NAME¶

PDF::API2::Basic::PDF::Array - Corresponds to a PDF array. Inherits from PDF::Objind

INSTANCE VARIABLES¶

This object is not an array but an associative array containing the array of elements. Thus, there are special instance variables for an array object, beginning with a space

var

Contains the actual array of elements

METHODS¶

PDF::Array->new($parent, @vals)¶

Creates an array with the given storage parent and an optional list of values to initialise the array with.

$a->outobjdeep($fh, $pdf)¶

Outputs an array as a PDF array to the given filehandle.

$a->removeobj($elem)¶

Removes all occurrences of an element from an array.

$a->elementsof¶

Returns a list of all the elements in the array. Notice that this is not the array itself but the elements in the array.

$a->add_elements¶

Appends the given elements to the array. An element is only added if it is defined.

$a->val¶

Returns the value of the array, this is a reference to the actual array containing the elements.

$a->copy($pdf)¶

Copies the array with deep-copy on elements which are not full PDF objects with respect to a particular $pdf output context