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Class CosObject

Namespace
BitMiracle.Docotic.Pdf
Assembly
BitMiracle.Docotic.Pdf.dll

The base class for low-level PDF objects. This class is a base class for CosArray, CosBoolean, CosDictionary, CosName, CosNull, CosNumber, CosStream, and CosString.

public abstract class CosObject
Inheritance
CosObject
Derived
Inherited Members

Remarks

"COS" stands for Carousel Object Structure and refers to the original name for Adobe Acrobat. This name is still used to refer to the way a PDF file is composed.

WARNING: Changes to low-level COS objects might break the owning PDF document.

Use high-level Docotic.Pdf API to edit a document. Don't edit COS objects unless you completely understand what you are doing.

Changes in low-level COS objects might be out of sync with high-level Docotic.Pdf objects.

The Docotic.Pdf Library Documentation page contains links to articles, guides, and sample code.

Properties

Type

Gets the type of this CosObject.

Methods

ToString()

Returns a string that represents this CosObject instance.