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## com.lowagie.text.pdf
Class PdfFileSpecification

    java.lang.Object
      com.lowagie.text.pdf.PdfObject
          com.lowagie.text.pdf.PdfDictionary
              com.lowagie.text.pdf.PdfFileSpecification

    public class PdfFileSpecification

extends PdfDictionary

Specifies a file or an URL. The file can be extern or embedded.

Author:
  Paulo Soares (psoares@consiste.pt)

Field Summary
`protected PdfIndirectReference` | `ref`
`protected PdfWriter` | `writer`

Fields inherited from class com.lowagie.text.pdf.PdfDictionary
`CATALOG, FONT, hashMap, OUTLINES, PAGE, PAGES`

Fields inherited from class com.lowagie.text.pdf.PdfObject
`ARRAY, BOOLEAN, bytes, DICTIONARY, INDIRECT, indRef, NAME, NOTHING, NULL, NUMBER, STREAM, STRING, TEXT_PDFDOCENCODING, TEXT_UNICODE, type`

Constructor Summary
`PdfFileSpecification()` Creates a new instance of PdfFileSpecification.

Method Summary
`void` | `addCollectionItem(PdfCollectionItem ci)` Adds the Collection item dictionary.
`void` | `addDescription(java.lang.String description, boolean unicode)` Adds a description for the file that is specified here.
`static PdfFileSpecification` | `fileEmbedded(PdfWriter writer, java.lang.String filePath, java.lang.String fileDisplay, byte[] fileStore)` Creates a file specification with the file embedded.
`static PdfFileSpecification` | `fileEmbedded(PdfWriter writer, java.lang.String filePath, java.lang.String fileDisplay, byte[] fileStore, boolean compress)` Creates a file specification with the file embedded.
`static PdfFileSpecification` | `fileEmbedded(PdfWriter writer, java.lang.String filePath, java.lang.String fileDisplay, byte[] fileStore, boolean compress, java.lang.String mimeType, PdfDictionary fileParameter)` Creates a file specification with the file embedded.
`static PdfFileSpecification` | `fileEmbedded(PdfWriter writer, java.lang.String filePath, java.lang.String fileDisplay, byte[] fileStore, int compressionLevel)` Creates a file specification with the file embedded.
`static PdfFileSpecification` | `fileEmbedded(PdfWriter writer, java.lang.String filePath, java.lang.String fileDisplay, byte[] fileStore, java.lang.String mimeType, PdfDictionary fileParameter, int compressionLevel)` Creates a file specification with the file embedded.
`static PdfFileSpecification` | `fileExtern(PdfWriter writer, java.lang.String filePath)` Creates a file specification for an external file.
`PdfIndirectReference` | `getReference()` Gets the indirect reference to this file specification.
`void` | `setMultiByteFileName(byte[] fileName)` Sets the file name (the key /F) string as an hex representation to support multi byte file names.
`void` | `setUnicodeFileName(java.lang.String filename, boolean unicode)` Adds the unicode file name (the key /UF).
`void` | `setVolatile(boolean volatile_file)` Sets a flag that indicates whether an external file referenced by the file specification is volatile.
`static PdfFileSpecification` | `url(PdfWriter writer, java.lang.String url)` Creates a file specification of type URL.

Methods inherited from class com.lowagie.text.pdf.PdfDictionary
`contains, get, getAsArray, getAsBoolean, getAsDict, getAsIndirectObject, getAsName, getAsNumber, getAsStream, getAsString, getDirectObject, getKeys, isCatalog, isFont, isOutlineTree, isPage, isPages, merge, mergeDifferent, put, putAll, putEx, remove, size, toPdf, toString`

Methods inherited from class com.lowagie.text.pdf.PdfObject
`canBeInObjStm, getBytes, getIndRef, isArray, isBoolean, isDictionary, isIndirect, isName, isNull, isNumber, isStream, isString, length, setContent, setIndRef, type`

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
`clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait`

Field Detail

### writer

    protected PdfWriter writer

### ref

    protected PdfIndirectReference ref

Constructor Detail

### PdfFileSpecification

    public PdfFileSpecification()

  Creates a new instance of PdfFileSpecification. The static methods are preferred.

Method Detail

### url

    public static PdfFileSpecification url(PdfWriter writer,
                                           java.lang.String url)

  Creates a file specification of type URL.

  Parameters:
    `writer` - the `PdfWriter`
    `url` - the URL
  Returns:
    the file specification

### fileEmbedded

    public static PdfFileSpecification fileEmbedded(PdfWriter writer,
                                                    java.lang.String filePath,
                                                    java.lang.String fileDisplay,
                                                    byte[] fileStore)
                                             throws java.io.IOException

  Creates a file specification with the file embedded. The file may come from the file system or from a byte array. The data is flate compressed.

  Parameters:
    `writer` - the `PdfWriter`
    `filePath` - the file path
    `fileDisplay` - the file information that is presented to the user
    `fileStore` - the byte array with the file. If it is not `null` it takes precedence over `filePath`
  Returns:
    the file specification
  Throws:
    `java.io.IOException` - on error

### fileEmbedded

    public static PdfFileSpecification fileEmbedded(PdfWriter writer,
                                                    java.lang.String filePath,
                                                    java.lang.String fileDisplay,
                                                    byte[] fileStore,
                                                    int compressionLevel)
                                             throws java.io.IOException

  Creates a file specification with the file embedded. The file may come from the file system or from a byte array. The data is flate compressed.

