SetaPDF_Core_Type_IndirectObject Class representing an indirect object
File: /SetaPDF v2/Core/Type/IndirectObject.php
Class hierarchy
Implements
Summary
Properties
$_objectId
The initial object id
$_objectIdent
The object identifier
$_observers
The Objects to notify on any change
This will be the PDF document or another value holding this one. Initially this will be an array.
Static Methods
_ensureType()
Ensure that a value is an instance of a specific PDF type.
Parameters
- $type : string
- $value : mixed
- $errorMessage : string
- $ensure
Exceptions
Throws SetaPDF_Core_Type_Exception
ensureType()
Ensures that the passed value is a SetaPDF_Core_Type_IndirectObject instance.
Parameters
- $indirectObject : mixed
Exceptions
Throws SetaPDF_Core_Type_Exception
ensureWithType()
Ensures that the passed value is an instance of the passed type.
Parameters
- $type : string
- $value : mixed
Exceptions
Throws SetaPDF_Core_Type_Exception
is()
Checks if the type of a value is the expected one.
Indirect references will be evaluated if $ensure
is set to true
.
Parameters
- $type : string
- $value : mixed
- $ensure : bool
writePdfString()
Parses a php value to a pdf string and writes it into a writer.
PHP data type -> PDF data type
Null -> SetaPDF_Core_Type_Null
Boolean -> SetaPDF_Core_Type_Boolean
Integer/Double -> SetaPDF_Core_Type_Numeric
String -> SetaPDF_Core_Type_String
or SetaPDF_Core_Type_Name
(if the string starts with "/")
Indexed array -> SetaPDF_Core_Type_Array
Associative array -> SetaPDF_Core_Type_Dictionary
Parameters
- $writer : SetaPDF_Core_WriteInterface
- $value : mixed
Exceptions
Throws InvalidArgumentException
Methods
__construct()
The constructor.
Parameters
- $value : null|SetaPDF_Core_Type_AbstractType
- $owner : SetaPDF_Core_Type_Owner
- $objectId : integer
- $gen : integer
Exceptions
Throws InvalidArgumentException
attach()
Add an observer to the object.
Implementation of the Observer Pattern. This overwritten method forwards the attach()-call to the value of the indirect object.
Parameters
- $observer : SplObserver
deepClone()
Clone the object recursively in the context of a document.
Parameters
- $document : SetaPDF_Core_Document
detach()
Detach an observer from the object.
Implementation of the Observer Pattern.
Parameters
- $observer : SplObserver
ensure()
Ensures the access to the value.
This method automatically forwards the request to the value.
Parameters
- $forceObservation : boolean|null
getObjectIdent()
Get the Object Identifier.
This identifier has nothing to do with the object numbers of a PDF document. They will be used to map an object to document related object numbers.
notify()
Notifies all attached observers.
Implementation of the Observer Pattern.
Has to be called by any method that changes a value.
setValue()
Sets the value of the PDF type.
Parameters
- $value : SetaPDF_Core_Type_AbstractType
Exceptions
Throws InvalidArgumentException
toPdfString()
Returns the type as a formatted PDF string.
Parameters
- $pdfDocument : SetaPDF_Core_Document
update()
Triggered if a value of this object is changed.
Forward this to other observing objects.
Parameters
- $SplSubject : SplSubject
writeTo()
Writes the type as a formatted PDF string to the document.
Parameters
- $pdfDocument : SetaPDF_Core_Document