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# Data Representations

Operations to represent PDF documents as data objects.

## Topics

### Creating Data Representations

[`func dataRepresentation() -> Data?`](/documentation/PDFKit/PDFDocument/dataRepresentation())

Returns a representation of the document as an `NSData` object.

[`func dataRepresentation(options: [AnyHashable : Any]) -> Data?`](/documentation/PDFKit/PDFDocument/dataRepresentation(options:))

Returns a representation of the document as an `NSData` object with additional options applied, such as filters.


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