PDF::API2::Basic::PDF::Name(3)

NAME
PDF::API2::Basic::PDF::Name - Inherits from PDF::API2::Basic::PDF::String and stores PDF names (things beginning with /)

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.

  $n->convert ($str, $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 ($str, $pdf)
Suitably encode the string $str for output in the File object $pdf (the exact format may depend on the version of $pdf).

Note: This function only encodes names properly for PDF version 1.2 and higher.

  PDF::API2::Basic::PDF::Name->name_to_string ($str, $pdf)
Suitably decode the string $str 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.