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package org.apache.pdfbox.cos;
import java.io.IOException;
/**
* An interface for visiting a PDF document at the type (COS) level.
*
* @author Michael Traut
*/
public interface ICOSVisitor
{
/**
* Notification of visit to Array object.
*
* @param obj The Object that is being visited.
* @return any Object depending on the visitor implementation, or null
* @throws IOException If there is an error while visiting this object.
*/
Object visitFromArray( COSArray obj ) throws IOException;
/**
* Notification of visit to boolean object.
*
* @param obj The Object that is being visited.
* @return any Object depending on the visitor implementation, or null
* @throws IOException If there is an error while visiting this object.
*/
Object visitFromBoolean( COSBoolean obj ) throws IOException;
/**
* Notification of visit to dictionary object.
*
* @param obj The Object that is being visited.
* @return any Object depending on the visitor implementation, or null
* @throws IOException If there is an error while visiting this object.
*/
Object visitFromDictionary( COSDictionary obj ) throws IOException;
/**
* Notification of visit to document object.
*
* @param obj The Object that is being visited.
* @return any Object depending on the visitor implementation, or null
* @throws IOException If there is an error while visiting this object.
*/
Object visitFromDocument( COSDocument obj ) throws IOException;
/**
* Notification of visit to float object.
*
* @param obj The Object that is being visited.
* @return any Object depending on the visitor implementation, or null
* @throws IOException If there is an error while visiting this object.
*/
Object visitFromFloat( COSFloat obj ) throws IOException;
/**
* Notification of visit to integer object.
*
* @param obj The Object that is being visited.
* @return any Object depending on the visitor implementation, or null
* @throws IOException If there is an error while visiting this object.
*/
Object visitFromInt( COSInteger obj ) throws IOException;
/**
* Notification of visit to name object.
*
* @param obj The Object that is being visited.
* @return any Object depending on the visitor implementation, or null
* @throws IOException If there is an error while visiting this object.
*/
Object visitFromName( COSName obj ) throws IOException;
/**
* Notification of visit to null object.
*
* @param obj The Object that is being visited.
* @return any Object depending on the visitor implementation, or null
* @throws IOException If there is an error while visiting this object.
*/
Object visitFromNull( COSNull obj ) throws IOException;
/**
* Notification of visit to stream object.
*
* @param obj The Object that is being visited.
* @return any Object depending on the visitor implementation, or null
* @throws IOException If there is an error while visiting this object.
*/
Object visitFromStream( COSStream obj ) throws IOException;
/**
* Notification of visit to string object.
*
* @param obj The Object that is being visited.
* @return any Object depending on the visitor implementation, or null
* @throws IOException If there is an error while visiting this object.
*/
Object visitFromString( COSString obj ) throws IOException;
}