Hi, Gesendet: Do, 09. Sep 2010 Von: Timo Boehme<timo.boe...@ontochem.com>
> Hi, > > while adding functionality to PDFBOX parsing I stumbled upon the > distinct objects COSName and COSString. > > Both represents strings and both can be entries in a dictionary or > array. Hmm, that's correct, but there is a small but important difference: A COSName object represents a constant string value used as a name for dictionary entries or as a constant value for dictionary entries like "WinAnsiEncoding". A COSString represents any other nonconstant string. e.g. the text of a pdf. > Thus when reading a dictionary or array entry I have to test if > it may be a COSName or a COSString if I want to have the string value. > At least in case of COSDictionary this is done in getNameAsString > method. But for COSArray no such method exists. I'm not sure if it is resonable to mix up COSNames with a special meaning and simple COSStrings. Can you explain what exactly your are trying to do? BR Andreas Lehmkühler
