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#ifndef _PDF_CONTENTS_H_
#define _PDF_CONTENTS_H_

#include "podofo09/base/PdfDefines.h"
#include "PdfElement.h"

namespace PoDoFo {

class PdfObject;
class PdfPage;

/** A interface that provides a wrapper around "PDF content" -
	the instructions that are used to draw on the PDF "canvas".
 */
class PODOFO_DOC_API PdfContents : private PdfElement {
 public:

    /** Construct a new/empty set of contents in the owning objects
     */
    PdfContents( PdfDocument* pParent );

    /** Construct a new/empty set of contents in the owning objects
     */
    PdfContents( PdfVecObjects* pParent );

    /** Construct the contents from an existing PdfObject
     */
    PdfContents( PdfObject* inObj );

    /** Create the contents for an existing page which does not yet 
     *  have a contents object.
     *
     *  \param pParent a /Contents key will be added to this page 
     *         and a contents object will be created.
     */
    PdfContents( PdfPage* pParent );

    /** Virtual destructor - because ALL destructors should be...
     */
    virtual ~PdfContents() {};

    /** Get access to the raw contents object.
     *  It will either be a PdfStream or a PdfArray
     *  \returns a contents object
     */
    virtual PdfObject* GetContents() const { return mContObj; }

    /** Get access to an object into which you can add contents
     *   at the end of the "stream".
     */
    virtual PdfObject* GetContentsForAppending() const;

 private:
    PdfObject*	mContObj;
};

};

#endif /* _PDF_CONTENTS_H_ */
