PDF::Builder::Basic::PDF::Dict(3)

NAME
PDF::Builder::Basic::PDF::Dict - PDF Dictionaries and Streams

Inherits from PDF::Builder::Basic::PDF::Objind

INSTANCE VARIABLES
There are various special instance variables which are used to look after, particularly, streams. Each begins with a space:

' stream'
    Holds the stream contents for output

' streamfile'
    Holds the stream contents in an external file rather than in memory. This is not the same as a PDF file stream. The data is stored in its unfiltered form.

' streamloc'
    If both ' stream' and ' streamfile' are empty, this indicates where in the source PDF the stream starts.

METHODS

  new
    $d = PDF::Builder::Basic::PDF->new()

    Creates a new instance of a dictionary. The usual practice is to call "PDFDict()" instead.

  type
    $type = $d->type($type)

    Get/Set the standard Type key. It can be passed, and will return, a text value rather than a Name object.

  filter
    @filters = $d->filter(@filters)

    Get/Set one or more filters being used by the optional stream attached to the dictionary.

  outobjdeep
    $d->outobjdeep($fh, $pdf)

    Outputs the contents of the dictionary to a PDF file. This is a recursive call.

    It also outputs a stream if the dictionary has a stream element. If this occurs then this method will calculate the length of the stream and insert it into the stream's dictionary.

  read_stream
    $d->read_stream($force_memory)

    Reads in a stream from a PDF file. If the stream is greater than "PDF::Dict::mincache" (defaults to 32768) bytes to be stored, then the default action is to create a file for it somewhere and to use that file as a data cache. If $force_memory is set, this caching will not occur and the data will all be stored in the $self->{' stream'} variable.

  val
    $d->val()

    Returns the dictionary, which is itself.