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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 "PdfDefines.h"
#include "PdfElement.h"
#include "PdfWriter.h"

namespace PoDoFo {

class PdfPagesTree;

// FIXME CR: Should PdfHintStream be part of the public API?
class PODOFO_API 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;

    bool          m_bLittleEndian;
};

};

#endif /* _PDF_HINT_STREAM_H_ */
