This class represents a single field or field group in an AcroForm. More...

Inheritance diagram for iText.Forms.Fields.AbstractPdfFormField:

Public Member Functions
override PdfDictionary	GetPdfObject ()
	Gets the wrapped dictionary. More...

virtual void	SetParent (PdfFormField parent)
	Sets a parent PdfFormField for the current object. More...

virtual PdfDictionary	GetParent ()
	Gets the parent dictionary. More...

virtual PdfFormField	GetParentField ()
	Gets the parent field. More...

virtual PdfString	GetFieldName ()
	Gets the current field name. More...

abstract PdfString	GetDefaultAppearance ()
	Gets default appearance string containing a sequence of valid page-content graphics or text state operators that define such properties as the field's text size and color. More...

virtual float	GetFontSize ()
	Gets the current fontSize of the form field. More...

virtual PdfFont	GetFont ()
	Gets the current font of the form field. More...

virtual Color	GetColor ()
	Gets the current color of the form field. More...

virtual PdfAConformanceLevel	GetPdfAConformanceLevel ()
	Gets the declared conformance level. More...

virtual IConformanceLevel	GetPdfConformanceLevel ()
	Gets the declared conformance level. More...

abstract bool	RegenerateField ()
	This method regenerates appearance stream of the field. More...

virtual void	DisableFieldRegeneration ()
	This method disables regeneration of the field and its children appearance stream. More...

virtual void	EnableFieldRegeneration ()
	This method enables regeneration of the field appearance stream. More...

virtual void	DisableCurrentFieldRegeneration ()
	This method disables regeneration of the current field appearance stream. More...

virtual void	EnableCurrentFieldRegeneration ()
	This method enables regeneration of the current field appearance stream and regenerates it. More...

virtual bool	IsFieldRegenerationEnabled ()
	This method checks if field appearance stream regeneration is enabled. More...

abstract String[]	GetAppearanceStates ()
	Gets the appearance state names. More...

virtual iText.Forms.Fields.AbstractPdfFormField	Put (PdfName key, PdfObject value)
	Inserts the value into the iText.Kernel.Pdf.PdfDictionary of this field and associates it with the specified key. More...

virtual iText.Forms.Fields.AbstractPdfFormField	Remove (PdfName key)
	Removes the specified key from the iText.Kernel.Pdf.PdfDictionary of this field. More...

virtual void	Release ()
	Releases underlying pdf object and other pdf entities used by wrapper. More...

virtual PdfDocument	GetDocument ()
	Gets the iText.Kernel.Pdf.PdfDocument that owns that form field. More...

virtual iText.Forms.Fields.AbstractPdfFormField	SetColor (Color color)
	Sets the text color and regenerates appearance stream. More...

virtual iText.Forms.Fields.AbstractPdfFormField	SetFont (PdfFont font)
	Basic setter for the `font` property. More...

virtual iText.Forms.Fields.AbstractPdfFormField	SetFontSize (float fontSize)
	Basic setter for the `fontSize` property. More...

virtual iText.Forms.Fields.AbstractPdfFormField	SetFontSize (int fontSize)
	Basic setter for the `fontSize` property. More...

virtual iText.Forms.Fields.AbstractPdfFormField	SetFontSizeAutoScale ()
	Sets zero font size which will be interpreted as auto-size according to ISO 32000-1, 12.7.3.3. More...

virtual iText.Forms.Fields.AbstractPdfFormField	SetFontAndSize (PdfFont font, float fontSize)
	Combined setter for the `font` and `fontSize` properties. More...

virtual bool	IsTerminalFormField ()
	Determines whether current form field is terminal or not. More...

override bool	Equals (Object o)
	Indicate whether some other object is "equal to" this one. More...

override int	GetHashCode ()
	Generate a hash code for this object. More...

Public Member Functions inherited from iText.Kernel.Pdf.PdfObjectWrapper< PdfDictionary >
virtual iText.Kernel.Pdf.PdfObjectWrapper< T >	MakeIndirect (PdfDocument document, PdfIndirectReference reference)
	Marks object behind wrapper to be saved as indirect. More...

virtual iText.Kernel.Pdf.PdfObjectWrapper< T >	MakeIndirect (PdfDocument document)
	Marks object behind wrapper to be saved as indirect. More...

virtual iText.Kernel.Pdf.PdfObjectWrapper< T >	SetModified ()

virtual void	Flush ()

virtual bool	IsFlushed ()

Static Public Attributes
const int	DEFAULT_FONT_SIZE = 12
	Size of text in form fields when font size is not explicitly set. More...

const int	MIN_FONT_SIZE = 4
	Minimal size of text in form fields. More...

Protected Member Functions
override bool	IsWrappedObjectMustBeIndirect ()
	Defines if the object behind this wrapper must be an indirect object in the resultant document. More...

