| PDF::Builder::Basic::PDF::Name(3pm) | User Contributed Perl Documentation | PDF::Builder::Basic::PDF::Name(3pm) |
NAME¶
PDF::Builder::Basic::PDF::Name - Inherits from PDF::Builder::Basic::PDF::String and stores PDF names (things beginning with /)
METHODS¶
$n = PDF::Builder::Basic::PDF::Name->from_pdf($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. $pdf is optional but should be the PDF File object for which the name is intended if supplied.
PDF::Builder::Basic::PDF::Name->string_to_name($string, $pdf)¶
Suitably encode the string $string for output in the File object $pdf (the exact format may depend on the version of $pdf).
PDF::Builder::Basic::PDF::Name->name_to_string($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.
| 2021-03-28 | perl v5.32.1 |