private void LoadPage(int pageNum) { PdfDictionary targetPage = pageRefs[pageNum]; if (targetPage != null) { return; } //if we go here, we have to split PdfPages that contains pageNum int parentIndex = FindPageParent(pageNum); PdfPages parent = parents[parentIndex]; PdfArray kids = parent.GetKids(); if (kids == null) { throw new PdfException(PdfException.InvalidPageStructure1).SetMessageParams(pageNum + 1); } int kidsCount = parent.GetCount(); // we should handle separated pages, it means every PdfArray kids must contain either PdfPage or PdfPages, // mix of PdfPage and PdfPages not allowed. bool findPdfPages = false; // NOTE optimization? when we already found needed index for (int i = 0; i < kids.Size(); i++) { PdfDictionary page = kids.GetAsDictionary(i); if (page == null) { // null values not allowed in pages tree. throw new PdfException(PdfException.InvalidPageStructure1).SetMessageParams(pageNum + 1); } PdfObject pageKids = page.Get(PdfName.Kids); if (pageKids != null) { if (pageKids.IsArray()) { findPdfPages = true; } else { // kids must be of type array throw new PdfException(PdfException.InvalidPageStructure1).SetMessageParams(pageNum + 1); } } } if (findPdfPages) { // handle mix of PdfPage and PdfPages. // handle count property! IList <PdfPages> newParents = new List <PdfPages>(kids.Size()); PdfPages lastPdfPages = null; for (int i = 0; i < kids.Size() && kidsCount > 0; i++) { PdfDictionary pdfPagesObject = kids.GetAsDictionary(i); if (pdfPagesObject.GetAsArray(PdfName.Kids) == null) { // pdfPagesObject is PdfPage if (lastPdfPages == null) { // possible if only first kid is PdfPage lastPdfPages = new PdfPages(parent.GetFrom(), document, parent); kids.Set(i, lastPdfPages.GetPdfObject()); newParents.Add(lastPdfPages); } else { // Only remove from kids if we did not replace the entry with new PdfPages kids.Remove(i); i--; } // decrement count first so that page is not counted twice when moved to lastPdfPages parent.DecrementCount(); lastPdfPages.AddPage(pdfPagesObject); kidsCount--; } else { // pdfPagesObject is PdfPages int from = lastPdfPages == null?parent.GetFrom() : lastPdfPages.GetFrom() + lastPdfPages.GetCount(); lastPdfPages = new PdfPages(from, kidsCount, pdfPagesObject, parent); newParents.Add(lastPdfPages); kidsCount -= lastPdfPages.GetCount(); } } parents.JRemoveAt(parentIndex); for (int i = newParents.Count - 1; i >= 0; i--) { parents.Add(parentIndex, newParents[i]); } // recursive call, to load needed pageRef. // NOTE optimization? add to loadPage startParentIndex. LoadPage(pageNum); } else { int from = parent.GetFrom(); // Possible exception in case kids.getSize() < parent.getCount(). // In any case parent.getCount() has higher priority. // NOTE optimization? when we already found needed index for (int i = 0; i < parent.GetCount(); i++) { pageRefs[from + i] = kids.GetAsDictionary(i); } } }