CosObject Class

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

Inheritance Hierarchy

System.Object
  BitMiracle.Docotic.Pdf.CosObject
    

Namespace:  BitMiracle.Docotic.Pdf
Assembly:  BitMiracle.Docotic.Pdf (in BitMiracle.Docotic.Pdf.dll)

Syntax

C#
public abstract class CosObject
VB
Public MustInherit Class CosObject

The CosObject type exposes the following members.

Properties

  NameDescription
Public propertyType
Gets the type of this CosObject.

Methods

  NameDescription
Public methodEquals (Inherited from Object.)
Protected methodFinalize (Inherited from Object.)
Public methodGetHashCode (Inherited from Object.)
Public methodGetType (Inherited from Object.)
Protected methodMemberwiseClone (Inherited from Object.)
Public methodToString (Inherited from Object.)

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.

See Also

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