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#!/usr/local/bin/perl

use PDF::API2::Basic::PDF::File;
use PDF::API2::Basic::PDF::Utils;
use PDF::API2;


sub walk_obj {
    my ($objs,$spdf,$tpdf,$obj,@keys)=@_;

    my $tobj;

    if(ref($obj)=~/Objind$/) {
        $obj->realise;
    }

    return($objs->{scalar $obj}) if(defined $objs->{scalar $obj});

  die "object already copied" if($obj->{' copied'});

    $tobj=$obj->copy($spdf);
    $obj->{' copied'}=1;
    $tpdf->new_obj($tobj) if($obj->is_obj($spdf) && !$tobj->is_obj($tpdf));

  $objs->{scalar $obj}=$tobj;

    if(ref($obj)=~/Array$/ || (UNIVERSAL::can($obj,'isa') && $obj->isa('PDF::API2::Basic::PDF::Array'))) {
        $tobj->{' val'}=[];
        foreach my $k ($obj->elementsof) {
            $k->realise if(ref($k)=~/Objind$/);
            $tobj->add_elements(walk_obj($objs,$spdf,$tpdf,$k));
        }
    } elsif(ref($obj)=~/Dict$/ || (UNIVERSAL::can($obj,'isa') && $obj->isa('PDF::API2::Basic::PDF::Dict'))) {
        @keys=keys(%{$tobj}) if(scalar @keys <1);
        foreach my $k (@keys) {
            next if($k=~/^ /);
            next unless(defined($obj->{$k}));
            $tobj->{$k}=walk_obj($objs,$spdf,$tpdf,$obj->{$k});
        }
        if($obj->{' stream'}) {
            if($tobj->{Filter}) {
                $tobj->{' nofilt'}=1;
            } else {
                delete $tobj->{' nofilt'};
                $tobj->{Filter}=PDFArray(PDFName('FlateDecode'));
            }
            $tobj->{' stream'}=$obj->{' stream'};
        }
    } else {
        $obj->realise;
        return(walk_obj($objs,$spdf,$tpdf,$obj));
    }
    delete $tobj->{' streamloc'};
    delete $tobj->{' streamsrc'};
    return($tobj);
}

if(scalar @ARGV<2) {
    print "usage: $0 infile outfile\n";
    exit(1);
}
$spdf=PDF::API2::Basic::PDF::File->open($ARGV[0]);
$tpdf=PDF::API2::Basic::PDF::File->_new;
$mycache={};
$tpdf->{Root}=walk_obj($mycache,$spdf,$tpdf,$spdf->{Root});
$tpdf->{Info}=walk_obj($mycache,$spdf,$tpdf,$spdf->{Info});

$tpdf->out_file($ARGV[1]);