of bytes written.

Throws:

java.io.IOException - if an I/O error occurs.

write

public static long write(java.io.OutputStream os,
                         java.lang.Object obj)
                  throws java.io.IOException

Writes an Object to a stream.

Parameters:

os - the stream to write to.

obj - the Object to write.

Returns:

the number of bytes written.

Throws:

java.io.IOException - if an I/O error occurs.

writeln

public static long writeln(java.io.OutputStream os,
                           java.lang.Object obj)
                    throws java.io.IOException

Writes an Object to a stream followed by a carriage return.

Parameters:

os - the stream to write to.

obj - the Object to write.

Returns:

the number of bytes written.

Throws:

java.io.IOException - if an I/O error occurs.

toString

public java.lang.String toString()

Returns a string representation of this object in PDF format.

Overrides:

toString in class java.lang.Object

Returns:

the string representation.