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Diffstat (limited to 'src/java/org/apache/fop/pdf/PDFWritable.java')
| -rw-r--r-- | src/java/org/apache/fop/pdf/PDFWritable.java | 16 |
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/src/java/org/apache/fop/pdf/PDFWritable.java b/src/java/org/apache/fop/pdf/PDFWritable.java index 23bcf9ad8..4f024fb92 100644 --- a/src/java/org/apache/fop/pdf/PDFWritable.java +++ b/src/java/org/apache/fop/pdf/PDFWritable.java @@ -19,6 +19,10 @@ package org.apache.fop.pdf; +import java.io.IOException; +import java.io.OutputStream; +import java.io.Writer; + /** * This interface is implemented by classes that can be serialized to a PDF file either by * serializing the object or by writing a indirect reference to the actual object. @@ -26,11 +30,13 @@ package org.apache.fop.pdf; public interface PDFWritable { /** - * Returns a representation of this object for in-object placement, i.e. if the object - * has an object number its reference is returned. Otherwise, its PDF representation is - * returned. - * @return the String representation + * Writes a "direct object" (inline object) representation to the stream. A Writer is given + * for optimized encoding of text content. Since the Writer is buffered, make sure + * <code>flush()</code> is called before any direct calls to <code>out</code> are made. + * @param out the OutputStream (for binary content) + * @param writer the Writer (for text content, wraps the above OutputStream) + * @throws IOException if an I/O error occurs */ - String toInlinePDFString(); + void outputInline(OutputStream out, Writer writer) throws IOException; } |