Class FdfWriter

java.lang.Object
com.itextpdf.text.pdf.FdfWriter
public class FdfWriter extends Object
Writes an FDF form.
Author:
Paulo Soares

  • Field Details

    • COUNTER

      protected Counter COUNTER

  • Constructor Details

  • Method Details

    • writeTo

      public void writeTo(OutputStream os) throws IOException
      Writes the content to a stream.
      Parameters:
      os - the stream
      Throws:
      IOException - on error

    • write

      public void write() throws IOException
      Throws:
      IOException

    • getStatusMessage

      public String getStatusMessage()

    • setStatusMessage

      public void setStatusMessage(String statusMessage)

    • removeField

      public boolean removeField(String field)
      Removes the field value.
      Parameters:
      field - the field name
      Returns:
      true if the field was found and removed, false otherwise

    • getFields

      public HashMap<String,Object> getFields()
      Gets all the fields. The map is keyed by the fully qualified field name and the values are PdfObject.
      Returns:
      a map with all the fields

    • getField

      public String getField(String field)
      Gets the field value.
      Parameters:
      field - the field name
      Returns:
      the field value or null if not found

    • setFieldAsName

      public boolean setFieldAsName(String field, String value)
      Sets the field value as a name.
      Parameters:
      field - the fully qualified field name
      value - the value
      Returns:
      true if the value was inserted, false if the name is incompatible with an existing field

    • setFieldAsString

      public boolean setFieldAsString(String field, String value)
      Sets the field value as a string.
      Parameters:
      field - the fully qualified field name
      value - the value
      Returns:
      true if the value was inserted, false if the name is incompatible with an existing field

    • setFieldAsAction

      public boolean setFieldAsAction(String field, PdfAction action)
      Sets the field value as a PDFAction. For example, this method allows setting a form submit button action using PdfAction.createSubmitForm(String, Object[], int). This method creates an A entry for the specified field in the underlying FDF file. Method contributed by Philippe Laflamme (plaflamme)
      Parameters:
      field - the fully qualified field name
      action - the field's action
      Returns:
      true if the value was inserted, false if the name is incompatible with an existing field
      Since:
      2.1.5

    • setFieldAsTemplate

      public boolean setFieldAsTemplate(String field, PdfTemplate template)

    • setFieldAsImage

      public boolean setFieldAsImage(String field, Image image)

    • setFieldAsJavascript

      public boolean setFieldAsJavascript(String field, PdfName jsTrigName, String js)

    • getImportedPage

      public PdfImportedPage getImportedPage(PdfReader reader, int pageNumber)

    • createTemplate

      public PdfTemplate createTemplate(float width, float height)

    • setFields

      public void setFields(FdfReader fdf)
      Sets all the fields from this FdfReader
      Parameters:
      fdf - the FdfReader

    • setFields

      public void setFields(PdfReader pdf)
      Sets all the fields from this PdfReader
      Parameters:
      pdf - the PdfReader

    • setFields

      public void setFields(AcroFields af)
      Sets all the fields from this AcroFields
      Parameters:
      af - the AcroFields

    • getFile

      public String getFile()
      Gets the PDF file name associated with the FDF.
      Returns:
      the PDF file name associated with the FDF

    • setFile

      public void setFile(String file)
      Sets the PDF file name associated with the FDF.
      Parameters:
      file - the PDF file name associated with the FDF

    • getCounter

      protected Counter getCounter()