Constructor Detail

• PDNonTerminalField

  public PDNonTerminalField(PDAcroForm acroForm)

  Constructor.

  Parameters:

  acroForm - The form that this field is part of.

Method Detail

• getFieldFlags

  public int getFieldFlags()

  Description copied from class: PDField
  This will get the flags for this field.

  Specified by:

  getFieldFlags in class PDField

  Returns:

  flags The set of flags.

• getChildren

  public List<PDField> getChildren()

  Returns this field's children. These may be either terminal or non-terminal fields.

  Returns:

  the list of child fields. Be aware that this list is not backed by the children of the field, so adding or deleting has no effect on the PDF document until you call setChildren() with the modified list.

• setChildren

  public void setChildren(List<PDField> children)

  Sets the child fields.

  Parameters:

  children - The list of child fields.

• getFieldType

  public String getFieldType()

  Get the FT entry of the field. This is a read only field and is set depending on the actual type. The field type is an inheritable attribute.

  Note: while non-terminal fields do inherit field values, this method returns the local value, without inheritance.

  Specified by:

  getFieldType in class PDField

  Returns:

  The Field type.

• getValue

  public COSBase getValue()

  Note: while non-terminal fields do inherit field values, this method returns the local value, without inheritance.

• getValueAsString

  public String getValueAsString()

  Returns a string representation of the "V" entry, or an empty string.

  Note: while non-terminal fields do inherit field values, this method returns the local value, without inheritance.

  Specified by:

  getValueAsString in class PDField

  Returns:

  The list of widget annotations.

• setValue

  public void setValue(COSBase object)
                throws IOException

  Sets the value of this field. This may be of any kind which is valid for this field's children.

  Note: while non-terminal fields do inherit field values, this method returns the local value, without inheritance.

  Parameters:

  object -

  Throws:

  IOException

• setValue

  public void setValue(String value)
                throws IOException

  Sets the plain text value of this field.

  Specified by:

  setValue in class PDField

  Parameters:

  value - Plain text

  Throws:

  IOException - if the value could not be set

• getDefaultValue

  public COSBase getDefaultValue()

  Returns the default value of this field. This may be of any kind which is valid for this field's children.

  Note: while non-terminal fields do inherit field values, this method returns the local value, without inheritance.

• setDefaultValue

  public void setDefaultValue(COSBase value)

  Sets the default of this field. This may be of any kind which is valid for this field's children.

  Note: while non-terminal fields do inherit field values, this method returns the local value, without inheritance.

  Parameters:

  value -

• getWidgets

  public List<PDAnnotationWidget> getWidgets()

  Description copied from class: PDField
  Returns the widget annotations associated with this field. For PDNonTerminalField the list will be empty as non terminal fields have no visual representation in the form.

  Specified by:

  getWidgets in class PDField

  Returns:

  a List of PDAnnotationWidget annotations. Be aware that this list is not backed by the actual widget collection of the field, so adding or deleting has no effect on the PDF document. For PDTerminalField you'd have to call setWidgets() with the modified list.