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PDF-API2-2.039
River stage two • 29 direct dependents • 38 total dependents
30 ++

Changes for version 2.039 - 2021-03-04

  • PDF::API2->open($filename) no longer reads the entire file into memory before working on it, instead reading from the file as needed. This results in a substantial reduction in memory usage and start-up time for large PDF files, particularly in cases where the calling script doesn't need to access all of the contents of the PDF.
  • PDF files containing cross-reference streams can now be modified and saved normally. Previously, they were read-only.
  • $text->paragraph(...) and $text->paragraphs(...) (formerly "section") are no longer undocumented and experimental. If you were previously using them at your own risk, note that "-spillover" is no longer an option (text will always wrap inside the specified width if possible). In addition, paragraphs(...) no longer collapses consecutive newlines.
  • [RT #98546] There is now an -align-last option for justified text to specify how the final line should be justified. Left is still the default.
  • Code in the PDF::API2::Basic::PDF namespace was originally licensed under the Perl Artistic License, which has been determined to not be (L)GPL-compatible. Martin Hosken has graciously granted an MIT license for use of his code contained in PDF::API2, so the distribution may now be used solely under the terms of the LGPL rather than requiring both licenses simultaneously. Many thanks to Petr Pisar for his help in working through the licensing issues.
  • Renamed $text->lead(...) to $text->leading(...). The old name is deprecated but will continue to work. If you're modifying PDF::API2 objects by editing their hash values instead of using these accessors, you'll need to update your code.
  • Added a -compress option (on by default) to PDF::API2->new(), open(), and open_scalar(). If disabled, most streams won't be compressed, which can simplify debugging.

Modules

PDF::API2
Facilitates the creation and modification of PDF files
PDF::API2::Annotation
Add annotations to a PDF
PDF::API2::Basic::PDF::Array
Corresponds to a PDF array. Inherits from PDF::Objind
PDF::API2::Basic::PDF::Bool
A special form of PDF::String which holds the strings true or false
PDF::API2::Basic::PDF::Dict
PDF Dictionaries and Streams. Inherits from PDF::Objind
PDF::API2::Basic::PDF::File
Holds the trailers and cross-reference tables for a PDF file
PDF::API2::Basic::PDF::Filter
Abstract superclass for PDF stream filters
PDF::API2::Basic::PDF::Name
Inherits from PDF::API2::Basic::PDF::String and stores PDF names (things beginning with /)
PDF::API2::Basic::PDF::Null
PDF Null type object. This is a subclass of PDF::API2::Basic::PDF::Objind and cannot be subclassed.
PDF::API2::Basic::PDF::Number
Numbers in PDF. Inherits from PDF::API2::Basic::PDF::String
PDF::API2::Basic::PDF::Objind
PDF indirect object reference. Also acts as an abstract superclass for all elements in a PDF file.
PDF::API2::Basic::PDF::Page
Represents a PDF page, inherits from PDF::API2::Basic::PDF::Pages
PDF::API2::Basic::PDF::Pages
a PDF pages hierarchical element. Inherits from PDF::API2::Basic::PDF::Dict
PDF::API2::Basic::PDF::String
PDF String type objects and superclass for simple objects that are basically stringlike (Number, Name, etc.)
PDF::API2::Basic::PDF::Utils
Utility functions for PDF library
PDF::API2::Content
Methods for adding graphics and text to a PDF
PDF::API2::Lite
lite pdf creation
PDF::API2::NamedDestination
Add named destination shortcuts to a PDF
PDF::API2::Outline
Manage PDF outlines (a.k.a. bookmarks)
PDF::API2::Page
Methods to interact with individual pages
PDF::API2::Resource
Base class for PDF resources
PDF::API2::Resource::BaseFont
Base class for font resources
PDF::API2::Resource::CIDFont
Base class for CID fonts
PDF::API2::Resource::CIDFont::CJKFont
Base class for CJK fonts
PDF::API2::Resource::CIDFont::TrueType
TrueType font support
PDF::API2::Resource::ColorSpace
Base class for PDF color spaces
PDF::API2::Resource::ColorSpace::Indexed::ACTFile
Adobe Color Table support
PDF::API2::Resource::ColorSpace::Separation
Support for color space separations
PDF::API2::Resource::ExtGState
Graphics state dictionary support
PDF::API2::Resource::Font::BdFont
Module for using bitmapped Fonts.
PDF::API2::Resource::Font::CoreFont
Module for using the 14 PDF built-in fonts.
PDF::API2::Resource::Font::SynFont
Module for using synthetic Fonts.
PDF::API2::Resource::UniFont
Unicode Font Support
PDF::API2::Resource::XObject
Base class for external objects
PDF::API2::Resource::XObject::Form
Base class for external form objects
PDF::API2::Resource::XObject::Form::BarCode
Base class for one-dimensional barcodes
PDF::API2::Resource::XObject::Form::BarCode::code128
Code 128 and EAN-128 barcode support
PDF::API2::Resource::XObject::Image
Base class for external raster image objects
PDF::API2::Resource::XObject::Image::TIFF
TIFF image support
PDF::API2::Util
utility package for often use methods across the package.