Package Functions
	AbstractPdfFormField (PdfDictionary pdfObject)
	Creates a form field as a wrapper object around a iText.Kernel.Pdf.PdfDictionary. More...

Package Functions inherited from iText.Kernel.Pdf.PdfObjectWrapper< PdfDictionary >
	PdfObjectWrapper (T pdfObject)

virtual void	SetPdfObject (T pdfObject)

virtual void	SetForbidRelease ()

virtual void	UnsetForbidRelease ()

virtual void	EnsureUnderlyingObjectHasIndirectReference ()

Package Attributes
PdfFont	font

float	fontSize = -1

Color	color

PdfAConformanceLevel	pdfAConformanceLevel

IConformanceLevel	pdfConformanceLevel

PdfFormField	parent
	Parent form field. More...

Additional Inherited Members
Static Package Functions inherited from iText.Kernel.Pdf.PdfObjectWrapper< PdfDictionary >
static void	MarkObjectAsIndirect (PdfObject pdfObject)

static void	EnsureObjectIsAddedToDocument (PdfObject @object)
	Some wrappers use object's indirect reference to obtain the `PdfDocument` to which the object belongs to. More...

Detailed Description

This class represents a single field or field group in an AcroForm.

To be able to be wrapped with this iText.Kernel.Pdf.PdfObjectWrapper the iText.Kernel.Pdf.PdfObject must be indirect.

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

◆ AbstractPdfFormField()

iText.Forms.Fields.AbstractPdfFormField.AbstractPdfFormField ( PdfDictionary pdfObject )

inlinepackage

Creates a form field as a wrapper object around a iText.Kernel.Pdf.PdfDictionary.

Creates a form field as a wrapper object around a iText.Kernel.Pdf.PdfDictionary. This iText.Kernel.Pdf.PdfDictionary must be an indirect object.

Parameters

pdfObject the dictionary to be wrapped, must have an indirect reference.

Member Function Documentation

◆ DisableCurrentFieldRegeneration()

virtual void iText.Forms.Fields.AbstractPdfFormField.DisableCurrentFieldRegeneration ( )

inlinevirtual

This method disables regeneration of the current field appearance stream.

◆ DisableFieldRegeneration()

virtual void iText.Forms.Fields.AbstractPdfFormField.DisableFieldRegeneration ( )

inlinevirtual

This method disables regeneration of the field and its children appearance stream.

This method disables regeneration of the field and its children appearance stream. So all of its children in the hierarchy will also not be regenerated.

Note that after this method is called field will be regenerated only during EnableFieldRegeneration() call.

◆ EnableCurrentFieldRegeneration()

virtual void iText.Forms.Fields.AbstractPdfFormField.EnableCurrentFieldRegeneration ( )

inlinevirtual

This method enables regeneration of the current field appearance stream and regenerates it.

◆ EnableFieldRegeneration()

virtual void iText.Forms.Fields.AbstractPdfFormField.EnableFieldRegeneration ( )

inlinevirtual

This method enables regeneration of the field appearance stream.

This method enables regeneration of the field appearance stream. Please note that this method enables regeneration for the children of the field. Also, appearance will be regenerated during this method call.

Should be called after DisableFieldRegeneration() method call.

◆ Equals()

override bool iText.Forms.Fields.AbstractPdfFormField.Equals ( Object o )

inline

Indicate whether some other object is "equal to" this one.

Indicate whether some other object is "equal to" this one. Compares wrapped objects.

◆ GetAppearanceStates()

abstract String [] iText.Forms.Fields.AbstractPdfFormField.GetAppearanceStates ( )

pure virtual

Gets the appearance state names.

Returns: an array of Strings containing the names of the appearance states.

Implemented in iText.Forms.Fields.PdfFormField, and iText.Forms.Fields.PdfFormAnnotation.

◆ GetColor()

virtual Color iText.Forms.Fields.AbstractPdfFormField.GetColor ( )

inlinevirtual

Gets the current color of the form field.

Returns: the current color

◆ GetDefaultAppearance()

abstract PdfString iText.Forms.Fields.AbstractPdfFormField.GetDefaultAppearance ( )

pure virtual

Gets default appearance string containing a sequence of valid page-content graphics or text state operators that define such properties as the field's text size and color.

Returns: the default appearance graphics, as a iText.Kernel.Pdf.PdfString.

Implemented in iText.Forms.Fields.PdfFormField, and iText.Forms.Fields.PdfFormAnnotation.

◆ GetDocument()

virtual PdfDocument iText.Forms.Fields.AbstractPdfFormField.GetDocument ( )

inlinevirtual

Gets the iText.Kernel.Pdf.PdfDocument that owns that form field.

Returns: the iText.Kernel.Pdf.PdfDocument that owns that form field.

◆ GetFieldName()

virtual PdfString iText.Forms.Fields.AbstractPdfFormField.GetFieldName ( )

inlinevirtual

Gets the current field name.

