Deprecated API

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• Fields
• Methods
• Constructors

Deprecated Enums

Enum	Description
com.itextpdf.signatures.PdfSignatureAppearance.RenderingMode

Deprecated Fields

Field	Description
com.itextpdf.pdfa.checker.PdfAChecker.cmykIsUsed
com.itextpdf.pdfa.checker.PdfAChecker.grayIsUsed
com.itextpdf.pdfa.checker.PdfAChecker.rgbIsUsed
com.itextpdf.pdfa.exceptions.PdfAConformanceException._0_ACTIONS_ARE_NOT_ALLOWED
com.itextpdf.pdfa.exceptions.PdfAConformanceException.A_CATALOG_DICTIONARY_SHALL_CONTAIN_METADATA_ENTRY
com.itextpdf.pdfa.exceptions.PdfAConformanceException.A_CATALOG_DICTIONARY_SHALL_NOT_CONTAIN_AA_ENTRY
com.itextpdf.pdfa.exceptions.PdfAConformanceException.A_CATALOG_DICTIONARY_SHALL_NOT_CONTAIN_OCPROPERTIES_KEY
com.itextpdf.pdfa.exceptions.PdfAConformanceException.A_CATALOG_DICTIONARY_SHALL_NOT_CONTAIN_REQUIREMENTS_ENTRY
com.itextpdf.pdfa.exceptions.PdfAConformanceException.A_CATALOG_SHALL_INCLUDE_MARK_INFO_DICTIONARY_WITH_MARKED_TRUE_VALUE
com.itextpdf.pdfa.exceptions.PdfAConformanceException.A_FORM_XOBJECT_DICTIONARY_SHALL_NOT_CONTAIN_OPI_KEY
com.itextpdf.pdfa.exceptions.PdfAConformanceException.A_FORM_XOBJECT_DICTIONARY_SHALL_NOT_CONTAIN_PS_KEY
com.itextpdf.pdfa.exceptions.PdfAConformanceException.A_FORM_XOBJECT_DICTIONARY_SHALL_NOT_CONTAIN_SUBTYPE2_KEY_WITH_A_VALUE_OF_PS
com.itextpdf.pdfa.exceptions.PdfAConformanceException.A_GROUP_OBJECT_WITH_AN_S_KEY_WITH_A_VALUE_OF_TRANSPARENCY_SHALL_NOT_BE_INCLUDED_IN_A_FORM_XOBJECT
com.itextpdf.pdfa.exceptions.PdfAConformanceException.A_GROUP_OBJECT_WITH_AN_S_KEY_WITH_A_VALUE_OF_TRANSPARENCY_SHALL_NOT_BE_INCLUDED_IN_A_PAGE_XOBJECT
com.itextpdf.pdfa.exceptions.PdfAConformanceException.A_NAME_DICTIONARY_SHALL_NOT_CONTAIN_THE_EMBEDDED_FILES_KEY
com.itextpdf.pdfa.exceptions.PdfAConformanceException.ALL_COLOUR_CHANNELS_IN_THE_JPEG2000_DATA_SHALL_HAVE_THE_SAME_BIT_DEPTH
com.itextpdf.pdfa.exceptions.PdfAConformanceException.ALL_HALFTONES_SHALL_HAVE_HALFTONETYPE_1_OR_5
com.itextpdf.pdfa.exceptions.PdfAConformanceException.ALL_NON_SYMBOLIC_TRUE_TYPE_FONT_SHALL_SPECIFY_MAC_ROMAN_ENCODING_OR_WIN_ANSI_ENCODING
com.itextpdf.pdfa.exceptions.PdfAConformanceException.ALL_NON_SYMBOLIC_TRUE_TYPE_FONT_SHALL_SPECIFY_MAC_ROMAN_OR_WIN_ANSI_ENCODING_AS_THE_ENCODING_ENTRY
com.itextpdf.pdfa.exceptions.PdfAConformanceException.ALL_SYMBOLIC_TRUE_TYPE_FONTS_SHALL_NOT_SPECIFY_ENCODING
com.itextpdf.pdfa.exceptions.PdfAConformanceException.ALL_THE_FONTS_MUST_BE_EMBEDDED_THIS_ONE_IS_NOT_0
