Provided by: libpdf-builder-perl_3.025-1_all
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.