com.orsonpdf.shading

Class Shading

java.lang.Object

com.orsonpdf.PDFObject

com.orsonpdf.shading.Shading

Direct Known Subclasses:

AxialShading, RadialShading

public abstract class Shading
extends PDFObject

A PDF shading object (this class is abstract, subclasses implement particular shading types).

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
protected Dictionary	dictionary The dictionary.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Modifier	Constructor and Description
protected	Shading(int number, ShadingType shadingType) Creates a new shading instance.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
byte[]	getObjectBytes() Returns the bytes that go between the 'obj' and 'endobj' in the PDF output for this object.
ShadingType	getShadingType() Returns the shading type.

Methods inherited from class com.orsonpdf.PDFObject

getGeneration, getNumber, getReference, toPDFBytes

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

dictionary

protected Dictionary dictionary

The dictionary.

Constructor Detail

Shading

protected Shading(int number,
                  ShadingType shadingType)

Creates a new shading instance.

Parameters:

number - the PDF object number.

shadingType - the shading type (null not permitted).

Method Detail

getShadingType

public ShadingType getShadingType()

Returns the shading type.

Returns:

The shading type (never null).

getObjectBytes

public byte[] getObjectBytes()

Returns the bytes that go between the 'obj' and 'endobj' in the PDF output for this object.

Specified by:

getObjectBytes in class PDFObject

Returns:

A byte array.