As it turns out, most of the code-paths in the `PDFImage`-class won't actually pass the TypedArray (containing the image-data) to the `ColorSpace`-code. Hence we *generally* don't need to force the image-data to be a `Uint8ClampedArray`, and can just as well directly use a `Uint8Array` instead.
In the following cases we're returning the data without any `ColorSpace`-parsing, and the exact TypedArray used shouldn't matter:
- b72a448327/src/core/image.js (L714)
- b72a448327/src/core/image.js (L751)
In the following cases the image-data is only used *internally*, and again the exact TypedArray used shouldn't matter:
- b72a448327/src/core/image.js (L762) with the actual image-data being defined (as `Uint8ClampedArray`) further below
- b72a448327/src/core/image.js (L837)
*Please note:* This is tagged `api-minor` because it's API-observable, given that *some* image/mask-data will now be returned as `Uint8Array` rather than using `Uint8ClampedArray` unconditionally. However, that seems like a small price to pay to (slightly) reduce memory usage during image-conversion.
Given that the `bytesToString(BaseStream.getBytes(...))` pattern is somewhat common throughout the `src/core/` code, it cannot hurt to add a new `BaseStream`-method which handles that case internally.
The way that `getBaseStreams` is currently handled has bothered me from time to time, especially how we're checking if the method exists before calling it.
By adding a dummy `BaseStream.getBaseStreams` method, and having the call-sites simply check the return value, we can improve some of the relevant code.
Note in particular how the `ObjectLoader._walk` method didn't actually check that the data in question is a Stream instance, and instead only checked the `currentNode` (which could be anything) for the existence of a `getBaseStreams` property.
By having an abstract base-class, it becomes a lot clearer exactly which methods/getters are expected to exist on all Stream instances.
Furthermore, since a number of the methods are *identical* for all Stream implementations, this reduces unnecessary code duplication in the `Stream`, `DecodeStream`, and `ChunkedStream` classes.
For e.g. `gulp mozcentral`, the *built* `pdf.worker.js` files decreases from `1 619 329` to `1 616 115` bytes with this patch-series.
