de.intarsys.pdf.cos
Interface ICOSDocumentFactory

All Known Implementing Classes:

StandardDocumentFactory

public interface ICOSDocumentFactory

An object that is able to create a COSDocument with the help of a locator object that designates the physical source.

Possible implementations include parsing the associated input stream or looking up previous results in a cache.

Method Summary

COSDocument

createDocument(de.intarsys.tools.locator.ILocator locator, Map options) Create a COSDocument instance representing the object structure of the PDF file designated by locator.

Method Detail

createDocument

COSDocument createDocument(de.intarsys.tools.locator.ILocator locator,
                           Map options)
                           throws COSLoadException,
                                  IOException

Create a COSDocument instance representing the object structure of the PDF file designated by locator.

Parameters:

locator - The reference to the physical source of the PDF file.

options - The options for document creation

Returns:

A new COSDocument

Throws:

IOException

COSLoadException