Provides

PDF::API2
in lib/PDF/API2/Win32.pm
PDF::API2::Basic::PDF::Filter::ASCII85Decode
in lib/PDF/API2/Basic/PDF/Filter/ASCII85Decode.pm
PDF::API2::Basic::PDF::Filter::ASCIIHexDecode
in lib/PDF/API2/Basic/PDF/Filter/ASCIIHexDecode.pm
PDF::API2::Basic::PDF::Filter::FlateDecode
in lib/PDF/API2/Basic/PDF/Filter/FlateDecode.pm
PDF::API2::Basic::PDF::Filter::LZWDecode
in lib/PDF/API2/Basic/PDF/Filter/LZWDecode.pm
PDF::API2::Basic::PDF::Filter::RunLengthDecode
in lib/PDF/API2/Basic/PDF/Filter/RunLengthDecode.pm
PDF::API2::Basic::PDF::Literal
in lib/PDF/API2/Basic/PDF/Literal.pm
PDF::API2::Content::Text
in lib/PDF/API2/Content/Text.pm
PDF::API2::Matrix
in lib/PDF/API2/Matrix.pm
PDF::API2::Outlines
in lib/PDF/API2/Outlines.pm
PDF::API2::Resource::CIDFont::TrueType::FontFile
in lib/PDF/API2/Resource/CIDFont/TrueType/FontFile.pm
PDF::API2::Resource::ColorSpace::DeviceN
in lib/PDF/API2/Resource/ColorSpace/DeviceN.pm
PDF::API2::Resource::ColorSpace::Indexed
in lib/PDF/API2/Resource/ColorSpace/Indexed.pm
PDF::API2::Resource::ColorSpace::Indexed::Hue
in lib/PDF/API2/Resource/ColorSpace/Indexed/Hue.pm
PDF::API2::Resource::ColorSpace::Indexed::WebColor
in lib/PDF/API2/Resource/ColorSpace/Indexed/WebColor.pm
PDF::API2::Resource::Colors
in lib/PDF/API2/Resource/Colors.pm
PDF::API2::Resource::Font
in lib/PDF/API2/Resource/Font.pm
PDF::API2::Resource::Font::CoreFont::bankgothic
in lib/PDF/API2/Resource/Font/CoreFont/bankgothic.pm
PDF::API2::Resource::Font::CoreFont::courier
in lib/PDF/API2/Resource/Font/CoreFont/courier.pm
PDF::API2::Resource::Font::CoreFont::courierbold
in lib/PDF/API2/Resource/Font/CoreFont/courierbold.pm
PDF::API2::Resource::Font::CoreFont::courierboldoblique
in lib/PDF/API2/Resource/Font/CoreFont/courierboldoblique.pm
PDF::API2::Resource::Font::CoreFont::courieroblique
in lib/PDF/API2/Resource/Font/CoreFont/courieroblique.pm
PDF::API2::Resource::Font::CoreFont::georgia
in lib/PDF/API2/Resource/Font/CoreFont/georgia.pm
PDF::API2::Resource::Font::CoreFont::georgiabold
in lib/PDF/API2/Resource/Font/CoreFont/georgiabold.pm
PDF::API2::Resource::Font::CoreFont::georgiabolditalic
in lib/PDF/API2/Resource/Font/CoreFont/georgiabolditalic.pm
PDF::API2::Resource::Font::CoreFont::georgiaitalic
in lib/PDF/API2/Resource/Font/CoreFont/georgiaitalic.pm
PDF::API2::Resource::Font::CoreFont::helvetica
in lib/PDF/API2/Resource/Font/CoreFont/helvetica.pm
PDF::API2::Resource::Font::CoreFont::helveticabold
in lib/PDF/API2/Resource/Font/CoreFont/helveticabold.pm
PDF::API2::Resource::Font::CoreFont::helveticaboldoblique
in lib/PDF/API2/Resource/Font/CoreFont/helveticaboldoblique.pm
PDF::API2::Resource::Font::CoreFont::helveticaoblique
in lib/PDF/API2/Resource/Font/CoreFont/helveticaoblique.pm
PDF::API2::Resource::Font::CoreFont::symbol
in lib/PDF/API2/Resource/Font/CoreFont/symbol.pm
PDF::API2::Resource::Font::CoreFont::timesbold
in lib/PDF/API2/Resource/Font/CoreFont/timesbold.pm
PDF::API2::Resource::Font::CoreFont::timesbolditalic