com.itextpdf.pdfa.exceptions.PdfAConformanceException.AN_ANNOTATION_DICTIONARY_SHALL_CONTAIN_THE_F_KEY
com.itextpdf.pdfa.exceptions.PdfAConformanceException.AN_ANNOTATION_DICTIONARY_SHALL_NOT_CONTAIN_AA_KEY
com.itextpdf.pdfa.exceptions.PdfAConformanceException.AN_ANNOTATION_DICTIONARY_SHALL_NOT_CONTAIN_THE_CA_KEY_WITH_A_VALUE_OTHER_THAN_1
com.itextpdf.pdfa.exceptions.PdfAConformanceException.AN_EXTGSTATE_DICTIONARY_SHALL_NOT_CONTAIN_THE_HTP_KEY
com.itextpdf.pdfa.exceptions.PdfAConformanceException.AN_EXTGSTATE_DICTIONARY_SHALL_NOT_CONTAIN_THE_TR_2_KEY_WITH_A_VALUE_OTHER_THAN_DEFAULT
com.itextpdf.pdfa.exceptions.PdfAConformanceException.AN_EXTGSTATE_DICTIONARY_SHALL_NOT_CONTAIN_THE_TR_KEY
com.itextpdf.pdfa.exceptions.PdfAConformanceException.AN_IMAGE_DICTIONARY_SHALL_NOT_CONTAIN_ALTERNATES_KEY
com.itextpdf.pdfa.exceptions.PdfAConformanceException.AN_IMAGE_DICTIONARY_SHALL_NOT_CONTAIN_OPI_KEY
com.itextpdf.pdfa.exceptions.PdfAConformanceException.ANNOTATION_OF_TYPE_0_SHOULD_HAVE_CONTENTS_KEY
com.itextpdf.pdfa.exceptions.PdfAConformanceException.ANNOTATION_TYPE_0_IS_NOT_PERMITTED
com.itextpdf.pdfa.exceptions.PdfAConformanceException.APPEARANCE_DICTIONARY_OF_WIDGET_SUBTYPE_AND_BTN_FIELD_TYPE_SHALL_CONTAIN_ONLY_THE_N_KEY_WITH_DICTIONARY_VALUE
com.itextpdf.pdfa.exceptions.PdfAConformanceException.APPEARANCE_DICTIONARY_SHALL_CONTAIN_ONLY_THE_N_KEY_WITH_STREAM_VALUE
com.itextpdf.pdfa.exceptions.PdfAConformanceException.BLEND_MODE_SHALL_HAVE_VALUE_NORMAL_OR_COMPATIBLE
com.itextpdf.pdfa.exceptions.PdfAConformanceException.COLOR_SPACE_0_SHALL_BE_DEVICE_INDEPENDENT
com.itextpdf.pdfa.exceptions.PdfAConformanceException.COLOR_SPACE_0_SHALL_HAVE_1_COMPONENTS
com.itextpdf.pdfa.exceptions.PdfAConformanceException.CRYPT_FILTER_IS_NOT_PERMITTED_INLINE_IMAGE
com.itextpdf.pdfa.exceptions.PdfAConformanceException.DEPRECATED_SETSTATE_AND_NOOP_ACTIONS_ARE_NOT_ALLOWED
com.itextpdf.pdfa.exceptions.PdfAConformanceException.DESTOUTPUTPROFILE_IN_THE_PDFA1_OUTPUTINTENT_DICTIONARY_SHALL_BE_RGB
com.itextpdf.pdfa.exceptions.PdfAConformanceException.DEVICECMYK_MAY_BE_USED_ONLY_IF_THE_FILE_HAS_A_CMYK_PDFA_OUTPUT_INTENT
com.itextpdf.pdfa.exceptions.PdfAConformanceException.DEVICECMYK_MAY_BE_USED_ONLY_IF_THE_FILE_HAS_A_CMYK_PDFA_OUTPUT_INTENT_OR_DEFAULTCMYK_IN_USAGE_CONTEXT
com.itextpdf.pdfa.exceptions.PdfAConformanceException.DEVICERGB_AND_DEVICECMYK_COLORSPACES_CANNOT_BE_USED_BOTH_IN_ONE_FILE
com.itextpdf.pdfa.exceptions.PdfAConformanceException.DEVICERGB_MAY_BE_USED_ONLY_IF_THE_FILE_HAS_A_RGB_PDFA_OUTPUT_INTENT
com.itextpdf.pdfa.exceptions.PdfAConformanceException.DEVICERGB_MAY_BE_USED_ONLY_IF_THE_FILE_HAS_A_RGB_PDFA_OUTPUT_INTENT_OR_DEFAULTRGB_IN_USAGE_CONTEXT