  Parameters:
    `writer` - the `PdfWriter`
    `filePath` - the file path
    `fileDisplay` - the file information that is presented to the user
    `fileStore` - the byte array with the file. If it is not `null` it takes precedence over `filePath`
    `compressionLevel` - the compression level to be used for compressing the file it takes precedence over `filePath`
  Returns:
    the file specification
  Throws:
    `java.io.IOException` - on error
  Since:
    2.1.3

### fileEmbedded

    public static PdfFileSpecification fileEmbedded(PdfWriter writer,
                                                    java.lang.String filePath,
                                                    java.lang.String fileDisplay,
                                                    byte[] fileStore,
                                                    boolean compress)
                                             throws java.io.IOException

  Creates a file specification with the file embedded. The file may come from the file system or from a byte array.

  Parameters:
    `writer` - the `PdfWriter`
    `filePath` - the file path
    `fileDisplay` - the file information that is presented to the user
    `fileStore` - the byte array with the file. If it is not `null` it takes precedence over `filePath`
    `compress` - sets the compression on the data. Multimedia content will benefit little from compression
  Returns:
    the file specification
  Throws:
    `java.io.IOException` - on error

### fileEmbedded

    public static PdfFileSpecification fileEmbedded(PdfWriter writer,
                                                    java.lang.String filePath,
                                                    java.lang.String fileDisplay,
                                                    byte[] fileStore,
                                                    boolean compress,
                                                    java.lang.String mimeType,
                                                    PdfDictionary fileParameter)
                                             throws java.io.IOException

  Creates a file specification with the file embedded. The file may come from the file system or from a byte array.

  Parameters:
    `writer` - the `PdfWriter`
    `filePath` - the file path
    `fileDisplay` - the file information that is presented to the user
    `fileStore` - the byte array with the file. If it is not `null` it takes precedence over `filePath`
    `compress` - sets the compression on the data. Multimedia content will benefit little from compression
    `mimeType` - the optional mimeType
    `fileParameter` - the optional extra file parameters such as the creation or modification date
  Returns:
    the file specification
  Throws:
    `java.io.IOException` - on error

### fileEmbedded

    public static PdfFileSpecification fileEmbedded(PdfWriter writer,
                                                    java.lang.String filePath,
                                                    java.lang.String fileDisplay,
                                                    byte[] fileStore,
                                                    java.lang.String mimeType,
                                                    PdfDictionary fileParameter,
                                                    int compressionLevel)
                                             throws java.io.IOException

  Creates a file specification with the file embedded. The file may come from the file system or from a byte array.

  Parameters:
    `writer` - the `PdfWriter`
    `filePath` - the file path
    `fileDisplay` - the file information that is presented to the user
    `fileStore` - the byte array with the file. If it is not `null` it takes precedence over `filePath`
    `mimeType` - the optional mimeType
    `fileParameter` - the optional extra file parameters such as the creation or modification date
    `compressionLevel` - the level of compression
  Returns:
    the file specification
  Throws:
    `java.io.IOException` - on error
  Since:
    2.1.3

### fileExtern

    public static PdfFileSpecification fileExtern(PdfWriter writer,
                                                  java.lang.String filePath)

  Creates a file specification for an external file.

  Parameters:
    `writer` - the `PdfWriter`
    `filePath` - the file path
  Returns:
    the file specification

### getReference

    public PdfIndirectReference getReference()
                                      throws java.io.IOException

  Gets the indirect reference to this file specification. Multiple invocations will retrieve the same value.

  Returns:
    the indirect reference
  Throws:
    `java.io.IOException` - on error

### setMultiByteFileName

    public void setMultiByteFileName(byte[] fileName)

  Sets the file name (the key /F) string as an hex representation to support multi byte file names. The name must have the slash and backslash escaped according to the file specification rules

  Parameters:
    `fileName` - the file name as a byte array

### setUnicodeFileName

    public void setUnicodeFileName(java.lang.String filename,
                                   boolean unicode)

  Adds the unicode file name (the key /UF). This entry was introduced in PDF 1.7. The filename must have the slash and backslash escaped according to the file specification rules.

  Parameters:
    `filename` - the filename
    `unicode` - if true, the filename is UTF-16BE encoded; otherwise PDFDocEncoding is used;

### setVolatile

    public void setVolatile(boolean volatile_file)

  Sets a flag that indicates whether an external file referenced by the file specification is volatile. If the value is true, applications should never cache a copy of the file.

  Parameters:
    `volatile_file` - if true, the external file should not be cached

### addDescription

    public void addDescription(java.lang.String description,
                               boolean unicode)

  Adds a description for the file that is specified here.

  Parameters:
    `description` - some text
    `unicode` - if true, the text is added as a unicode string

### addCollectionItem

    public void addCollectionItem(PdfCollectionItem ci)

  Adds the Collection item dictionary.

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