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6 PDF::Builder::Basic::PDF::Name - Inherits from
7 PDF::Builder::Basic::PDF::String and stores PDF names (things beginning
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11 $n = PDF::Builder::Basic::PDF::Name->from_pdf($string)
12 Creates a new string object (not a full object yet) from a given
13 string. The string is parsed according to input criteria with escaping
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17 Converts a name into a string by removing the / and converting any hex
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21 Returns a name formatted as PDF. $pdf is optional but should be the PDF
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24 PDF::Builder::Basic::PDF::Name->string_to_name($string, $pdf)
25 Suitably encode the string $string for output in the File object $pdf
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28 PDF::Builder::Basic::PDF::Name->name_to_string($string, $pdf)
29 Suitably decode the string $string as read from the File object $pdf
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31 undo the hex encoding for PDF versions > 1.1.
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35perl v5.34.0 2021-07-22 PDF::Builder::Basic::PDF::Name(3)