pdfbox-trunk/pdfbox/src/main/java/org/apache/pdfbox/contentstream/PDContentStream.java
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package org.apache.pdfbox.contentstream;

import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStream;
import org.apache.pdfbox.io.RandomAccessRead;
import org.apache.pdfbox.pdmodel.PDResources;
import org.apache.pdfbox.pdmodel.common.PDRectangle;
import org.apache.pdfbox.util.Matrix;

/**
 * A content stream.
 *
 * @author John Hewson
 */
public interface PDContentStream
{
    /**
     * Returns this stream's content, if any.
     * 
     * @return An InputStream or null.
     * @throws IOException If the stream could not be read
     */
    InputStream getContents() throws IOException;

    /**
     * Returns this stream's content, if any.
     * 
     * @return A RandomAccessRead or null.
     * @throws IOException If the content could not be read
     */
    RandomAccessRead getContentsForRandomAccess() throws IOException;

    /**
     * Returns this stream's resources, if any.
     * 
     * @return the resources of the content stream or null
     */
    PDResources getResources();

    /**
     * Returns the bounding box of the contents.
     * 
     * @return the bounding box of the content stream or null
     * 
     */
    PDRectangle getBBox();

    /**
     * Returns the matrix which transforms from the stream's space to user space.
     * 
     * @return the matrix of the content stream or the identity matrix if there isn't any
     */
    Matrix getMatrix();
}
