No question that you need a DAG for handling PDF objects - esp. for  
search.  It's also potentially useful for object use computation  
(such as garbage collection).

But as discussed before - right now you'd definitely want it done  
optionally.

Leonard

On Nov 8, 2007, at 7:04 AM, Craig Ringer wrote:

> Hi
>
> I'm just writing this to the list as a bit of a note/idea in case I
> don't get to it:
>
> I'm wondering if Boost::Graph might be useful, in combination with an
> external adapter or by building a new graph, for traversing PDF data
> structures for (eg) searches. I've wanted to add search to  
> PoDoFoBrowser
> for a while, but it's not a trivial thing to do on a cyclic directed
> graph (which is what the relationship between PDF objects looks like).
> Boost::Graph is made to handle that sort of thing. It might be handy
> enough for other apps for it to be worth including optional support  
> (by
> way of an external adapter, graph construction routines, or  
> whatever) in
> podofo its self too.
>
> It might also prove handy if it can provide a better base for
> implementing the underlying data model for the tree view in
> PoDoFoBrowser. I'm much less sure of that, though.
>
> Anyway, that's just an idea I might have a play with if I get a  
> chance.
>
> --
> Craig Ringer
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