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 *   Copyright (C) 2006 by Dominik Seichter                                *
 *   domseichter@web.de                                                    *
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#ifndef _PDF_HINT_STREAM_H_
#define _PDF_HINT_STREAM_H_

#include "podofo/base/PdfDefines.h"
#include "podofo/base/PdfWriter.h"
#include "PdfElement.h"

namespace PoDoFo {

class PdfPagesTree;

namespace NonPublic {

// PdfHintStream is not part of the public API and is NOT exported as part of
// the DLL/shared library interface. Do not rely on it.

class PdfHintStream : public PdfElement {
 public:
    PdfHintStream( PdfVecObjects* pParent, PdfPagesTree* pPagesTree );
    ~PdfHintStream();

    /** Create the hint stream 
     *  \param pXRef pointer to a valid XREF table structure
     */
    //void Create( TVecXRefTable* pXRef );

    /** Write a pdf_uint16 to the stream in big endian format.
     *  \param val the value to write to the stream
     */
    void WriteUInt16( pdf_uint16 val );

    /** Write a pdf_uint32 to the stream in big endian format.
     *  \param val the value to write to the stream
     */
    void WriteUInt32( pdf_uint32 );

 private:
    //void CreatePageHintTable( TVecXRefTable* pXRef );
    void CreateSharedObjectHintTable();
 
 private:
    PdfPagesTree* m_pPagesTree;
};

}; // end namespace NonPublic

}; // end namespace PoDoFo

#endif /* _PDF_HINT_STREAM_H_ */