com.itextpdf.pdfa.exceptions.PdfAConformanceException.DOCUMENT_TO_READ_FROM_SHALL_BE_A_PDFA_CONFORMANT_FILE_WITH_VALID_XMP_METADATA
com.itextpdf.pdfa.exceptions.PdfAConformanceException.EF_KEY_OF_FILE_SPECIFICATION_DICTIONARY_SHALL_CONTAIN_DICTIONARY_WITH_VALID_F_KEY
com.itextpdf.pdfa.exceptions.PdfAConformanceException.EMBEDDED_FILE_SHALL_CONTAIN_PARAMS_KEY_WITH_DICTIONARY_AS_VALUE
com.itextpdf.pdfa.exceptions.PdfAConformanceException.EMBEDDED_FILE_SHALL_CONTAIN_PARAMS_KEY_WITH_VALID_MODDATE_KEY
com.itextpdf.pdfa.exceptions.PdfAConformanceException.EVERY_ANNOTATION_SHALL_HAVE_AT_LEAST_ONE_APPEARANCE_DICTIONARY
com.itextpdf.pdfa.exceptions.PdfAConformanceException.EXACTLY_ONE_COLOUR_SPACE_SPECIFICATION_SHALL_HAVE_THE_VALUE_0X01_IN_THE_APPROX_FIELD
com.itextpdf.pdfa.exceptions.PdfAConformanceException.FILE_SPECIFICATION_DICTIONARY_SHALL_CONTAIN_F_KEY_AND_UF_KEY
com.itextpdf.pdfa.exceptions.PdfAConformanceException.FILE_SPECIFICATION_DICTIONARY_SHALL_CONTAIN_ONE_OF_THE_PREDEFINED_AFRELATIONSHIP_KEYS
com.itextpdf.pdfa.exceptions.PdfAConformanceException.FILE_SPECIFICATION_DICTIONARY_SHALL_NOT_CONTAIN_THE_EF_KEY
com.itextpdf.pdfa.exceptions.PdfAConformanceException.GRAPHICS_STATE_STACK_DEPTH_IS_GREATER_THAN_28
com.itextpdf.pdfa.exceptions.PdfAConformanceException.HALFTONES_SHALL_NOT_CONTAIN_HALFTONENAME
com.itextpdf.pdfa.exceptions.PdfAConformanceException.IF_DEVICE_RGB_CMYK_GRAY_USED_IN_FILE_THAT_FILE_SHALL_CONTAIN_PDFA_OUTPUTINTENT
com.itextpdf.pdfa.exceptions.PdfAConformanceException.IF_DEVICE_RGB_CMYK_GRAY_USED_IN_FILE_THAT_FILE_SHALL_CONTAIN_PDFA_OUTPUTINTENT_OR_DEFAULT_RGB_CMYK_GRAY_IN_USAGE_CONTEXT
com.itextpdf.pdfa.exceptions.PdfAConformanceException.IF_OUTPUTINTENTS_ARRAY_HAS_MORE_THAN_ONE_ENTRY_WITH_DESTOUTPUTPROFILE_KEY_THE_SAME_INDIRECT_OBJECT_SHALL_BE_USED_AS_THE_VALUE_OF_THAT_OBJECT
com.itextpdf.pdfa.exceptions.PdfAConformanceException.IF_SPECIFIED_RENDERING_SHALL_BE_ONE_OF_THE_FOLLOWING_RELATIVECOLORIMETRIC_ABSOLUTECOLORIMETRIC_PERCEPTUAL_OR_SATURATION
com.itextpdf.pdfa.exceptions.PdfAConformanceException.INTEGER_NUMBER_IS_OUT_OF_RANGE
com.itextpdf.pdfa.exceptions.PdfAConformanceException.JPEG2000_ENUMERATED_COLOUR_SPACE_19_CIEJAB_SHALL_NOT_BE_USED
com.itextpdf.pdfa.exceptions.PdfAConformanceException.KEYWORD_ENCRYPT_SHALL_NOT_BE_USED_IN_THE_TRAILER_DICTIONARY
com.itextpdf.pdfa.exceptions.PdfAConformanceException.LZWDECODE_FILTER_IS_NOT_PERMITTED
com.itextpdf.pdfa.exceptions.PdfAConformanceException.MAXIMUM_ARRAY_CAPACITY_IS_EXCEEDED
