edu.harvard.hul.ois.jhove.module.pdf

Class StructureElement

java.lang.Object

edu.harvard.hul.ois.jhove.module.pdf.StructureElement

public class StructureElement
extends Object

Class for element of PDF document structure tree.

See Also:

StructureTree

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
StructureElement(PdfDictionary dict, StructureTree tree) Constructor.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
void	buildSubtree() Build this element's subtree, if any This checks the "K" entry in the dictionary and locates all referened structure elements.
void	checkAttributes() Determine if the attributes of this element are valid.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

StructureElement

public StructureElement(PdfDictionary dict,
                        StructureTree tree)
                 throws PdfException

Constructor.

Parameters:

dict - A PdfDictionary corresponding to a structure element

tree - The root StructureTree object

Throws:

PdfException

Method Detail

buildSubtree

public void buildSubtree()
                  throws PdfException

Build this element's subtree, if any This checks the "K" entry in the dictionary and locates all referened structure elements. These are put into StructureElement objects, which have their own subtrees built, and these StructureElements are accumulated into children.

Throws:

PdfException

checkAttributes

public void checkAttributes()
                     throws PdfException

Determine if the attributes of this element are valid. If errors are detected, throws a PdfInvalidException.

Throws:

PdfException