Content Stream Operators

Content Streams

PDF page content is encoded as a sequence of operators in a content stream. Each Page provides access to its content operators via the getContents() property.

ContentStreamParser

ContentStreamParser parses the raw content stream bytes into operator objects, enabling programmatic inspection of page drawing commands.

ContentStreamBuilder

ContentStreamBuilder provides a builder API for constructing new content streams to be embedded in a Page.

Accessing Page Content

try (Document doc = new Document("input.pdf")) {
    Page page = doc.getPages().get(1);
    // Access content stream via page resources
    byte[] contentBytes = page.getContents().toByteArray();
}

Content stream operators follow the PDF specification (ISO 32000-1:2008, §8). Use ContentStreamParser to iterate over the operators in an existing stream.

See Also

• Aspose.PDF — Enterprise Documentation