PDF::API2::Basic::PDF::Name(3)             User Contributed Perl Documentation


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.

perl v5.38.1                      2023-12-21    PDF::API2::Basic::PDF::Name(3)