object stream with direct Length field

[Frank Cornelis]

Hi,

Per default PDFBox creates an object stream as follows:
1234 0 obj
<<
/Length 5678 0 R
>>
stream
...
endstream
endobj

However, what I would like to achieve is:
    /Length 12345678
instead of a reference to an object that holds the length value.

I'm using the following code:
    PDStream stream = new PDStream(new COSStream(new 
RandomAccessBuffer()));
    OutputStream outputStream = stream.createOutputStream();
    IOUtils.write(the_bytes_to_write, outputStream);
    outputStream.flush();
    outputStream.close();
    some_array_structure.add(new PDObjectStream(stream.getStream()));

If I try and add:
    stream.getStream().setDirect(true);
I get an empty stream object. Is this a bug in PDFBox, or is there 
another way to achieve this?


Kind Regards,
Frank.