The dictionary or stream from which a value is obtained.

The key whose value is obtained, repesented as an ASAtom. See the PDF Reference to obtain the names of keys in dictionary objects that are part of standard PDF, such as annotations or page objects (for example, CosDictGet(dict, ASAtomFromString("Length")) ).

Note that strings can be used directly as keys, by calling CosDictGetKeyString() (for example, CosDictGetKeyString(dict, "Length") ). This method is preferred, because it avoids the creation of new ASAtom objects.

Key Names: Even though key names in a PDF file are written with a leading slash (e.g., <</Length 42>>), the slash is omitted when creating an ASAtom to be used as a key, or when using the string directly as a key, as in the examples above.

Cos name objects can also be used as keys, by calling CosDictGetKey() . This method will also avoid the creation of new ASAtom objects and is often more convenient than using ASAtom objects or strings.

The object associated with the specified key. If key is not present or if its value is NULL (which is equivalent), it returns a NULL Cos object (a Cos object of type CosNull.)

The dictionary or stream from which a value is obtained.

The key whose value is obtained, represented as a Cos name object.

The object associated with the specified key. If key is not present, it returns a NULL Cos object.

The dictionary or stream from which a value is obtained.

The key whose value is obtained, represented as a string.

The object associated with the specified key. If key is not present, returns a NULL Cos object.

A dictionary or stream CosObj.

(Filled by the method) The ASText object from which the XMP metadata will be obtained.

true if obj has associated XMP metadata, false if it does not. It also returns false if obj is not a dictionary or stream. It returns true exactly when the Cos object obj has XMP metadata.

A dictionary.

The name of a key.

Returns the value of the isWeak parameter in the most recent call to CosDictSetWeakReference() with these parameters, or false if there has been no such call.

The dictionary or stream in which to look for key.

The key to find. See the PDF Reference to obtain the names of keys in dictionary objects that are part of standard PDF, such as annotations or page objects (see CosDictGet() for Key Names).

Note that strings can be used directly as keys, by calling CosDictKnownKeyString() (for example, CosDictKnownKeyString(dict, "Length") ). This method is preferred, because it avoids the creation of new ASAtom objects.

Cos name objects can also be used as keys, by calling CosDictKnownKey() . This method will also avoid the creation of new ASAtom objects and is often more convenient than using ASAtom objects or strings.

true if the value of a key is known (exists and is not NULL) in dict, false otherwise.

The dictionary or stream in which to look for key.

The key to find, represented as a Cos name object.

true if the value of a key is known (exists and is not NULL) in dict, false otherwise.

The dictionary or stream in which to look for key.

The key to find, represented as a string.

true if the value of a key is known (exists and is not NULL) in dict, false otherwise.

The dictionary or stream in which a value is set.

The key whose value is set, represented as an ASAtom. See the PDF Reference to obtain the names of keys in dictionary objects that are part of standard PDF, such as annotations or page objects (see CosDictGet() for Key Names).

Note that strings can be used directly as keys, by calling CosDictPutKeyString() (for example, CosDictPutKeyString(dict, "Length", lenObj) ). This method is preferred, because it avoids the creation of new ASAtom objects.

Cos name objects can also be used as keys, by calling CosDictPutKey() . This method will also avoid the creation of new ASAtom objects and is often more convenient than using ASAtom objects or strings.

The value to set.

The dictionary or stream in which a value is set.

The key whose value is set, represented as a Cos name object.

The value to set.

The dictionary or stream in which a value is set.

The key whose value is set, represented as a string.

The value to set.

The dictionary from which the key-value pair is removed.

The key to remove, represented as an ASAtom. See the PDF Reference to obtain the names of keys in dictionary objects that are part of standard PDF, such as annotations or page objects (see CosDictGet() for Key Names).

Note that strings can be used directly as keys, by calling CosDictRemoveString() (for example, CosDictRemoveString(dict, "Length") ). This method is preferred, because it avoids the creation of new ASAtom objects.

Cos name objects can also be used as keys, by calling CosDictRemoveKey() . This method will also avoid the creation of new ASAtom objects and is often more convenient than using ASAtom objects or strings.

The dictionary from which the key-value pair is removed.

The key to remove, represented as a Cos name object.

The dictionary from which the key-value pair is removed.

The key to remove, represented as a string.

The dictionary containing the weak reference.

The name of a key in the dictionary.

If true, the object stored in dict under key at the time of every subsequent full-save garbage collection will not be marked as a component of the dictionary. If there is no other path to that object from the root of the document, then it will be garbage- collected (destroyed) by garbage collection.

It is not an error if there is no such value at the time of garbage collection or at the time of the call to this function.

If isWeak is false (the default condition), then there is no such behavior, and the value, if any, will be marked in the normal manner. The case where isWeak is specified as false is intended primarily to reverse the effect of a previous call in which isWeak was true.

The dictionary or stream Cos object whose associated XMP metadata is to be set.

The ASText object containing the metadata to be associated with obj.

The Cos dictionary or stream representing an object whose describing XMP metadata has changed.

A serialized representation of the new describing XMP metadata.

A pointer to a block of user-supplied data that was passed when the client registered for this notification using AVAppRegisterNotification() .

The document in which the dictionary is used.

If true, it creates the dictionary as an indirect Cos object, and sets the dP object's PDDocNeedsSave flag (see PDDocFlags). If false, it creates the dictionary as a direct object.

The number of entries in the dictionary. This value is only a hint; Cos dictionaries grow dynamically as needed.

The newly created dictionary Cos object.