Text::PDF::Name(3) User Contributed Perl Documentation Text::PDF::Name(3)NAMEText::PDF::Name - Inherits from Text::PDF::String and stores PDF names
(things beginning with /)
METHODS
Text::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 unless $pdf is supplied and its version is less than 1.2.
$s->as_pdf ($pdf)
Returns a name formatted as PDF. $pdf is optional but should be the
PDF File object for which the name is intended if supplied.
Text::PDF::Name->string_to_name ($str, $pdf)
Suitably encode the string $str for output in the File object $pdf (the
exact format may depend on the version of $pdf). Prinicipally, encode
certain characters in hex if the version is greater than 1.1.
Text::PDF::Name->name_to_string ($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.
perl v5.14.0 2011-06-17 Text::PDF::Name(3)