com.datalogics.PDFL

Class Group

java.lang.Object

com.datalogics.PDFL.Element

com.datalogics.PDFL.Group

public class Group
extends Element

A set of elements to be used within a PDF document. A Group represents objects in a content object, but it resides in memory.

Therefore the group has no state and is not represented in any way in a PDF content stream. When used in a Clip, a group is used to associate Text objects into a single clipping object.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
Group() Create a new Group.
Group(Content content) Create a Group with the given Content.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
Group	clone() Makes a copy of the group.
Group	clone(java.util.EnumSet<ElementCloneFlags> cloneFlags) Makes a copy of the group.
Group	colorConvert(Document document, ColorProfile prof, RenderIntent intent, boolean embed) Applies the specified ICC ColorProfile to the elements in the Group object
void	delete()
Content	getContent() Obtain the content of a Group.
void	setContent(Content content) Set the content of a Group.

Methods inherited from class com.datalogics.PDFL.Element

getBoundingBox, getClip, getMatrix, rotate, scale, setClip, setMatrix, translate

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

equals, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

Group

public Group()

Create a new Group.

Group

public Group(Content content)

Create a Group with the given Content.

Parameters:

content - The new Content of the group.

Method Detail

delete

public void delete()

Overrides:

delete in class Element

setContent

public void setContent(Content content)

Set the content of a Group.

Parameters:

content - The new Content of the group.

getContent

public Content getContent()

Obtain the content of a Group.

clone

public Group clone()

Makes a copy of the group.

Make a copy of an group to obtain a new group that has a distinct set of attributes.

Overrides:

clone in class Element

Returns:

The copied group.

clone

public Group clone(java.util.EnumSet<ElementCloneFlags> cloneFlags)

Makes a copy of the group.

Make a copy of an group to obtain a new group that has a distinct set of attributes.

Overrides:

clone in class Element

Parameters:

cloneFlags - Flags that modify the cloning operation.

Returns:

The copied group.

colorConvert

public Group colorConvert(Document document,
                          ColorProfile prof,
                          RenderIntent intent,
                          boolean embed)

Applies the specified ICC ColorProfile to the elements in the Group object

Parameters:

document - The document the element belongs to.

prof - The ICC ColorProfile to be applied.

intent - The ICC Rendering Intent for the ColorProfile

embed - If true, embed the color space and make the object calibrated. If it is false and the target profile is CMYK, RGB, or Gray, the colors space of the resulting objects, after conversion, will be DeviceCMYK, DeviceRGB, or DeviceGray, respectively.

Returns:

A new Group object with the applied ICC ColorProfile.