PDFObjectsParser

PDFObjectsParser.classify_steam(stream_iter: utils.ObjectIter, letter=None)

Classifies and parses the given stream

Parameters:
  • stream_iter – A stream whose 1st character indicates its type
  • letter – Passes the letter that was consumed elsewhere
Returns:

A PDF Object or a standard object
PDFObjectsParser.extract_array(stream: utils.ObjectIter) → PDFObjects.PDFArray

Extracts array from steam

Parameters:stream – ObjectIter
Returns:PDFArray
PDFObjectsParser.extract_name(stream: utils.ObjectIter) → bytes

Extracts the next name from the iterator (7.3.5 PDF 32000-1:2008)

Parameters:stream – A stream whose forward slash / was just consumed
Returns:Bytes containing the name
PDFObjectsParser.parse_dictionary(pdf_stream) → PDFObjects.PDFDict

Parses PDFDictionary objects

Parameters:pdf_stream – Object Stream
Returns:PDFObjects.PDFDict object
PDFObjectsParser.parse_literalStrings(stream: utils.ObjectIter) → bytes

Parses string literals (7.3.4.2) PDF 32000-1:2008

Parameters:stream – A stream whose opening round bracket ( was just consumed
Returns:The string literal including the round brackets
PDFObjectsParser.parse_numeric(init: bytes, stream: utils.ObjectIter)

Parses numeric objects

Parameters:
Returns:

A number or a reference object