/*
 * $Id: PdfPageElement.java,v 1.24 2002/07/09 11:28:23 blowagie Exp $
 * $Name:  $
 *
 * Copyright 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002 Bruno Lowagie
 *
 *
 * The Original Code is 'iText, a free JAVA-PDF library'.
 *
 * The Initial Developer of the Original Code is Bruno Lowagie. Portions created by
 * the Initial Developer are Copyright (C) 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002 by Bruno Lowagie.
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package com.gitlab.pdftk_java.com.lowagie.text.pdf;

/**
 * The <CODE>PdfPageElement</CODE> interface has to be implemented by <CODE>PdfPage</CODE> and <CODE>PdfPages</CODE>.
 *
 * @see		PdfPage
 * @see		PdfPages
 */

interface PdfPageElement {
    
/**
 * Set the value for the <B>Parent</B> key in the Page or Pages Dictionary.
 *
 * @param	reference			an indirect reference to a <CODE>PdfPages</CODE>-object
 */
    
    public void setParent(PdfIndirectReference reference);
    
/**
 * Checks if this page element is a tree of pages.
 *
 * @return	<CODE>true</CODE> if it's a tree of pages;
 *			<CODE>false</CODE> if it's a single page
 */
    
    public boolean isParent();
}