org.apache.pdfbox.pdmodel.interactive.form

Class PDChoiceField

java.lang.Object

org.apache.pdfbox.pdmodel.interactive.form.PDField

org.apache.pdfbox.pdmodel.interactive.form.PDVariableText

org.apache.pdfbox.pdmodel.interactive.form.PDChoiceField

All Implemented Interfaces:

COSObjectable

public class PDChoiceField
extends PDVariableText

A class for handling the PDF field as a choicefield.

Version:

$Revision: 1.7 $

Author:

sug

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
static int	FLAG_COMBO A Ff flag.
static int	FLAG_EDIT A Ff flag.

Fields inherited from class org.apache.pdfbox.pdmodel.interactive.form.PDVariableText

FLAG_COMB, FLAG_DO_NOT_SCROLL, FLAG_DO_NOT_SPELL_CHECK, FLAG_FILE_SELECT, FLAG_MULTILINE, FLAG_PASSWORD, FLAG_RICH_TEXT, QUADDING_CENTERED, QUADDING_LEFT, QUADDING_RIGHT

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

FLAG_NO_EXPORT, FLAG_READ_ONLY, FLAG_REQUIRED

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
PDChoiceField(PDAcroForm theAcroForm, COSDictionary field)

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
COSArray	getOptions() This will get the option values "Opt".
COSArray	getSelectedOptions() This will get the indices of the selected options "I".
int	getTopIndex() This will get the top index "TI" value.
void	setValue(String optionValue) setValue sets the fields value to a given string.

Methods inherited from class org.apache.pdfbox.pdmodel.interactive.form.PDVariableText

doNotScroll, doNotSpellCheck, getDefaultAppearance, getQ, getValue, isFileSelect, isMultiline, isPassword, isRichText, setComb, setDoNotScroll, setDoNotSpellCheck, setFileSelect, setMultiline, setPassword, setQ, setRichText, shouldComb

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

findFieldType, findKid, getAcroForm, getActions, getAlternateFieldName, getCOSObject, getDictionary, getFieldFlags, getFieldType, getFullyQualifiedName, getKids, getParent, getPartialName, getWidget, importFDF, isNoExport, isReadonly, isRequired, setAcroForm, setActions, setAlternateFieldName, setFieldFlags, setFieldType, setKids, setNoExport, setParent, setPartialName, setReadonly, setRequired, toString

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

FLAG_COMBO

public static final int FLAG_COMBO

A Ff flag.

See Also:

Constant Field Values

FLAG_EDIT

public static final int FLAG_EDIT

A Ff flag.

See Also:

Constant Field Values

Constructor Detail

PDChoiceField

public PDChoiceField(PDAcroForm theAcroForm,
             COSDictionary field)

Parameters:

theAcroForm - The acroForm for this field.

field - The field for this choice field.

See Also:

PDField.PDField(PDAcroForm,COSDictionary)

Method Detail

setValue

public void setValue(String optionValue)
              throws IOException

Description copied from class: PDField

setValue sets the fields value to a given string.

Overrides:

setValue in class PDVariableText

Parameters:

optionValue - The new value for this text field.

Throws:

IOException - If there is an error calculating the appearance stream or the value in not one of the existing options.

See Also:

PDField.setValue(java.lang.String)

getSelectedOptions

public COSArray getSelectedOptions()

This will get the indices of the selected options "I".

Returns:

COSArray containing the indices of all selected options.

getTopIndex

public int getTopIndex()

This will get the top index "TI" value. The value returned will be the first item to display in the listbox.

Returns:

the top index, default value 0.

getOptions

public COSArray getOptions()

This will get the option values "Opt".

Returns:

COSArray containing all options.