com.itextpdf.pdfa.exceptions.PdfAConformanceException.MAXIMUM_DICTIONARY_CAPACITY_IS_EXCEEDED
com.itextpdf.pdfa.exceptions.PdfAConformanceException.MAXIMUM_NUMBER_OF_INDIRECT_OBJECTS_EXCEEDED
com.itextpdf.pdfa.exceptions.PdfAConformanceException.MIME_TYPE_SHALL_BE_SPECIFIED_USING_THE_SUBTYPE_KEY_OF_THE_FILE_SPECIFICATION_STREAM_DICTIONARY
com.itextpdf.pdfa.exceptions.PdfAConformanceException.N_KEY_SHALL_BE_APPEARANCE_SUBDICTIONARY
com.itextpdf.pdfa.exceptions.PdfAConformanceException.NAMED_ACTION_TYPE_0_IS_NOT_ALLOWED
com.itextpdf.pdfa.exceptions.PdfAConformanceException.NEEDAPPEARANCES_FLAG_OF_THE_INTERACTIVE_FORM_DICTIONARY_SHALL_EITHER_NOT_BE_PRESENTED_OR_SHALL_BE_FALSE
com.itextpdf.pdfa.exceptions.PdfAConformanceException.NO_KEYS_OTHER_THAN_UR3_AND_DOC_MDP_SHALL_BE_PRESENT_IN_A_PERMISSIONS_DICTIONARY
com.itextpdf.pdfa.exceptions.PdfAConformanceException.NOT_IDENTITY_CRYPT_FILTER_IS_NOT_PERMITTED
com.itextpdf.pdfa.exceptions.PdfAConformanceException.ONLY_JPX_BASELINE_SET_OF_FEATURES_SHALL_BE_USED
com.itextpdf.pdfa.exceptions.PdfAConformanceException.ONLY_STANDARD_BLEND_MODES_SHALL_BE_USED_FOR_THE_VALUE_OF_THE_BM_KEY_IN_AN_EXTENDED_GRAPHIC_STATE_DICTIONARY
com.itextpdf.pdfa.exceptions.PdfAConformanceException.OPTIONAL_CONTENT_CONFIGURATION_DICTIONARY_SHALL_CONTAIN_NAME_ENTRY
com.itextpdf.pdfa.exceptions.PdfAConformanceException.ORDER_ARRAY_SHALL_CONTAIN_REFERENCES_TO_ALL_OCGS
com.itextpdf.pdfa.exceptions.PdfAConformanceException.OUTPUT_INTENT_COLOR_SPACE_SHALL_BE_EITHER_GRAY_RGB_OR_CMYK
com.itextpdf.pdfa.exceptions.PdfAConformanceException.OVERPRINT_MODE_SHALL_NOT_BE_ONE_WHEN_AN_ICCBASED_CMYK_COLOUR_SPACE_IS_USED_AND_WHEN_OVERPRINTING_IS_SET_TO_TRUE
com.itextpdf.pdfa.exceptions.PdfAConformanceException.PDF_NAME_IS_TOO_LONG
com.itextpdf.pdfa.exceptions.PdfAConformanceException.PDF_STRING_IS_TOO_LONG
com.itextpdf.pdfa.exceptions.PdfAConformanceException.PROFILE_STREAM_OF_OUTPUTINTENT_SHALL_BE_OUTPUT_PROFILE_PRTR_OR_MONITOR_PROFILE_MNTR
com.itextpdf.pdfa.exceptions.PdfAConformanceException.REAL_NUMBER_IS_OUT_OF_RANGE
com.itextpdf.pdfa.exceptions.PdfAConformanceException.SIGNATURE_REFERENCES_DICTIONARY_SHALL_NOT_CONTAIN_DIGESTLOCATION_DIGESTMETHOD_DIGESTVALUE
com.itextpdf.pdfa.exceptions.PdfAConformanceException.STREAM_OBJECT_DICTIONARY_SHALL_NOT_CONTAIN_THE_F_FFILTER_OR_FDECODEPARAMS_KEYS
com.itextpdf.pdfa.exceptions.PdfAConformanceException.THE_AS_KEY_SHALL_NOT_APPEAR_IN_ANY_OPTIONAL_CONTENT_CONFIGURATION_DICTIONARY
com.itextpdf.pdfa.exceptions.PdfAConformanceException.THE_BIT_DEPTH_OF_THE_JPEG2000_DATA_SHALL_HAVE_A_VALUE_IN_THE_RANGE_1_TO_38
