[jira] [Created] (FOP-2263) PDFDocumentGraphics2D.closePage() should not nullify currentStream

["Max Gilead (JIRA)" <ji...@apache.org>]

Max Gilead created FOP-2263:
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             Summary: PDFDocumentGraphics2D.closePage() should not nullify currentStream
                 Key: FOP-2263
                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/FOP-2263
             Project: Fop
          Issue Type: Improvement
          Components: pdf
    Affects Versions: 1.1
            Reporter: Max Gilead
            Priority: Minor


In version 1.1 the PDFDocumentGraphics2D.closePage() method nullifies currentStream in line 281:
        currentStream = null;

I suggest to remove this line.


Nullifying currentStream prevents the user from obtaining raw (not wrapped inside a PDF document) output using the PDFGraphics2D.getString() method. PDFGraphics2D.dispose() nullifies currentStream so there seems to be no reason for .closePage() to do the same.


Current workaround is to create a new PDFDocumentGraphics2D instance like this:

g = new PDFDocumentGraphics2D(false, out, w, h) {
    @Override protected void closePage() {
        content = super.getString() + "Q\n";
        super.closePage();
    }
};

which works (and proves the data is there) but is, quite obviously, ugly and fragile.

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