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diff --git a/include/qpdf/QPDFObjectHandle.hh b/include/qpdf/QPDFObjectHandle.hh index 88f071d2..9cc67686 100644 --- a/include/qpdf/QPDFObjectHandle.hh +++ b/include/qpdf/QPDFObjectHandle.hh @@ -733,6 +733,25 @@ class QPDFObjectHandle QPDF_DLL std::string unparseBinary(); + // Return encoded as JSON. For most object types, there is an + // obvious mapping. The JSON is generated as follows: + // * Names are encoded as strings representing the normalized value of + // getName() + // * Indirect references are encoded as strings containing "obj gen R" + // * Strings are encoded as UTF-8 strings with unrepresentable binary + // characters encoded as \uHHHH + // * Encoding streams just encodes the stream's dictionary; the stream + // data is not represented + // * Object types that are only valid in content streams (inline + // image, operator) as well as "reserved" objects are not + // representable and will be serialized as "null". + // If dereference_indirect is true and this is an indirect object, + // show the actual contents of the object. The effect of + // dereference_indirect applies only to this object. It is not + // recursive. + QPDF_DLL + JSON getJSON(bool dereference_indirect = false); + // Legacy helper methods for commonly performed operations on // pages. Newer code should use QPDFPageObjectHelper instead. The // specification and behavior of these methods are the same as the |