Foxit PDF SDK
FoxitPDFSDKPython2.PDFNameTree Class Reference
Inheritance diagram for FoxitPDFSDKPython2.PDFNameTree:
FoxitPDFSDKPython2.Base

Public Member Functions

def PDFNameTree (document, type)
 Constructor, with parameters. More...
 
def Add (name, pdf_object)
 Add a new key name with a PDF object as its value. More...
 
def GetCount ()
 Get the count of elements in current name tree. More...
 
def GetName (index)
 Get a key name in the name tree, by index. More...
 
def GetObj (name)
 Get the value (as PDF object) of a specified key name. More...
 
def GetType ()
 Get the type of current name tree. More...
 
def HasName (name)
 Check if the specified key name exists in current name tree. More...
 
def IsEmpty ()
 Check whether current object is empty or not. More...
 
def RemoveAllObjs ()
 Remove all key names from current name tree, along with theirs value (as PDF object). More...
 
def RemoveObj (name)
 Remove a key name from current name tree, along with its value (as PDF object). More...
 
def Rename (old_name, new_name)
 Rename an existing key name to a new key name. More...
 
def SetObj (name, pdf_object)
 Set the value (as PDF object) of a specified key name. More...
 

Static Public Attributes

 e_Dests = _fsdk.PDFNameTree_e_Dests
 "Dests" name tree.
 
 e_EmbeddedFiles = _fsdk.PDFNameTree_e_EmbeddedFiles
 "EmbeddedFiles" name tree.
 
 e_JavaScript = _fsdk.PDFNameTree_e_JavaScript
 "JavaScript" name tree.
 
 e_Pages = _fsdk.PDFNameTree_e_Pages
 "Pages" name tree.
 
 e_Templates = _fsdk.PDFNameTree_e_Templates
 "Templates" name tree.
 

Detailed Description

Name tree is a kind of common data structure in PDF. Name tree serves a similar purpose to PDF dictionary

  • associating keys and values - but by different means: in the name tree, a key name is treated as an alias of its value object. That means, the value object can be referred to by the key name instead of by reference object.
    Name tree has following characteristics:

    • key names in a name tree are ordered and each key name in the same name tree is unique;

    • values associated with the key names may be objects of any type, depending on the purpose of the name tree;

    • name tree can represent an arbitrarily large collection of key-value pairs, which can be looked up efficiently without requiring the entire data structure to be read from the PDF file.

    Class PDFNameTree is used to be associated with an existing name tree with specified type or create one. It offers functions to get key-value pairs in the name tree, and set/add/remove any key-value pair. Currently, class PDFNameTree can be associated with following name trees defined in PDF document:

    For convenient use about embedded files (known as attachments as well) in a PDF document, please refer to class FoxitPDFSDKPython2.Attachments .

See also
FoxitPDFSDKPython2.Attachments

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

◆ PDFNameTree()

def FoxitPDFSDKPython2.PDFNameTree.PDFNameTree (   document,
  type 
)

Constructor, with parameters.

Constructor, with another PDF name tree object.

Constructor.

If there exists name tree with specified type in the PDF document, this function is just to construct a PDF name tree object to be associated with the name tree. If there is no such name tree in PDF document, the constructed PDF name tree object can be used to create such name tree in PDF document and add items to the name tree.

Parameters
[in]documentA valid PDF document object.
[in]typeThe type of the name tree. Please refer to values starting from FoxitPDFSDKPython2.PDFNameTree.e_Dests and this should be one of these values.
[in]otherAnother PDF name tree object.

Member Function Documentation

◆ Add()

def FoxitPDFSDKPython2.PDFNameTree.Add (   name,
  pdf_object 
)

Add a new key name with a PDF object as its value.

All PDF objects in the name tree are ordered by their names. When a new PDF object is added, Foxit PDF SDK will find a suitable place in the name tree to add it. After adding successfully, the indexes of some old keys may be changed.

Parameters
[in]nameString for a new key name. This should not be an empty string. This new name should not have existed in current name tree.
[in]pdf_objectA PDF object, to be set with the new name. The type of this PDF object should match current name tree; otherwise, the input PDF object is invalid. Please refer to comment of class PDFNameTree for more details.
User should not release this PDF object after this function succeeds.
Returns
true means success, while false means failure.

◆ GetCount()

def FoxitPDFSDKPython2.PDFNameTree.GetCount ( )

Get the count of elements in current name tree.

Returns
The element count.

◆ GetName()

def FoxitPDFSDKPython2.PDFNameTree.GetName (   index)

Get a key name in the name tree, by index.

Parameters
[in]indexIndex of the key name to be retrieved. Valid range: from 0 to (count-1). count is returned by function FoxitPDFSDKPython2.PDFNameTree.GetCount .
Returns
A string that represents the key name.

◆ GetObj()

def FoxitPDFSDKPython2.PDFNameTree.GetObj (   name)

Get the value (as PDF object) of a specified key name.

Parameters
[in]nameString for a key name. It should not be an empty string.
Returns
A PDFObject object. The type of returned PDF object depends on the purpose of current name tree. Please refer to comment of class PDFNameTree for more details. If not found, this function will return null.

◆ GetType()

def FoxitPDFSDKPython2.PDFNameTree.GetType ( )

Get the type of current name tree.

Returns
Type of current name tree. Please refer to values starting from FoxitPDFSDKPython2.PDFNameTree.e_Dests and this would be one of these values.

◆ HasName()

def FoxitPDFSDKPython2.PDFNameTree.HasName (   name)

Check if the specified key name exists in current name tree.

Parameters
[in]nameA string that represents the key name to be checked. It should not be an empty string.
Returns
true means the specified name exists in current name tree, and false means the specified name does not exist in current name tree.

◆ IsEmpty()

def FoxitPDFSDKPython2.PDFNameTree.IsEmpty ( )

Check whether current object is empty or not.

When the current object is empty, that means current object is useless.

Returns
true means current object is empty, while false means not.

◆ RemoveAllObjs()

def FoxitPDFSDKPython2.PDFNameTree.RemoveAllObjs ( )

Remove all key names from current name tree, along with theirs value (as PDF object).

Returns
true means success, while false means failure.

◆ RemoveObj()

def FoxitPDFSDKPython2.PDFNameTree.RemoveObj (   name)

Remove a key name from current name tree, along with its value (as PDF object).

If the input name does not exist in current name tree, this function will return true directly.

Parameters
[in]nameString for a key name to be removed. This should not be an empty string.
Returns
true means success, while false means failure.

◆ Rename()

def FoxitPDFSDKPython2.PDFNameTree.Rename (   old_name,
  new_name 
)

Rename an existing key name to a new key name.

Parameters
[in]old_nameString for an old key name which is to be renamed. This should not be an empty string. This name should have existed in current name tree.
[in]new_nameString for a new key name. This should not be an empty string. This new name should not have existed in current name tree.
Returns
true means success, while false means failure.

◆ SetObj()

def FoxitPDFSDKPython2.PDFNameTree.SetObj (   name,
  pdf_object 
)

Set the value (as PDF object) of a specified key name.

Parameters
[in]nameString for a key name. It should not be an empty string. This name should have existed in current name tree.
[in]pdf_objectA PDF object to be set as the name's value. It should not be null. The type of this PDF object should match current name tree; otherwise, the input PDF object is invalid. Please refer to comment of class PDFNameTree for more details.
User should not release this PDF object after this function succeeds.
Returns
true means success, while false means failure.