cz.hobrasoft.pdfmu.operation.version

Class PdfVersion

java.lang.Object

cz.hobrasoft.pdfmu.operation.version.PdfVersion

All Implemented Interfaces:

Comparable<PdfVersion>

public class PdfVersion
extends Object
implements Comparable<PdfVersion>

Represents a PDF version

Versions 1.2 to 1.7 are supported. This range corresponds to the versions supported by iText, as seen in PdfWriter static fields PdfWriter.VERSION_1_2 etc.

Author:

Filip Bartek

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
PdfVersion(char charValue) Creates a PDF version from the last character of its string representation
PdfVersion(String stringValue) Creates a PDF version from its string representation

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
int	compareTo(PdfVersion o)
char	toChar() Returns the last character of the PDF version
String	toString()

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

PdfVersion

public PdfVersion(String stringValue)
           throws IllegalArgumentException

Creates a PDF version from its string representation

Versions 1.2 to 1.7 are supported. Valid string representations include:

• 1.3
• 1.6

Parameters:

stringValue - string representation of the version

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - if stringValue does not represent a valid version

PdfVersion

public PdfVersion(char charValue)
           throws IllegalArgumentException

Creates a PDF version from the last character of its string representation

Since versions 1.2 to 1.7 are supported, a valid PDF version is uniquely specified by its last character (the digit 2 to 7).

Version in this format is returned by PdfReader.getPdfVersion().

Parameters:

charValue - last character of the PDF version

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - if charValue does not represent a valid version

Method Detail

toString

public String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class Object

toChar

public char toChar()

Returns the last character of the PDF version

This format of PDF version is accepted for example by PdfStamper.PdfStamper(PdfReader, OutputStream, char)

Returns:

last character of the PDF version

compareTo

public int compareTo(PdfVersion o)

Specified by:

compareTo in interface Comparable<PdfVersion>