PDF::API2::Basic::PDF::Name(3) | User Contributed Perl Documentation | PDF::API2::Basic::PDF::Name(3) |
NAME¶
PDF::API2::Basic::PDF::Name - Low-level PDF name object
METHODS¶
PDF::API2::Basic::PDF::Name->from_pdf($string)¶
Creates a new string object (not a full object yet) from a given string. The string is parsed according to input criteria with escaping working, particular to Names.
$n->convert ($string, $pdf)¶
Converts a name into a string by removing the / and converting any hex munging.
$s->as_pdf ($pdf)¶
Returns a name formatted as PDF. $pdf is optional but should be the PDF File object for which the name is intended if supplied.
PDF::API2::Basic::PDF::Name->string_to_name ($string, $pdf)¶
Suitably encode the string $string for output in the File object $pdf (the exact format may depend on the version of $pdf).
PDF::API2::Basic::PDF::Name->name_to_string ($string, $pdf)¶
Suitably decode the string $string as read from the File object $pdf (the exact decoding may depend on the version of $pdf). Principally, undo the hex encoding for PDF versions > 1.1.
2024-06-23 | perl v5.40.0 |