Method: CombinePDF::PDF#initialize

Defined in:
lib/combine_pdf/combine_pdf_pdf.rb

#initialize(*args) ⇒ PDF

Returns a new instance of PDF.



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# File 'lib/combine_pdf/combine_pdf_pdf.rb', line 32

def initialize (*args)
	# default before setting
	@objects = []
	@version = 0 
	@info = {}
	if args[0].is_a? PDFParser
		@objects = args[0].parse
		@version = args[0].version if args[0].version.is_a? Float
		@info = args[0].info_object || {}
	elsif args[0].is_a? Array
		# object initialization
		@objects = args[0]
		@version = args[1] if args[1].is_a? Float
	elsif args[0].is_a? Hash
		@objects = args
	end
	# connecting references with original objects
	serialize_objects_and_references
	# general globals
	@string_output = :literal
	@need_to_rebuild_resources = false
	@set_start_id = 1
	@info[:Producer] = "Ruby CombinePDF Library by Boaz Segev"
	@info.delete :CreationDate
	@info.delete :ModDate
	warn "finished to initialize PDF object."
end