org.pdfbox.pdmodel.interactive.form
Class PDFieldFactory

java.lang.Object
  org.pdfbox.pdmodel.interactive.form.PDFieldFactory

public class PDFieldFactory
extends java.lang.Object

This is the Factory for creating and returning the correct field elements.

Version:

$Revision: 1.8 $

Author:

sug

Method Summary

static PDField

createField(PDAcroForm acroForm, COSDictionary field) This method creates a COSField subclass from the given field.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Detail

createField

public static PDField createField(PDAcroForm acroForm,
                                  COSDictionary field)
                           throws java.io.IOException

This method creates a COSField subclass from the given field. The field is a PDF Dictionary object that must represent a field element. - othewise null is returned

Parameters:

acroForm - The form that the field will be part of.

field - The dictionary representing a field element

Returns:

a subclass to COSField according to the kind of field passed to createField

Throws:

java.io.IOException - If there is an error determining the field type.