Add support for deleted objects

@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 - Improve documentation strings
 - Improve documentation strings
 - Improve verbose output
 - Improve verbose output
 - Import already defined form
 - Import already defined form
+- Add support for deleted objects
 
 
 ## 3.9.0
 ## 3.9.0
 
 

@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ import 'obj/page_list.dart';
 import 'obj/signature.dart';
 import 'obj/signature.dart';
 import 'output.dart';
 import 'output.dart';
 import 'stream.dart';
 import 'stream.dart';
+import 'xref.dart';
 
 
 /// PDF version to generate
 /// PDF version to generate
 enum PdfVersion {
 enum PdfVersion {
@@ -213,7 +214,17 @@ class PdfDocument {
 
 
     // Write each object to the [PdfStream]. We call via the output
     // Write each object to the [PdfStream]. We call via the output
     // as that builds the xref table
     // as that builds the xref table
-    objects.forEach(pos.write);
+    objects.where((e) => e.inUse).forEach(pos.write);
+    var lastFree = 0;
+    for (final obj in objects.where((e) => !e.inUse)) {
+      pos.xref.add(PdfXref(
+        obj.objser,
+        lastFree,
+        generation: obj.objgen,
+        type: PdfCrossRefEntryType.free,
+      ));
+      lastFree = obj.objser;
+    }
 
 
     // Finally close the output, which writes the xref table.
     // Finally close the output, which writes the xref table.
     await pos.close();
     await pos.close();

@@ -46,6 +46,8 @@ abstract class PdfObject<T extends PdfDataType> with PdfDiagnostic {
   /// This allows any Pdf object to refer to the document being constructed.
   /// This allows any Pdf object to refer to the document being constructed.
   final PdfDocument pdfDocument;
   final PdfDocument pdfDocument;
 
 
+  var inUse = true;
+
   /// Writes the object to the output stream.
   /// Writes the object to the output stream.
   void write(PdfStream os) {
   void write(PdfStream os) {
     prepare();
     prepare();