CosString (veraPDF Validation 1.22.2 API)

All Superinterfaces:

CosObject, Object

All Known Subinterfaces:

CosActualText, CosLang, CosTextString

All Known Implementing Classes:

GFCosActualText, GFCosLang, GFCosString, GFCosTextString
```
public interface CosString
extends CosObject
```
PDF String type

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`Boolean`	`getcontainsOnlyHex()`	true if the all non-white-space characters if the hexadecimal string belong to the range 0-9, a-f, A-F
`Long`	`gethexCount()`	for hexadecimal strings the number of Hex digits (non-white-space characters in the range 0-9, a-f, A-F); 0 for strings in standard format
`Boolean`	`getisHex()`	true if the string is stored in Hex format
`String`	`getvalue()`	internal byte presentation of the string after decoding from hex format (for strings in hexadecimal format) or after decoding all escape sequences (for strings in standard format)

Methods inherited from interface org.verapdf.model.baselayer.Object
getContext, getExtraContext, getID, getLinkedObjects, getLinks, getObjectType, getProperties, getSuperTypes, isContextDependent

- Method Detail
  - getvalue
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String getvalue()
```
    internal byte presentation of the string after decoding from hex format (for strings in hexadecimal format) or after decoding all escape sequences (for strings in standard format)
  - getisHex
```
Boolean getisHex()
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    true if the string is stored in Hex format
  - getcontainsOnlyHex
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Boolean getcontainsOnlyHex()
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    true if the all non-white-space characters if the hexadecimal string belong to the range 0-9, a-f, A-F
  - gethexCount
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Long gethexCount()
```
    for hexadecimal strings the number of Hex digits (non-white-space characters in the range 0-9, a-f, A-F); 0 for strings in standard format