com.itextpdf.pdfa.exceptions.PdfAConformanceException.THE_CATALOG_DICTIONARY_SHALL_NOT_CONTAIN_THE_NEEDSRENDERING_KEY
com.itextpdf.pdfa.exceptions.PdfAConformanceException.THE_DOCUMENT_DOES_NOT_CONTAIN_A_PDFA_OUTPUTINTENT_BUT_PAGE_CONTAINS_TRANSPARENCY_AND_DOES_NOT_CONTAIN_BLENDING_COLOR_SPACE
com.itextpdf.pdfa.exceptions.PdfAConformanceException.THE_F_KEYS_PRINT_FLAG_BIT_SHALL_BE_SET_TO_1_AND_ITS_HIDDEN_INVISIBLE_AND_NOVIEW_FLAG_BITS_SHALL_BE_SET_TO_0
com.itextpdf.pdfa.exceptions.PdfAConformanceException.THE_F_KEYS_PRINT_FLAG_BIT_SHALL_BE_SET_TO_1_AND_ITS_HIDDEN_INVISIBLE_NOVIEW_AND_TOGGLENOVIEW_FLAG_BITS_SHALL_BE_SET_TO_0
com.itextpdf.pdfa.exceptions.PdfAConformanceException.THE_INTERACTIVE_FORM_DICTIONARY_SHALL_NOT_CONTAIN_THE_XFA_KEY
com.itextpdf.pdfa.exceptions.PdfAConformanceException.THE_NUMBER_OF_COLOR_COMPONENTS_IN_DEVICE_N_COLORSPACE_SHOULD_NOT_EXCEED
com.itextpdf.pdfa.exceptions.PdfAConformanceException.THE_NUMBER_OF_COLOUR_CHANNELS_IN_THE_JPEG2000_DATA_SHALL_BE_1_3_OR_4
com.itextpdf.pdfa.exceptions.PdfAConformanceException.THE_PAGE_DICTIONARY_SHALL_NOT_CONTAIN_AA_ENTRY
com.itextpdf.pdfa.exceptions.PdfAConformanceException.THE_PAGE_DICTIONARY_SHALL_NOT_CONTAIN_PRESSTEPS_ENTRY
com.itextpdf.pdfa.exceptions.PdfAConformanceException.THE_PAGE_LESS_3_UNITS_NO_GREATER_14400_IN_EITHER_DIRECTION
com.itextpdf.pdfa.exceptions.PdfAConformanceException.THE_SMASK_KEY_IS_NOT_ALLOWED_IN_EXTGSTATE
com.itextpdf.pdfa.exceptions.PdfAConformanceException.THE_SMASK_KEY_IS_NOT_ALLOWED_IN_XOBJECTS
com.itextpdf.pdfa.exceptions.PdfAConformanceException.THE_VALUE_OF_INTERPOLATE_KEY_SHALL_BE_FALSE
com.itextpdf.pdfa.exceptions.PdfAConformanceException.THE_VALUE_OF_THE_METH_ENTRY_IN_COLR_BOX_SHALL_BE_1_2_OR_3
com.itextpdf.pdfa.exceptions.PdfAConformanceException.TINT_TRANSFORM_AND_ALTERNATE_SPACE_SHALL_BE_THE_SAME_FOR_THE_ALL_SEPARATION_CS_WITH_THE_SAME_NAME
com.itextpdf.pdfa.exceptions.PdfAConformanceException.TRANSPARENCY_IS_NOT_ALLOWED_AND_CA_SHALL_BE_EQUAL_TO_1
com.itextpdf.pdfa.exceptions.PdfAConformanceException.TRANSPARENCY_IS_NOT_ALLOWED_CA_SHALL_BE_EQUAL_TO_1
com.itextpdf.pdfa.exceptions.PdfAConformanceException.VALUE_OF_NAME_ENTRY_SHALL_BE_UNIQUE_AMONG_ALL_OPTIONAL_CONTENT_CONFIGURATION_DICTIONARIES
com.itextpdf.pdfa.exceptions.PdfAConformanceException.WIDGET_ANNOTATION_DICTIONARY_OR_FIELD_DICTIONARY_SHALL_NOT_INCLUDE_A_OR_AA_ENTRY

Deprecated Methods

Method	Description
com.itextpdf.forms.form.element.AbstractSelectField.addOption(IBlockElement)	starting from 8.0.1.
