NAME

       PDF::API2::Basic::PDF::Dict - Low-level dictionary and stream objects

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)
       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 v5.36.0                                       2023-09-29                   PDF::API2::Basic::PDF::Dict(3pm)