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[jira] [Comment Edited] (PDFBOX-4068) Create ContentStream for XObject forms and tiling patterns

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Tilman Hausherr edited comment on PDFBOX-4068 at 6/6/18 6:33 PM:
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(From memory) A few weeks ago, Maruan and I agreed that we wouldn't remove these methods in 3.0 but keep  them deprecated to discourage the usage.

For what do you need the getOutputStream() method? I needed it recently because I was thinking about copying the /DA Content to the output stream for some annotations, but at the end, I decided to parse the string instead. And then I noticed that Maruan had done the same long ago for widget annotations.


was (Author: tilman):
A few weeks ago, Maruan and I agreed that we wouldn't remove these methods in 3.0.

For what do you need the getOutputStream() method? I needed it recently because I was thinking about copying the /DA Content to the output stream for some annotations, but at the end, I decided to parse the string instead. And then I noticed that Maruan had done the same long ago for widget annotations.

> Create ContentStream for XObject forms and tiling patterns
> ----------------------------------------------------------
>
>                 Key: PDFBOX-4068
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/PDFBOX-4068
>             Project: PDFBox
>          Issue Type: Task
>          Components: PDModel
>            Reporter: Tilman Hausherr
>            Priority: Major
>
> We have a {{PDAppearanceContentStream}} for appearances but nothing for XObject forms and tiling patterns.
> What we need should extend {{PDAbstractContentStream}} and should have a constructor like
> {code:java}
> public PDFormContentStream(PDFormXObject form) throws IOException
> {code}
> Alternatively, why not replace {{PDAppearanceContentStream}} ? Its parameter {{PDAppearanceStream}} is extended from {{PDFormXObject}} so we could just use the base class.
> We need this both for 2.0 and 3.* - we have users who have a really hard time fiddling with low level operators instead of using the methods.
> In 2.0 we could replace the parameter of {{PDPageContentStream}} that is currently {{PDAppearanceStream}}. This would be a non breaking change.



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