org.apache.pdfbox.pdmodel.interactive.form

Class PDSignatureField

java.lang.Object

org.apache.pdfbox.pdmodel.interactive.form.PDField

org.apache.pdfbox.pdmodel.interactive.form.PDSignatureField

All Implemented Interfaces:

COSObjectable

public class PDSignatureField
extends PDField

A class for handling the PDF field as a signature.

Version:

$Revision: 1.5 $

Author:

Ben Litchfield, Thomas Chojecki

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class org.apache.pdfbox.pdmodel.interactive.form.PDField

FLAG_NO_EXPORT, FLAG_READ_ONLY, FLAG_REQUIRED

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
PDSignatureField(PDAcroForm theAcroForm)
PDSignatureField(PDAcroForm theAcroForm, COSDictionary field)

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
PDSignature	getSignature() Get the signature dictionary
java.lang.String	getValue() Deprecated. use getSignature() instead
void	setSignature(PDSignature value) Add a signature dictionary to the signature field
void	setValue(java.lang.String value) Deprecated. use setSignature(PDSignature) instead
java.lang.String	toString() Return a string rep of this object.

Methods inherited from class org.apache.pdfbox.pdmodel.interactive.form.PDField

findFieldType, findKid, getAcroForm, getActions, getAlternateFieldName, getCOSObject, getDictionary, getFieldFlags, getFieldType, getFullyQualifiedName, getKids, getParent, getPartialName, getWidget, importFDF, isNoExport, isReadonly, isRequired, setAcroForm, setActions, setAlternateFieldName, setFieldFlags, setKids, setNoExport, setParent, setPartialName, setReadonly, setRequired

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

PDSignatureField

public PDSignatureField(PDAcroForm theAcroForm,
                COSDictionary field)
                 throws java.io.IOException

Parameters:

theAcroForm - The acroForm for this field.

field - The dictionary for the signature.

Throws:

java.io.IOException - If there is an error while resolving partital name for the signature field

See Also:

PDField.PDField(PDAcroForm,COSDictionary)

PDSignatureField

public PDSignatureField(PDAcroForm theAcroForm)
                 throws java.io.IOException

Parameters:

theAcroForm - The acroForm for this field.

Throws:

java.io.IOException - If there is an error while resolving partial name for the signature field

See Also:

PDField.PDField(PDAcroForm)

Method Detail

setValue

@Deprecated
public void setValue(java.lang.String value)
              throws java.io.IOException

Deprecated. use setSignature(PDSignature) instead

Description copied from class: PDField

setValue sets the fields value to a given string.

Specified by:

setValue in class PDField

Parameters:

value - The new value for the field.

Throws:

java.io.IOException - If there is an error creating the appearance stream.

See Also:

PDField.setValue(java.lang.String)

getValue

@Deprecated
public java.lang.String getValue()
                          throws java.io.IOException

Deprecated. use getSignature() instead

Description copied from class: PDField

getValue gets the fields value to as a string.

Specified by:

getValue in class PDField

Returns:

The string value of this field.

Throws:

java.io.IOException - If there is an error creating the appearance stream.

See Also:

PDField.setValue(java.lang.String)

toString

public java.lang.String toString()

Return a string rep of this object.

Overrides:

toString in class PDField

Returns:

A string rep of this object.

setSignature

public void setSignature(PDSignature value)

Add a signature dictionary to the signature field

Parameters:

value - is the PDSignature

getSignature

public PDSignature getSignature()

Get the signature dictionary

Returns:

the signature dictionary