That's the decoded bytes bet there's also a method to get the raw coded bytes.
> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of A. S. Golub > Sent: Thursday, February 09, 2006 6:03 PM > To: itext-questions@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: RE: [iText-questions] Retrieving of the content of > stream objects > > > Back to the streams again... > > When I'm trying to read the content of stream, I use the > following code: > > PdfStream stream; > ... > byte[] byteStream = PdfReader.getStreamBytes((PRStream)stream) > > Variable 'stream' refers to a stream object from source PDF > document. As you > know, this stream object is represented in the document in > the following > form: > > dictionary > stream > ... stream of bytes ... > endstream > > When I call method getStreamBytes(), I expect to obtain the > content of the > stream (marked as "...stream of bytes..." in my schema), and > I expect to get > exactly that number of bytes which is specified in the > stream's "Length" > property. But method returns much more bytes then specified > in the "Length". > Why ? Does method getStreamBytes() returns information > contained within > stream part of the object stream as already decoded > information ? Could > anyone explain, how to obtain the content of object stream in > that simple > form (array of bytes) which could allow me later to create > exact copy of the > stream ? > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Do you grep > through log files > for problems? Stop! Download the new AJAX search engine that makes > searching your log files as easy as surfing the web. > DOWNLOAD SPLUNK! > http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=103432&bid=230486&; > dat=121642 > _______________________________________________ > iText-questions mailing list > iText-questions@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/itext-questions > ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Do you grep through log files for problems? Stop! Download the new AJAX search engine that makes searching your log files as easy as surfing the web. DOWNLOAD SPLUNK! http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid3432&bid#0486&dat1642 _______________________________________________ iText-questions mailing list iText-questions@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/itext-questions
