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

object

CosObject

Derived

CosArray

CosBoolean

CosDictionary

CosName

CosNull

CosNumber

CosStream

CosString

Inherited Members

object.GetType()

object.MemberwiseClone()

object.Equals(object)

object.Equals(object, object)

object.ReferenceEquals(object, object)

object.GetHashCode()

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.