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

Class FieldNode

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

Direct Known Subclasses:

Field, SubForm

public abstract class FieldNode
extends NativeObject

Base class for form fields and sub forms

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
static FieldNode	copy(Document targetDocument, FieldNode fieldNode)	Copy a form field node
java.lang.String	getDisplayName()	User interface name (Getter)
java.lang.String	getExportName()	The name used when exporting (Getter)
void	setDisplayName(java.lang.String value)	User interface name (Setter)
void	setExportName(java.lang.String value)	The name used when exporting (Setter)

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

copy

public static FieldNode copy(Document targetDocument,
                             FieldNode fieldNode)
                      throws java.io.IOException,
                             ConformanceException

Copy a form field node

Copy a form field node object from an input document to the given targetDocument. The returned object is associated with the given target document but not yet part of it.

Parameters:

targetDocument - the output document with which the returned object is associated

fieldNode - a form field of a different document

Returns:

the copied form field, associated with the current document

Throws:

java.io.IOException - Error reading from the source document or writing to the target document

ConformanceException - The conformance level of the source document is not compatible with the conformance level of the target document.

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException - if the targetDocument argument has already been closed

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException - if the targetDocument argument is read-only

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException - the fieldNode object is not associated with an input document

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException - the target document contains form fields that have been implicitly copied by a call to pdftoolbox.pdf.Page.copy with an argument options in which pdftoolbox.pdf.PageCopyOptions.setFormFields was set to FormFieldCopyStrategy.COPY

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException - the target document contains unsigned signatures that have been implicitly copied by a call to pdftoolbox.pdf.Page.copy with an argument options in which pdftoolbox.pdf.PageCopyOptions.setUnsignedSignatures was set to pdftoolbox.pdf.CopyStrategy.COPY.

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException - the document associated with the fieldNode object has been closed

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException - if targetDocument is null

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException - if fieldNode is null

getDisplayName

public java.lang.String getDisplayName()

User interface name (Getter)

The display name is not directly visible, but a PDF viewer can display this name, e.g., in a tool tip.

Throws:

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

setDisplayName

public void setDisplayName(java.lang.String value)

User interface name (Setter)

The display name is not directly visible, but a PDF viewer can display this name, e.g., in a tool tip.

Throws:

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

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

getExportName

public java.lang.String getExportName()

The name used when exporting (Getter)

Throws:

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

setExportName

public void setExportName(java.lang.String value)

The name used when exporting (Setter)

Throws:

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

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