From 72464041771de52ca6b3f8bc79aea84c23af30b6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jay Berkenbilt Date: Sat, 4 Apr 2020 17:31:07 -0400 Subject: JSON: implement pattern keys in schema --- manual/qpdf-manual.xml | 17 ++++++++++++----- 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) (limited to 'manual') diff --git a/manual/qpdf-manual.xml b/manual/qpdf-manual.xml index 83cb6bf9..a2dff114 100644 --- a/manual/qpdf-manual.xml +++ b/manual/qpdf-manual.xml @@ -3082,11 +3082,18 @@ outfile.pdf - A dictionary in the help output means that the corresponding - location in the actual JSON output is also a dictionary with - exactly the same keys; that is, no keys present in help are - absent in the real output, and no keys will be present in - the real output that are not in help. + A dictionary in the help output means that the + corresponding location in the actual JSON output is also a + dictionary with exactly the same keys; that is, no keys + present in help are absent in the real output, and no keys + will be present in the real output that are not in help. As + a special case, if the dictionary has a single key whose + name starts with < and ends with + >, it means that the JSON output is a + dictionary that can have any keys, each of which conforms + to the value of the special key. This is used for cases in + which the keys of the dictionary are things like object + IDs. -- cgit v1.2.3-54-g00ecf