COSUpdateInfo.java

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package org.apache.pdfbox.cos;

import org.apache.pdfbox.pdmodel.common.COSObjectable;

public interface COSUpdateInfo extends COSObjectable
{

    /**
     * Get the update state for the COSWriter. This indicates whether an object is to be written
     * when there is an incremental save.
     *
     * @return the update state.
     */
    default boolean isNeedToBeUpdated()
    {
        return getUpdateState().isUpdated();
    }

    /**
     * Set the update state of the dictionary for the COSWriter. This indicates whether an object is
     * to be written when there is an incremental save.
     *
     * @param flag the update state.
     */
    default void setNeedToBeUpdated(boolean flag)
    {
        getUpdateState().update(flag);
    }
    
    /**
     * Uses this {@link COSUpdateInfo} as the base object of a new {@link COSIncrement}.
     *
     * @return A {@link COSIncrement} based on this {@link COSUpdateInfo}.
     * @see COSIncrement
     */
    default COSIncrement toIncrement()
    {
        return getUpdateState().toIncrement();
    }
    
    /**
     * Returns the current {@link COSUpdateState} of this {@link COSUpdateInfo}.
     *
     * @return The current {@link COSUpdateState} of this {@link COSUpdateInfo}.
     * @see COSUpdateState
     */
    COSUpdateState getUpdateState();
    
}