# PDTypedDictionaryWrapper.java

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    package org.apache.pdfbox.pdmodel.common;

    import org.apache.pdfbox.cos.COSDictionary;
    import org.apache.pdfbox.cos.COSName;

    /**
     * A wrapper for a COS dictionary including Type information.
     *
     * @author Johannes Koch
     *
     */
    public class PDTypedDictionaryWrapper extends PDDictionaryWrapper
    {

        /**
         * Creates a new instance with a given type.
         *
         * @param type the type (Type)
         */
        public PDTypedDictionaryWrapper(String type)
        {
            super();
            this.getCOSObject().setName(COSName.TYPE, type);
        }

        /**
         * Creates a new instance with a given COS dictionary.
         *
         * @param dictionary the dictionary
         */
        public PDTypedDictionaryWrapper(COSDictionary dictionary)
        {
            super(dictionary);
        }

        /**
         * Gets the type.
         *
         * @return the type
         */
        public String getType()
        {
            return this.getCOSObject().getNameAsString(COSName.TYPE);
        }

        // There is no setType(String) method because changing the Type would most
        // probably also change the type of PD object.
    }