All Implemented Interfaces:
COSObjectable

public final class PDOutlineItem extends PDOutlineNode
This represents an outline item in a pdf document. The items at each level of the hierarchy form an iterable linked list, chained together through their Prev and Next entries.
Author:
Ben Litchfield
  • Constructor Details

    • PDOutlineItem

      public PDOutlineItem()
      Default Constructor.
    • PDOutlineItem

      public PDOutlineItem(COSDictionary dic)
      Constructor for an existing outline item.
      Parameters:
      dic - The storage dictionary.
  • Method Details

    • insertSiblingAfter

      public void insertSiblingAfter(PDOutlineItem newSibling)
      Insert a single sibling after this node.
      Parameters:
      newSibling - The item to insert.
      Throws:
      IllegalArgumentException - if the given sibling node is part of a list (i.e. if it has a previous or a next sibling)
    • insertSiblingBefore

      public void insertSiblingBefore(PDOutlineItem newSibling)
      Insert a single sibling before this node.
      Parameters:
      newSibling - The item to insert.
      Throws:
      IllegalArgumentException - if the given sibling node is part of a list (i.e. if it has a previous or a next sibling)
    • getPreviousSibling

      public PDOutlineItem getPreviousSibling()
      Return the previous sibling or null if there is no sibling.
      Returns:
      The previous sibling.
    • getNextSibling

      public PDOutlineItem getNextSibling()
      Returns:
      The next sibling or null if there is no next sibling.
    • getTitle

      public String getTitle()
      Get the title of this node.
      Returns:
      The title of this node.
    • setTitle

      public void setTitle(String title)
      Set the title for this node.
      Parameters:
      title - The new title for this node.
    • getDestination

      public PDDestination getDestination() throws IOException
      Get the page destination of this node.
      Returns:
      The page destination of this node.
      Throws:
      IOException - If there is an error creating the destination.
    • setDestination

      public void setDestination(PDDestination dest)
      Set the page destination for this node.
      Parameters:
      dest - The new page destination for this node.
    • setDestination

      public void setDestination(PDPage page)
      A convenience method that will create an XYZ destination using only the defaults.
      Parameters:
      page - The page to refer to.
    • findDestinationPage

      public PDPage findDestinationPage(PDDocument doc) throws IOException
      This method will attempt to find the page in this PDF document that this outline points to. If the outline does not point to anything then this method will return null. If the outline is an action that is not a GoTo action then this method will also return null.
      Parameters:
      doc - The document to get the page from.
      Returns:
      The page that this outline will go to when activated or null if it does not point to anything.
      Throws:
      IOException - If there is an error when trying to find the page.
    • getAction

      public PDAction getAction()
      Get the action of this node.
      Returns:
      The action of this node.
    • setAction

      public void setAction(PDAction action)
      Set the action for this node.
      Parameters:
      action - The new action for this node.
    • getStructureElement

      public PDStructureElement getStructureElement()
      Get the structure element of this node.
      Returns:
      The structure element of this node.
    • setStructureElement

      public void setStructureElement(PDStructureElement structureElement)
      Set the structure element for this node.
      Parameters:
      structureElement - The new structure element for this node.
    • getTextColor

      public PDColor getTextColor()
      Get the RGB text color of this node. Default is black and this method will never return null.
      Returns:
      The structure element of this node.
    • setTextColor

      public void setTextColor(PDColor textColor)
      Set the RGB text color for this node.
      Parameters:
      textColor - The text color for this node.
    • setTextColor

      public void setTextColor(Color textColor)
      Set the RGB text color for this node.
      Parameters:
      textColor - The text color for this node.
    • isItalic

      public boolean isItalic()
      A flag telling if the text should be italic.
      Returns:
      The italic flag.
    • setItalic

      public void setItalic(boolean italic)
      Set the italic property of the text.
      Parameters:
      italic - The new italic flag.
    • isBold

      public boolean isBold()
      A flag telling if the text should be bold.
      Returns:
      The bold flag.
    • setBold

      public void setBold(boolean bold)
      Set the bold property of the text.
      Parameters:
      bold - The new bold flag.