Returns: the current field name, as a iText.Kernel.Pdf.PdfString.

◆ GetFont()

virtual PdfFont iText.Forms.Fields.AbstractPdfFormField.GetFont ( )

inlinevirtual

Gets the current font of the form field.

Returns: the current font

◆ GetFontSize()

virtual float iText.Forms.Fields.AbstractPdfFormField.GetFontSize ( )

inlinevirtual

Gets the current fontSize of the form field.

Returns: the current fontSize.

◆ GetHashCode()

override int iText.Forms.Fields.AbstractPdfFormField.GetHashCode ( )

inline

Generate a hash code for this object.

◆ GetParent()

virtual PdfDictionary iText.Forms.Fields.AbstractPdfFormField.GetParent ( )

inlinevirtual

Gets the parent dictionary.

Returns: another form field that this field belongs to.

◆ GetParentField()

virtual PdfFormField iText.Forms.Fields.AbstractPdfFormField.GetParentField ( )

inlinevirtual

Gets the parent field.

Returns: another form field that this field belongs to.

◆ GetPdfAConformanceLevel()

virtual PdfAConformanceLevel iText.Forms.Fields.AbstractPdfFormField.GetPdfAConformanceLevel ( )

inlinevirtual

Gets the declared conformance level.

Gets the declared conformance level. Deprecated use AbstractPdfFormField getPdfConformanceLevel

Returns: the iText.Kernel.Pdf.PdfAConformanceLevel

◆ GetPdfConformanceLevel()

virtual IConformanceLevel iText.Forms.Fields.AbstractPdfFormField.GetPdfConformanceLevel ( )

inlinevirtual

Gets the declared conformance level.

Returns: the iText.Kernel.Pdf.IConformanceLevel

◆ GetPdfObject()

override PdfDictionary iText.Forms.Fields.AbstractPdfFormField.GetPdfObject ( )

inlinevirtual

Gets the wrapped dictionary.

Returns: the wrapped dictionary.

Reimplemented from iText.Kernel.Pdf.PdfObjectWrapper< PdfDictionary >.

◆ IsFieldRegenerationEnabled()

virtual bool iText.Forms.Fields.AbstractPdfFormField.IsFieldRegenerationEnabled ( )

inlinevirtual

This method checks if field appearance stream regeneration is enabled.

Returns: true if regeneration is enabled for this field (and all of its ancestors), false otherwise.

◆ IsTerminalFormField()

virtual bool iText.Forms.Fields.AbstractPdfFormField.IsTerminalFormField ( )

inlinevirtual

Determines whether current form field is terminal or not.

Returns: true if this form field is a terminal one, false otherwise.

◆ IsWrappedObjectMustBeIndirect()

override bool iText.Forms.Fields.AbstractPdfFormField.IsWrappedObjectMustBeIndirect ( )

inlineprotectedvirtual

Defines if the object behind this wrapper must be an indirect object in the resultant document.

Returns

Defines if the object behind this wrapper must be an indirect object in the resultant document.

Implements iText.Kernel.Pdf.PdfObjectWrapper< PdfDictionary >.

◆ Put()

virtual iText.Forms.Fields.AbstractPdfFormField iText.Forms.Fields.AbstractPdfFormField.Put	(	PdfName	key,
		PdfObject	value
	)

inlinevirtual

Inserts the value into the iText.Kernel.Pdf.PdfDictionary of this field and associates it with the specified key.

Inserts the value into the iText.Kernel.Pdf.PdfDictionary of this field and associates it with the specified key. If the key is already present in this field dictionary, this method will override the old value with the specified one.

Parameters

key	key to insert or to override.
value	the value to associate with the specified key.

Returns: the edited field.

◆ RegenerateField()

abstract bool iText.Forms.Fields.AbstractPdfFormField.RegenerateField ( )

pure virtual

This method regenerates appearance stream of the field.

This method regenerates appearance stream of the field. Use it if you changed any field parameters and didn't use setValue method which generates appearance by itself.

Returns: whether or not the regeneration was successful.

Implemented in iText.Forms.Fields.PdfFormField, and iText.Forms.Fields.PdfFormAnnotation.

◆ Release()

virtual void iText.Forms.Fields.AbstractPdfFormField.Release ( )

inlinevirtual

Releases underlying pdf object and other pdf entities used by wrapper.

Releases underlying pdf object and other pdf entities used by wrapper. This method should be called instead of direct call to iText.Kernel.Pdf.PdfObject.Release() if the wrapper is used.

Reimplemented in iText.Forms.Fields.PdfFormField.

◆ Remove()

virtual iText.Forms.Fields.AbstractPdfFormField iText.Forms.Fields.AbstractPdfFormField.Remove ( PdfName key )

inlinevirtual

Removes the specified key from the iText.Kernel.Pdf.PdfDictionary of this field.

