org.pdfbox.pdmodel.interactive.form
Class PDSignature

java.lang.Object
  org.pdfbox.pdmodel.interactive.form.PDField
      org.pdfbox.pdmodel.interactive.form.PDSignature

All Implemented Interfaces:

COSObjectable

public class PDSignature
extends PDField

A class for handling the PDF field as a signature.

Version:

$Revision: 1.5 $

Author:

Ben Litchfield

Field Summary

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

FLAG_NO_EXPORT, FLAG_READ_ONLY, FLAG_REQUIRED

Constructor Summary

PDSignature(PDAcroForm theAcroForm, COSDictionary field)

Method Summary

java.lang.String	getValue() getValue gets the fields value to as a string.
void	setValue(java.lang.String value) setValue sets the fields value to a given string.
java.lang.String	toString() Return a string rep of this object.

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

findFieldType, findKid, getAcroForm, getActions, getCOSObject, getDictionary, getFieldFlags, getFieldType, getFullyQualifiedName, getKids, getParent, getPartialName, getWidget, importFDF, isNoExport, isReadonly, isRequired, setAcroForm, setActions, 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

PDSignature

public PDSignature(PDAcroForm theAcroForm,
                   COSDictionary field)

Parameters:

theAcroForm - The acroForm for this field.

field - The dictionary for the signature.

See Also:

PDField.PDField(PDAcroForm,COSDictionary)

Method Detail

setValue

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

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

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

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.