PDF::Builder::Basic::PDF::String(3) User Contributed Perl Documentation PDF::Builder::Basic::PDF::String(3)

PDF::Builder::Basic::PDF::String - PDF String type objects

Superclass for simple objects that are basically stringlike (Number, Name, etc.)

Inherits from PDF::Builder::Basic::PDF::Objind

PDF::Builder::Basic::PDF::String->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.

PDF::Builder::Basic::PDF::String->new($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.

$s->convert($str)
Returns $str converted as per criteria for input from PDF file

$s->val()
Returns the value of this string (the string itself).

$s->as_pdf()
Returns the string formatted for output as PDF for PDF File object $pdf.

$s->outobjdeep($fh, $pdf)
Outputs the string in PDF format, complete with necessary conversions.
2026-02-08 perl v5.42.0