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pdf::core::CObject Class Reference

the base class of all PDF objects More...

#include <Object.hh>

Inheritance diagram for pdf::core::CObject:

[legend]List of all members.

Public Methods

• virtual ~CObject ()
• virtual std::ostream & Write (std::ostream &os) const=0
• virtual CObject * Dup () const=0

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Detailed Description

the base class of all PDF objects

the CObject class represent the abstraction of PDF objects. according to the PDF spec, the PDF objects include Boolean values, Integer and real numbers, Strings, Names, Arrays, Dictionaries, Streams and the null object. these objects are defined in the derived class.

all PDF objects should be value typed. they must support copying since they are supposed to be stored in the PDF document object, either directly or indirectly.

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Constructor & Destructor Documentation

pdf::core::CObject::~CObject (    )  [virtual]

virtual destructor destructor do nothing { }

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Member Function Documentation

virtual std::ostream& pdf::core::CObject::Write (  std::ostream &    os )  const [pure virtual]

write the object to an output stream Implemented in pdf::core::CArray, pdf::core::CDictionary, pdf::core::CObjRef, pdf::core::CRefObj, pdf::core::CBoolean, pdf::core::CNumber, pdf::core::CString, pdf::core::CName, and pdf::core::CStream.

virtual CObject* pdf::core::CObject::Dup (    )  const [pure virtual]

virtual copy constructor. will return new *this (or the like) Implemented in pdf::core::CArray, pdf::core::CDictionary, pdf::core::CObjRef, pdf::core::CRefObj, pdf::core::CBoolean, pdf::core::CNumber, pdf::core::CString, pdf::core::CName, pdf::font::CProgStream, pdf::graph::CImage, and pdf::graph::CJpegImage.

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The documentation for this class was generated from the following files:

• Object.hh
• Object.cc

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