org.icepdf.core.pobjects.actions
Class Action

java.lang.Object
  org.icepdf.core.pobjects.Dictionary
      org.icepdf.core.pobjects.actions.Action

Direct Known Subclasses:

GoToAction, GoToRAction, LaunchAction, URIAction

public class Action
extends Dictionary

The Action class represents an Action Dictionary which defines characteristics and behavior of an action. A PDF action can be a wide variety of standard action types. This class is designed to help users get needed attributes from the Action Dictionary. The Dictionary classes getEntries method can be used to find other attributes associated with this action.

ICEpdf currently only uses the "GoTo" action when working with document outlines. If your application is interpreting a page's Annotations then you can query the Annotation object to get its Action.

Since:

1.0

Field Summary

static Name	ACTION_TYPE
static Name	ACTION_TYPE_GOTO
static Name	ACTION_TYPE_GOTO_REMOTE
static Name	ACTION_TYPE_KEY
static Name	ACTION_TYPE_LAUNCH
static Name	ACTION_TYPE_URI
static Name	NEXT_KEY

Fields inherited from class org.icepdf.core.pobjects.Dictionary

entries, inited, isDeleted, isNew, library, SUBTYPE_KEY, TYPE_KEY

Constructor Summary

Action(Library l, java.util.Hashtable h)
Creates a new instance of a Action.

Method Summary

static Action	buildAction(Library library, java.util.Hashtable hashTable)
java.lang.String	getType() Gets the type of action that this dictionary describes.
boolean	similar(Action obj)

Methods inherited from class org.icepdf.core.pobjects.Dictionary

getEntries, getFloat, getInt, getLibrary, getNumber, getObject, getObject, getPObjectReference, init, isDeleted, isNew, setDeleted, setNew, setPObjectReference, toString

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

ACTION_TYPE

public static final Name ACTION_TYPE

ACTION_TYPE_KEY

public static final Name ACTION_TYPE_KEY

NEXT_KEY

public static final Name NEXT_KEY

ACTION_TYPE_GOTO

public static final Name ACTION_TYPE_GOTO

ACTION_TYPE_GOTO_REMOTE

public static final Name ACTION_TYPE_GOTO_REMOTE

ACTION_TYPE_LAUNCH

public static final Name ACTION_TYPE_LAUNCH

ACTION_TYPE_URI

public static final Name ACTION_TYPE_URI

Constructor Detail

Action

public Action(Library l,
              java.util.Hashtable h)

Creates a new instance of a Action.

Parameters:

l - document library.

h - Action dictionary entries.

Method Detail

buildAction

public static Action buildAction(Library library,
                                 java.util.Hashtable hashTable)

getType

public java.lang.String getType()

Gets the type of action that this dictionary describes. The most common actions can be found in the PDF Reference 1.6 in section 8.5.3. ICEpdf currently only takes advantage of the "GoTo" action when a user clicks on a document outline.

Returns:

The action type.

similar

public boolean similar(Action obj)