Parameters

key	key to be removed.

Returns: the edited field.

◆ SetColor()

virtual iText.Forms.Fields.AbstractPdfFormField iText.Forms.Fields.AbstractPdfFormField.SetColor ( Color color )

inlinevirtual

Sets the text color and regenerates appearance stream.

Parameters

color the new value for the Color.

Returns: the edited AbstractPdfFormField.

Reimplemented in iText.Forms.Fields.PdfFormField.

◆ SetFont()

virtual iText.Forms.Fields.AbstractPdfFormField iText.Forms.Fields.AbstractPdfFormField.SetFont ( PdfFont font )

inlinevirtual

Basic setter for the font property.

Basic setter for the font property. Regenerates the field appearance after setting the new value. Note that the font will be added to the document so ensure that the font is embedded if it's a pdf/a document.

Parameters

font	The new font to be set.

Returns: The edited AbstractPdfFormField.

◆ SetFontAndSize()

virtual iText.Forms.Fields.AbstractPdfFormField iText.Forms.Fields.AbstractPdfFormField.SetFontAndSize	(	PdfFont	font,
		float	fontSize
	)

inlinevirtual

Combined setter for the font and fontSize properties.

Combined setter for the font and fontSize properties. Regenerates the field appearance after setting the new value.

Parameters

font	The new font to be set.
fontSize	The new font size to be set.

Returns: The edited AbstractPdfFormField.

◆ SetFontSize() [1/2]

virtual iText.Forms.Fields.AbstractPdfFormField iText.Forms.Fields.AbstractPdfFormField.SetFontSize ( float fontSize )

inlinevirtual

Basic setter for the fontSize property.

Basic setter for the fontSize property. Regenerates the field appearance after setting the new value.

Parameters

fontSize The new font size to be set.

Returns: The edited AbstractPdfFormField.

◆ SetFontSize() [2/2]

virtual iText.Forms.Fields.AbstractPdfFormField iText.Forms.Fields.AbstractPdfFormField.SetFontSize ( int fontSize )

inlinevirtual

Basic setter for the fontSize property.

Basic setter for the fontSize property. Regenerates the field appearance after setting the new value.

Parameters

fontSize The new font size to be set.

Returns: The edited AbstractPdfFormField.

◆ SetFontSizeAutoScale()

virtual iText.Forms.Fields.AbstractPdfFormField iText.Forms.Fields.AbstractPdfFormField.SetFontSizeAutoScale ( )

inlinevirtual

Sets zero font size which will be interpreted as auto-size according to ISO 32000-1, 12.7.3.3.

Returns: the edited AbstractPdfFormField.

◆ SetParent()

virtual void iText.Forms.Fields.AbstractPdfFormField.SetParent ( PdfFormField parent )

inlinevirtual

Sets a parent PdfFormField for the current object.

Parameters

parent another form field that this field belongs to, usually a group field.

Member Data Documentation

◆ DEFAULT_FONT_SIZE

const int iText.Forms.Fields.AbstractPdfFormField.DEFAULT_FONT_SIZE = 12

static

Size of text in form fields when font size is not explicitly set.

◆ MIN_FONT_SIZE

const int iText.Forms.Fields.AbstractPdfFormField.MIN_FONT_SIZE = 4

static

Minimal size of text in form fields.

◆ parent

PdfFormField iText.Forms.Fields.AbstractPdfFormField.parent

package

Parent form field.

Public Member Functions

Static Public Attributes

Protected Member Functions

Package Functions

Package Attributes

Additional Inherited Members

Detailed Description

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

◆ AbstractPdfFormField()

Member Function Documentation

◆ DisableCurrentFieldRegeneration()

◆ DisableFieldRegeneration()

◆ EnableCurrentFieldRegeneration()

◆ EnableFieldRegeneration()

◆ Equals()

◆ GetAppearanceStates()

◆ GetColor()

◆ GetDefaultAppearance()

◆ GetDocument()

◆ GetFieldName()

◆ GetFont()

◆ GetFontSize()

◆ GetHashCode()

◆ GetParent()

◆ GetParentField()

◆ GetPdfAConformanceLevel()

◆ GetPdfConformanceLevel()

◆ GetPdfObject()

◆ IsFieldRegenerationEnabled()

◆ IsTerminalFormField()

◆ IsWrappedObjectMustBeIndirect()

◆ Put()

◆ RegenerateField()

◆ Release()

◆ Remove()

◆ SetColor()

◆ SetFont()

◆ SetFontAndSize()

◆ SetFontSize() [1/2]

◆ SetFontSize() [2/2]

◆ SetFontSizeAutoScale()

◆ SetParent()

Member Data Documentation

◆ DEFAULT_FONT_SIZE

◆ MIN_FONT_SIZE

◆ parent