Package com.pdf_tools.fourheights.pdftoolbox.pdf.forms

Class Field

java.lang.Object

com.pdf_tools.fourheights.pdftoolbox.internal.NativeBase

com.pdf_tools.fourheights.pdftoolbox.internal.NativeObject

com.pdf_tools.fourheights.pdftoolbox.pdf.forms.FieldNode

com.pdf_tools.fourheights.pdftoolbox.pdf.forms.Field

Direct Known Subclasses:

CheckBox, ChoiceField, PushButton, RadioButtonGroup, TextField

public abstract class Field
extends FieldNode

A form field

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
Widget	addNewWidget(Rectangle boundingBox)	Create a new widget and add to the form field
boolean	getDoNotExport()	Tells whether this field is exported (Getter)
boolean	getReadOnly()	Flags this field as read-only (Getter)
boolean	getRequired()	Flags this field as mandatory (Getter)
WidgetList	getWidgets()	This form field's widget annotations (Getter)
void	setDoNotExport(boolean value)	Tells whether this field is exported (Setter)
void	setReadOnly(boolean value)	Flags this field as read-only (Setter)
void	setRequired(boolean value)	Flags this field as mandatory (Setter)

Methods inherited from class com.pdf_tools.fourheights.pdftoolbox.pdf.forms.FieldNode

copy, getDisplayName, getExportName, setDisplayName, setExportName

Methods inherited from class com.pdf_tools.fourheights.pdftoolbox.internal.NativeObject

equals, hashCode

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

getClass, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Method Detail

addNewWidget

public Widget addNewWidget(Rectangle boundingBox)

Create a new widget and add to the form field

This method creates a widget for the form field. The widget is automatically added to the field's widgets, but not to any page. This method does not work for radio button form fields; Use RadioButton.addNewWidget(com.pdf_tools.fourheights.pdftoolbox.geometry.real.Rectangle).

Parameters:

boundingBox - The widget's target rectangle on the page

Returns:

the newly created form field widget

Throws:

java.lang.IllegalStateException - if the document has already been closed

java.lang.UnsupportedOperationException - if the document is read-only

java.lang.UnsupportedOperationException - if the form field is of type RadioButtonGroup

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException - if boundingBox is null

getWidgets

public WidgetList getWidgets()

This form field's widget annotations (Getter)

Throws:

java.lang.IllegalStateException - if the object has already been closed

getReadOnly

public boolean getReadOnly()

Flags this field as read-only (Getter)

Throws:

java.lang.IllegalStateException - if the object has already been closed

setReadOnly

public void setReadOnly(boolean value)

Flags this field as read-only (Setter)

Throws:

java.lang.IllegalStateException - if the object has already been closed

java.lang.UnsupportedOperationException - if the document is read-only

getRequired

public boolean getRequired()

Flags this field as mandatory (Getter)

Throws:

java.lang.IllegalStateException - if the object has already been closed

setRequired

public void setRequired(boolean value)

Flags this field as mandatory (Setter)

Throws:

java.lang.IllegalStateException - if the object has already been closed

java.lang.UnsupportedOperationException - if the document is read-only

getDoNotExport

public boolean getDoNotExport()

Tells whether this field is exported (Getter)

Throws:

java.lang.IllegalStateException - if the object has already been closed

setDoNotExport

public void setDoNotExport(boolean value)

Tells whether this field is exported (Setter)

Throws:

java.lang.IllegalStateException - if the object has already been closed

java.lang.UnsupportedOperationException - if the document is read-only