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package org.apache.pdfbox.cos;

import java.io.IOException;

/**
 * This class represents a PDF object.
 *
 * @author Ben Litchfield
 * 
 */
public class COSObject extends COSBase implements COSUpdateInfo {
    private COSBase baseObject;
    private long objectNumber;
    private int generationNumber;
    private boolean needToBeUpdated;

    /**
     * Constructor.
     *
     * @param object The object that this encapsulates.
     *
     */
    public COSObject(COSBase object) {
        setObject(object);
    }

    /**
     * This will get the dictionary object in this object that has the name key and
     * if it is a pdfobjref then it will dereference that and return it.
     *
     * @param key The key to the value that we are searching for.
     *
     * @return The pdf object that matches the key.
     */
    public COSBase getDictionaryObject(COSName key) {
        COSBase retval = null;
        if (baseObject instanceof COSDictionary) {
            retval = ((COSDictionary) baseObject).getDictionaryObject(key);
        }
        return retval;
    }

    /**
     * This will get the dictionary object in this object that has the name key.
     *
     * @param key The key to the value that we are searching for.
     *
     * @return The pdf object that matches the key.
     */
    public COSBase getItem(COSName key) {
        COSBase retval = null;
        if (baseObject instanceof COSDictionary) {
            retval = ((COSDictionary) baseObject).getItem(key);
        }
        return retval;
    }

    /**
     * This will get the object that this object encapsulates.
     *
     * @return The encapsulated object.
     */
    public COSBase getObject() {
        return baseObject;
    }

    /**
     * This will set the object that this object encapsulates.
     *
     * @param object The new object to encapsulate.
     */
    public final void setObject(COSBase object) {
        baseObject = object;
    }

    /**
     * {@inheritDoc}
     */
    @Override
    public String toString() {
        return "COSObject{" + Long.toString(objectNumber) + ", " + Integer.toString(generationNumber) + "}";
    }

    /** 
     * Getter for property objectNumber.
     * @return Value of property objectNumber.
     */
    public long getObjectNumber() {
        return objectNumber;
    }

    /** 
     * Setter for property objectNumber.
     * @param objectNum New value of property objectNumber.
     */
    public void setObjectNumber(long objectNum) {
        objectNumber = objectNum;
    }

    /** 
     * Getter for property generationNumber.
     * @return Value of property generationNumber.
     */
    public int getGenerationNumber() {
        return generationNumber;
    }

    /** 
     * Setter for property generationNumber.
     * @param generationNumberValue New value of property generationNumber.
     */
    public void setGenerationNumber(int generationNumberValue) {
        generationNumber = generationNumberValue;
    }

    /**
     * visitor pattern double dispatch method.
     *
     * @param visitor The object to notify when visiting this object.
     * @return any object, depending on the visitor implementation, or null
     * @throws IOException If an error occurs while visiting this object.
     */
    @Override
    public Object accept(ICOSVisitor visitor) throws IOException {
        return getObject() != null ? getObject().accept(visitor) : COSNull.NULL.accept(visitor);
    }

    /**
     * Get the update state for the COSWriter.
     * 
     * @return the update state.
     */
    @Override
    public boolean isNeedToBeUpdated() {
        return needToBeUpdated;
    }

    /**
     * Set the update state of the dictionary for the COSWriter.
     * 
     * @param flag the update state.
     */
    @Override
    public void setNeedToBeUpdated(boolean flag) {
        needToBeUpdated = flag;
    }

}