---
name: "PDF::Writer"
section: "3pm"
platform: "linux"
package: "libpdf-writer-perl"
version: "0.06-2"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/PDF::Writer"
---

# PDF::Writer(3pm)

PDF writer abstraction layer

## NAME

PDF::Writer - PDF writer abstraction layer

## VERSION

This document describes version 0.05 of PDF::Writer, released Oct 25, 2005.

## SYNOPSIS

```
  use PDF::Writer;
  # Or, to explicitly specify a back-end ...
  use PDF::Writer 'pdflib';
  use PDF::Writer 'pdfapi2';
  use PDF::Writer 'mock';
  my $writer = PDF::Writer->new;
```

## DESCRIPTION

This is a generalized API that allows a module that generates PDFs to transparently target multiple backends without changing its code. The currently supported backends are:

- •

  PDF::API2

  Available from CPAN

- •

  PDFlib (versions 3+)

  Available from "/www.pdflib.com" in http;. There is both a pay and free version. PDF::Writer will work with both, within their limitations. Please see the appropriate documentation for details.

- •

  Mock

  This allows modules that target PDF::Writer to write their tests against a mock interface. Please see PDF::Writer::mock for more information.

If both PDF::API2 and pdflib\_pl are available, PDF::API2 is preferred. If neither is available, a run-time exception will be thrown. You must explicitly load the PDF::Writer::mock driver, if you wish to use it.

## METHODS

- •

  **new()**

  This acts as a factory, loading the appropriate PDF::Writer driver.

## CODE COVERAGE

We use Devel::Cover to test the code coverage of our tests. Below is the Devel::Cover report on this module's test suite.

## AUTHORS

Originally written by:

Autrijus Tang \<autrijus@autrijus.org\>

Currently maintained by:

Rob Kinyon \<rob.kinyon@iinteractive.com\>

Stevan Little \<stevan.little@iinteractive.com\>

Thanks to Infinity Interactive for generously donating our time.

## COPYRIGHT

Copyright 2004, 2005 by Autrijus Tang \<autrijus@autrijus.org\>.

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.

See \<http://www.perl.com/perl/misc/Artistic.html\>