in lib/PDF/API2/Resource/Font/CoreFont/timesbolditalic.pm
PDF::API2::Resource::Font::CoreFont::timesitalic
in lib/PDF/API2/Resource/Font/CoreFont/timesitalic.pm
PDF::API2::Resource::Font::CoreFont::timesroman
in lib/PDF/API2/Resource/Font/CoreFont/timesroman.pm
PDF::API2::Resource::Font::CoreFont::trebuchet
in lib/PDF/API2/Resource/Font/CoreFont/trebuchet.pm
PDF::API2::Resource::Font::CoreFont::trebuchetbold
in lib/PDF/API2/Resource/Font/CoreFont/trebuchetbold.pm
PDF::API2::Resource::Font::CoreFont::trebuchetbolditalic
in lib/PDF/API2/Resource/Font/CoreFont/trebuchetbolditalic.pm
PDF::API2::Resource::Font::CoreFont::trebuchetitalic
in lib/PDF/API2/Resource/Font/CoreFont/trebuchetitalic.pm
PDF::API2::Resource::Font::CoreFont::verdana
in lib/PDF/API2/Resource/Font/CoreFont/verdana.pm
PDF::API2::Resource::Font::CoreFont::verdanabold
in lib/PDF/API2/Resource/Font/CoreFont/verdanabold.pm
PDF::API2::Resource::Font::CoreFont::verdanabolditalic
in lib/PDF/API2/Resource/Font/CoreFont/verdanabolditalic.pm
PDF::API2::Resource::Font::CoreFont::verdanaitalic
in lib/PDF/API2/Resource/Font/CoreFont/verdanaitalic.pm
PDF::API2::Resource::Font::CoreFont::webdings
in lib/PDF/API2/Resource/Font/CoreFont/webdings.pm
PDF::API2::Resource::Font::CoreFont::wingdings
in lib/PDF/API2/Resource/Font/CoreFont/wingdings.pm
PDF::API2::Resource::Font::CoreFont::zapfdingbats
in lib/PDF/API2/Resource/Font/CoreFont/zapfdingbats.pm
PDF::API2::Resource::Font::Postscript
in lib/PDF/API2/Resource/Font/Postscript.pm
PDF::API2::Resource::Glyphs
in lib/PDF/API2/Resource/Glyphs.pm
PDF::API2::Resource::PaperSizes
in lib/PDF/API2/Resource/PaperSizes.pm
PDF::API2::Resource::Pattern
in lib/PDF/API2/Resource/Pattern.pm
PDF::API2::Resource::Shading
in lib/PDF/API2/Resource/Shading.pm
PDF::API2::Resource::XObject::Form::BarCode::codabar
in lib/PDF/API2/Resource/XObject/Form/BarCode/codabar.pm
PDF::API2::Resource::XObject::Form::BarCode::code3of9
in lib/PDF/API2/Resource/XObject/Form/BarCode/code3of9.pm
PDF::API2::Resource::XObject::Form::BarCode::ean13
in lib/PDF/API2/Resource/XObject/Form/BarCode/ean13.pm
PDF::API2::Resource::XObject::Form::BarCode::int2of5
in lib/PDF/API2/Resource/XObject/Form/BarCode/int2of5.pm
PDF::API2::Resource::XObject::Form::Hybrid
in lib/PDF/API2/Resource/XObject/Form/Hybrid.pm
PDF::API2::Resource::XObject::Image::GD
in lib/PDF/API2/Resource/XObject/Image/GD.pm
PDF::API2::Resource::XObject::Image::GIF
in lib/PDF/API2/Resource/XObject/Image/GIF.pm
PDF::API2::Resource::XObject::Image::JPEG
in lib/PDF/API2/Resource/XObject/Image/JPEG.pm
PDF::API2::Resource::XObject::Image::PNG
in lib/PDF/API2/Resource/XObject/Image/PNG.pm
PDF::API2::Resource::XObject::Image::PNM
in lib/PDF/API2/Resource/XObject/Image/PNM.pm
PDF::API2::Resource::XObject::Image::TIFF::File
in lib/PDF/API2/Resource/XObject/Image/TIFF/File.pm
PDF::API2::UniWrap
in lib/PDF/API2/UniWrap.pm
PDF::API2::Win32
in lib/PDF/API2/Win32.pm

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