Package com.pdftools.pdf

Class SignedSignatureField

java.lang.Object

com.pdftools.internal.NativeBase

com.pdftools.internal.NativeObject

com.pdftools.pdf.SignatureField

com.pdftools.pdf.SignedSignatureField

Direct Known Subclasses:

DocumentTimestamp, Signature

public abstract class SignedSignatureField
extends SignatureField

A base class for signature fields that have been signed

The existence of a signed signature field does not imply that the signature is valid. The signature is not validated at all.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
java.time.OffsetDateTime	getDate()	The date and time of signing (Getter)
java.lang.String	getName()	The name of the person or authority that signed the document (Getter)
Revision	getRevision()	The document revision (Getter)

Methods inherited from class com.pdftools.internal.NativeObject

equals, hashCode

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Methods inherited from class com.pdftools.pdf.SignatureField

getBoundingBox, getFieldName, getPageNumber

Method Detail

getName

public java.lang.String getName()

The name of the person or authority that signed the document (Getter)

This is the name of the signing certificate.

Note: The name of the signing certificate can only be extracted for signatures conforming to the PAdES or PDF standard and not for proprietary/non-standard signature formats. For non-standard signature formats, the name as stored in the PDF is returned.

Throws:

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

getDate

public java.time.OffsetDateTime getDate()

The date and time of signing (Getter)

This represents the date and time of signing as specified in the signature. For signatures that contain a time-stamp, the trusted time-stamp time is returned.

Note: The value can only be extracted for signatures conforming to the PAdES or PDF standard and not for proprietary/non-standard signature formats. For non-standard signature formats, the date as stored in the PDF is returned.

Throws:

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

getRevision

public Revision getRevision()
                     throws CorruptException

The document revision (Getter)

The revision (version) of the document that the signature signs.

Throws:

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

CorruptException - If the signature specifies an invalid document revision