class PDF::Reader::XRef


is read only.
the Enumerable mixin. The key difference is no []= method - the hash
The class behaves much like a standard Ruby hash, including the use of
desired object (PDF objects embedded in an object stream)
* a PDF::Reader::Reference instance that points to a stream that contains the
* a byte offset where the object starts (regular PDF objects)
Hash keys are object ids, values are either:
file.
object needs to be found, the Xref table is used to find where it is stored in the
An Xref table is a map of object identifiers and byte offsets. Any time a particular
hash-like object.
An internal PDF::Reader class that represents the XRef table in a PDF file as a
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def [](ref)

ref - a PDF::Reader::Reference object containing an object ID and revision number

returns the byte offset for the specified PDF object.
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def [](ref)
  @xref[ref.id][ref.gen]
rescue
  raise InvalidObjectError, "Object #{ref.id}, Generation #{ref.gen} is invalid"
end

def calc_junk_offset(io)


Checks up to 50 chars into the file, returns nil if no PDF data detected.

in the real world.
should always be 0, but all sort of crazy junk is prefixed to PDF files
Returns the offset of the PDF document in the +stream+. In theory this
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def calc_junk_offset(io)
  io.rewind
  offset = io.pos
  until (c = io.readchar) == '%' || c == 37 || offset > 50
    offset += 1
  end
  io.rewind
  offset < 50 ? offset : nil
rescue EOFError
  return nil
end

def each(&block)

iterate over each object in the xref table
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def each(&block)
  ids = @xref.keys.sort
  ids.each do |id|
    gen = @xref[id].keys.sort[-1]
    yield PDF::Reader::Reference.new(id, gen)
  end
end

def initialize(io)


io - must be an IO object, generally either a file or a StringIO

create a new Xref table based on the contents of the supplied io object
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def initialize(io)
  @io = io
  @junk_offset = calc_junk_offset(io) || 0
  @xref = {}
  @trailer = load_offsets
end

def load_offsets(offset = nil)


or load_xref_stream() based on what we find there.
After seeking to the offset, processing is handed of to either load_xref_table()

default offset will be located and used.
If offset is specified the table will be loaded from there, otherwise the

Read a xref table from the underlying buffer.
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def load_offsets(offset = nil)
  offset ||= new_buffer.find_first_xref_offset
  offset += @junk_offset
  buf = new_buffer(offset)
  tok_one = buf.token
  return load_xref_table(buf) if tok_one == "xref" || tok_one == "ref"
  tok_two   = buf.token
  tok_three = buf.token
  if tok_one.to_i >= 0 && tok_two.to_i >= 0 && tok_three == "obj"
    buf = new_buffer(offset)
    stream = PDF::Reader::Parser.new(buf).object(tok_one.to_i, tok_two.to_i)
    return load_xref_stream(stream)
  end
  raise PDF::Reader::MalformedPDFError,
    "xref table not found at offset #{offset} (#{tok_one} != xref)"
end

def load_xref_stream(stream)


Read an XRef stream from the underlying buffer instead of a traditional xref table.
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def load_xref_stream(stream)
  unless stream.is_a?(PDF::Reader::Stream) && stream.hash[:Type] == :XRef
    raise PDF::Reader::MalformedPDFError, "xref stream not found when expected"
  end
  trailer = Hash[stream.hash.select { |key, value|
    [:Size, :Prev, :Root, :Encrypt, :Info, :ID].include?(key)
  }]
  widths       = stream.hash[:W]
  entry_length = widths.inject(0) { |s, w| s + w }
  raw_data     = StringIO.new(stream.unfiltered_data)
  if stream.hash[:Index]
    index = stream.hash[:Index]
  else
    index = [0, stream.hash[:Size]]
  end
  index.each_slice(2) do |start_id, size|
    obj_ids = (start_id..(start_id+(size-1)))
    obj_ids.each do |objid|
      entry = raw_data.read(entry_length) || ""
      f1    = unpack_bytes(entry[0,widths[0]])
      f2    = unpack_bytes(entry[widths[0],widths[1]])
      f3    = unpack_bytes(entry[widths[0]+widths[1],widths[2]])
      if f1 == 1 && f2 > 0
        store(objid, f3, f2 + @junk_offset)
      elsif f1 == 2 && f2 > 0
        store(objid, 0, PDF::Reader::Reference.new(f2, 0))
      end
    end
  end
  load_offsets(trailer[:Prev].to_i) if trailer.has_key?(:Prev)
  trailer
end

def load_xref_table(buf)

Xref table and processes it into memory.
Assumes the underlying buffer is positioned at the start of a traditional
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def load_xref_table(buf)
  params = []
  while !params.include?("trailer") && !params.include?(nil)
    if params.size == 2
      objid, count = params[0].to_i, params[1].to_i
      count.times do
        offset = buf.token.to_i
        generation = buf.token.to_i
        state = buf.token
        store(objid, generation, offset + @junk_offset) if state == "n" && offset > 0
        objid += 1
        params.clear
      end
    end
    params << buf.token
  end
  trailer = Parser.new(buf, self).parse_token
  unless trailer.kind_of?(Hash)
    raise MalformedPDFError, "PDF malformed, trailer should be a dictionary"
  end
  load_offsets(trailer[:XRefStm])   if trailer.has_key?(:XRefStm)
  load_offsets(trailer[:Prev].to_i) if trailer.has_key?(:Prev)
  trailer
end

def new_buffer(offset = 0)


at the same time without worrying about clearing the buffers contents.
We create multiple buffers so we can be tokenising multiple sections of the file

Wrap the io stream we're working with in a buffer that can tokenise it for us.
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def new_buffer(offset = 0)
  PDF::Reader::Buffer.new(@io, :seek => offset)
end

def size

only counter once.
return the number of objects in this file. Objects with multiple generations are
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def size
  @xref.size
end

def store(id, gen, offset)


Stores an offset value for a particular PDF object ID and revision number
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def store(id, gen, offset)
  (@xref[id] ||= {})[gen] ||= offset
end

def unpack_bytes(bytes)


bytes they need to be converted to an int in different ways.
XRef streams pack info into integers 1-N bytes wide. Depending on the number of
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def unpack_bytes(bytes)
  if bytes.to_s.size == 0
    0
  elsif bytes.size == 1
    bytes.unpack("C")[0]
  elsif bytes.size == 2
    bytes.unpack("n")[0]
  elsif bytes.size == 3
    ("\x00" + bytes).unpack("N")[0]
  elsif bytes.size == 4
    bytes.unpack("N")[0]
  else
    raise UnsupportedFeatureError, "Unable to unpack xref stream entries with more than 4 bytes"
  end
end