com.aowagie.text.pdf

Class PdfRectangle

java.lang.Object

com.aowagie.text.pdf.PdfObject

com.aowagie.text.pdf.PdfArray

com.aowagie.text.pdf.PdfRectangle

public class PdfRectangle
extends PdfArray

PdfRectangle is the PDF Rectangle object.

Rectangles are used to describe locations on the page and bounding boxes for several objects in PDF, such as fonts. A rectangle is represented as an array of four numbers, specifying the lower left x, lower left y, upper right x, and upper right y coordinates of the rectangle, in that order.
This object is described in the 'Portable Document Format Reference Manual version 1.3' section 7.1 (page 183).

See Also:

Rectangle, PdfArray

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class com.aowagie.text.pdf.PdfObject

ARRAY, bytes, INDIRECT, STREAM, TEXT_UNICODE, type

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
PdfRectangle(float llx, float lly, float urx, float ury)

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
boolean	add(float[] values) Block changes to the underlying PdfArray
boolean	add(int[] values) Block changes to the underlying PdfArray
boolean	add(PdfObject object) Overrides the add-method in PdfArray in order to prevent the adding of extra object to the array.
void	addFirst(PdfObject object) Block changes to the underlying PdfArray
float	bottom() Returns the lower left y-coordinate.
Rectangle	getRectangle() Returns the high level version of this PdfRectangle
float	left() Returns the lower left x-coordinate.
float	right() Returns the upper right x-coordinate.
float	top() Returns the upper right y-coordinate.

Methods inherited from class com.aowagie.text.pdf.PdfArray

getArrayList, getAsName, getAsNumber, getPdfObject, isEmpty, listIterator, size, toPdf, toString

Methods inherited from class com.aowagie.text.pdf.PdfObject

getBytes, getIndRef, isArray, isBoolean, isDictionary, isIndirect, isName, isNull, isNumber, isStream, isString, setContent, setIndRef, type

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

PdfRectangle

public PdfRectangle(float llx,
                    float lly,
                    float urx,
                    float ury)

Method Detail

getRectangle

public Rectangle getRectangle()

Returns the high level version of this PdfRectangle

Returns:

this PdfRectangle translated to class Rectangle

add

public boolean add(PdfObject object)

Overrides the add-method in PdfArray in order to prevent the adding of extra object to the array.

Overrides:

add in class PdfArray

Parameters:

object - PdfObject to add (will not be added here)

Returns:

false

add

public boolean add(float[] values)

Block changes to the underlying PdfArray

Overrides:

add in class PdfArray

Parameters:

values - stuff we'll ignore. Ha!

Returns:

false. You can't add anything to a PdfRectangle

Since:

2.1.5

add

public boolean add(int[] values)

Block changes to the underlying PdfArray

Overrides:

add in class PdfArray

Parameters:

values - stuff we'll ignore. Ha!

Returns:

false. You can't add anything to a PdfRectangle

Since:

2.1.5

addFirst

public void addFirst(PdfObject object)

Block changes to the underlying PdfArray

Overrides:

addFirst in class PdfArray

Parameters:

object - Ignored.

Since:

2.1.5

left

public float left()

Returns the lower left x-coordinate.

Returns:

the lower left x-coordinate

right

public float right()

Returns the upper right x-coordinate.

Returns:

the upper right x-coordinate

top

public float top()

Returns the upper right y-coordinate.

Returns:

the upper right y-coordinate

bottom

public float bottom()

Returns the lower left y-coordinate.

Returns:

the lower left y-coordinate