Method read_xref

pattern/web/pdf/pdfparser.py:741–755

Reads all the XRefs in the PDF file and returns them.

(self)

    # read xref tables and trailers
    def read_xref(self):
        """Reads all the XRefs in the PDF file and returns them."""
        xrefs = []
        try:
            pos = self.find_xref()
            self.read_xref_from(pos, xrefs)
        except PDFNoValidXRef:
            # fallback
            if 1 <= self.debug:
                print >>sys.stderr, 'no xref, fallback'
            self.fallback = True
            xref = PDFXRef()
            xref.load_fallback(self)
            xrefs.append(xref)
        return xrefs


##  PDFStreamParser