Example usage for com.itextpdf.text.pdf PdfObject toPdf

Introduction

In this page you can find the example usage for com.itextpdf.text.pdf PdfObject toPdf.

Prototype

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

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Document

Writes the PDF representation of this PdfObject as an array of bytes to the writer.

Usage

From source file:mkl.testarea.itext5.pdfcleanup.PdfCleanUpContentOperator.java

License:Open Source License

/**
 * Overriding standard PdfObject.toPdf because we need sorted PdfDictionaries.
 *//*w  ww.ja v  a  2 s.c  o m*/
private static void toPdf(PdfObject object, PdfWriter writer, OutputStream os) throws IOException {
    if (object instanceof PdfDictionary) {
        os.write('<');
        os.write('<');

        List<PdfName> keys = new ArrayList<PdfName>(((PdfDictionary) object).getKeys());
        Collections.sort(keys);

        for (PdfName key : keys) {
            toPdf(key, writer, os);
            PdfObject value = ((PdfDictionary) object).get(key);
            int type = value.type();

            if (type != PdfObject.ARRAY && type != PdfObject.DICTIONARY && type != PdfObject.NAME
                    && type != PdfObject.STRING) {
                os.write(' ');
            }

            toPdf(value, writer, os);
        }

        os.write('>');
        os.write('>');
    } else {
        object.toPdf(writer, os);
    }
}

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