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PDF::Builder v3.028 Released, 31 December 2025
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A Thought…

There’s no aerodynamic lift; the thing stays aloft through the physics of brute force. It has the glide angle of an Acme anvil.

   — from an article on the Bell Rocket Belt in Smithsonian Magazine

NAME

PDF::Builder::Basic::PDF::Null - PDF Null type object

This is a subclass of PDF::Builder::Basic::PDF::Objind and cannot be subclassed

METHODS

new

    PDF::Builder::Basic::PDF::Null->new()

Returns the null object. There is only one null object.

realise

    $s->realise()

Pretends to finish reading the object.

outobjdeep

    $s->outobjdeep()

Output the object in PDF format.

is_obj

    $s->is_obj()

Returns false because null is not a full object.

copy

    $s->copy()

Another no-op.

val

    $s->val()

Return undef.

NAVIGATION LINKS

Up (Parents)

Master Index
PDF::Builder -- Facilitates the creation and modification of PDF files
PDF::Builder::Basic::PDF -- Various utilities and support routines

Siblings

PDF::Builder::Basic::PDF::Array -- Corresponds to a PDF array
PDF::Builder::Basic::PDF::Bool -- Holds the strings true or false
PDF::Builder::Basic::PDF::Dict -- PDF Dictionaries and Streams
PDF::Builder::Basic::PDF::File -- Holds the trailers and cross-reference tables for a PDF file
PDF::Builder::Basic::PDF::Filter -- Abstract superclass for PDF stream filters
PDF::Builder::Basic::PDF::Literal -- Literal PDF Object
PDF::Builder::Basic::PDF::Name -- Stores PDF names (things beginning with /)
PDF::Builder::Basic::PDF::Number -- Numbers in PDF
PDF::Builder::Basic::PDF::Objind -- PDF indirect object reference
PDF::Builder::Basic::PDF::Page -- Represents a PDF page
PDF::Builder::Basic::PDF::Pages -- PDF pages hierarchical element
PDF::Builder::Basic::PDF::String -- PDF String type objects
PDF::Builder::Basic::PDF::Utils -- Utility functions for PDF library

 

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