NAME

       PDF::Builder::Basic::PDF::Dict - PDF Dictionaries and Streams. Inherits from
       PDF::Builder::Basic::PDF::Objind

INSTANCE VARIABLES

       There are various special instance variables which are used to look after, particularly, streams. Each
       begins with a space:

       ' stream'
           Holds the stream contents for output

       ' streamfile'
           Holds  the  stream  contents in an external file rather than in memory. This is not the same as a PDF
           file stream. The data is stored in its unfiltered form.

       ' streamloc'
           If both ' stream' and ' streamfile' are empty, this indicates where in  the  source  PDF  the  stream
           starts.

METHODS

   $type = $d->type($type)
       Get/Set the standard Type key. It can be passed, and will return, a text value rather than a Name object.

   @filters = $d->filter(@filters)
       Get/Set one or more filters being used by the optional stream attached to the dictionary.

   $d->outobjdeep($fh, $pdf)
       Outputs the contents of the dictionary to a PDF file. This is a recursive call.

       It  also  outputs  a  stream if the dictionary has a stream element. If this occurs then this method will
       calculate the length of the stream and insert it into the stream's dictionary.

   $d->read_stream($force_memory)
       Reads in a stream from a PDF file. If the stream  is  greater  than  "PDF::Dict::mincache"  (defaults  to
       32768)  bytes  to be stored, then the default action is to create a file for it somewhere and to use that
       file as a data cache. If $force_memory is set, this caching will not occur  and  the  data  will  all  be
       stored in the $self->{' stream'} variable.

   $d->val()
       Returns the dictionary, which is itself.

perl v5.32.1                                       2021-09-15                PDF::Builder::Basic::PDF::Dict(3pm)