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Tilman Hausherr commented on PDFBOX-4068:
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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
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> 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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