Represents the "BitsPerComponent" entry of the type 5 shading dictionary object.

It is a required entry defined as part of the PDF 1.0 specification.

It contains an integer representing a PDF numeric object.

For definitive details see:.

The ISO PDF Specification, ISO 32000-1:2008 PDF 1.7; Table: 83, page 193.

The ISO PDF Specification, ISO 32000-2:2017 PDF 2.0; Table: 82, page 240.

BitsPerComponent sets the bit depth of color component values in each vertex record. Valid values are 1, 2, 4, 8, 12, and 16. The Decode array maps them to the shading color space's component range.