Hi All, > > I’d like to bring PDFBOX-2592 to the attention of the dev mailing list. > > A number of users on the mailing list have asked about how to import pages > from other PDFs as forms, our current solution is LayerUtility, which is > depends on PDFCloneUtility. >
I like the idea to simplify importing a page as a form object as although it's in place the function is hidden in the LayerUtility (although we have a sample now ho to do it). What I propose it to do it in stages a) Have the constructor like PDFormXObject form = new PDFormXObject(page) and reuse the existing code internally so we have the API in place for 2.0 b) do the changes to the inner workings at a later stage for 2.1 There are two main reasons for that a) I suspect as you go you will find that there need to be changes to the existing COS model with the potential for new regressions b) a) has the risk of further moving out PDFBox 2.0 IMHO: very good idea and initiative; has to be done; shall be done later BR Maruan > However, the design of the COS API allows for sharing of COS objects between > documents (in the same thread). So there’s no need for all the copying and > cloning. With only a few minor changes we could get this working robustly. It > might also help simplify splitting and merging. > > I like this idea a lot and it’s pretty simple - any thoughts? > > -- John >
