PDF::Builder::Basic::PDF::String(3pm)

PDF::Builder::Basic::PDF::String3pm

Pdf string type objects superclass for simple objects that are basically stringlike (number, name, etc.) inherits from pdf::builder::basic::pdf::objind

Methods

from_pdf

    PDF::Builder::Basic::PDF::String->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.

new

    PDF::Builder::Basic::PDF::String->new($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.

convert

    $s->convert($str)

Returns $str converted as per criteria for input from PDF file

val

    $s->val()

Returns the value of this string (the string itself).

as_pdf

    $s->as_pdf()

Returns the string formatted for output as PDF for PDF File object $pdf.

outobjdeep

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

Outputs the string in PDF format, complete with necessary conversions.

Releases

4 releases since Debian 11 (Bullseye); the text changed 3 times.

  1. 11
  2. 12
  3. 13
  4. Arch

From perl-pdf-builder 3.028-1 in Arch Linux 2026-11-01. Parsed by carta from the page's man source.