com.itextpdf.forms.form.element.AbstractSelectField.getOptions()	starting from 8.0.1.
com.itextpdf.io.font.cmap.CMapContentParser.decodeName(byte[])
com.itextpdf.io.font.FontCache.getAllPredefinedCidFonts()
com.itextpdf.io.font.FontCache.getByte2CidCmap(String)
com.itextpdf.io.font.FontCache.getCid2UniCmap(String)	in favour of CjkResourceLoader.
com.itextpdf.io.font.FontCache.getCidToCodepointCmap(String)
com.itextpdf.io.font.FontCache.getCodepointToCidCmap(String)
com.itextpdf.io.font.FontCache.getCompatibleCidFont(String)	in favour of CjkResourceLoader.
com.itextpdf.io.font.FontCache.getCompatibleCmaps(String)	in favour of CjkResourceLoader.
com.itextpdf.io.font.FontCache.getRegistryNames()
com.itextpdf.io.font.FontCache.getUni2CidCmap(String)
com.itextpdf.io.font.FontCache.isPredefinedCidFont(String)	in favour of CjkResourceLoader.
com.itextpdf.pdfa.checker.PdfA2Checker.checkFormXObject(PdfStream)
com.itextpdf.pdfa.checker.PdfAChecker.checkCatalog(PdfCatalog)	Will become abstract in the next major release.
com.itextpdf.pdfa.checker.PdfAChecker.checkColorSpace(PdfColorSpace, PdfDictionary, boolean, Boolean)	in favor of checkColorSpace(PdfColorSpace colorSpace, PdfObject object, PdfDictionary currentColorSpaces, boolean checkAlternate, Boolean fill)
com.itextpdf.pdfa.checker.PdfAChecker.checkColorSpace(PdfColorSpace, PdfObject, PdfDictionary, boolean, Boolean)	Will become abstract in the next major release.
com.itextpdf.pdfa.checker.PdfAChecker.checkColorsUsages()	in favor of checkPageColorsUsages(PdfDictionary pageDict, PdfDictionary pageResources)
com.itextpdf.pdfa.checker.PdfAChecker.checkCrypto(PdfObject)	Will become abstract in the next major release.
com.itextpdf.pdfa.checker.PdfAChecker.checkPageColorsUsages(PdfDictionary, PdfDictionary)	Will become abstract in the next major release.
com.itextpdf.pdfa.checker.PdfAChecker.checkResources(PdfDictionary)	in favor of checkResources(PdfDictionary resources, PdfObject pdfObject)
com.itextpdf.pdfa.checker.PdfAChecker.checkSignatureType(boolean)	Will become abstract in the next major release.
com.itextpdf.pdfa.checker.PdfAChecker.checkText(String, PdfFont)	Will become abstract in the next major release.
com.itextpdf.signatures.PdfSignatureAppearance.getAppearance()	in favour of SignatureFieldAppearance. Shouldn't be used.
com.itextpdf.signatures.PdfSignatureAppearance.getCertificate()	in favour of SignedAppearanceText that should be used for SignatureFieldAppearance.
com.itextpdf.signatures.PdfSignatureAppearance.getContact()	Use PdfSigner.getContact() instead.
com.itextpdf.signatures.PdfSignatureAppearance.getImage()	in favour of ElementPropertyContainer.setBackgroundImage(BackgroundImage).
com.itextpdf.signatures.PdfSignatureAppearance.getImageScale()	in favour of ElementPropertyContainer.setBackgroundImage(BackgroundImage).
com.itextpdf.signatures.PdfSignatureAppearance.getLayer0()	will be deleted in the next major release. See PdfSignatureFormField.setBackgroundLayer(PdfFormXObject).
com.itextpdf.signatures.PdfSignatureAppearance.getLayer2()	will be deleted in the next major release. See PdfSignatureFormField.setSignatureAppearanceLayer(PdfFormXObject).
com.itextpdf.signatures.PdfSignatureAppearance.getLayer2Font()	in favour of SignatureFieldAppearance.
com.itextpdf.signatures.PdfSignatureAppearance.getLayer2FontColor()	in favour of SignatureFieldAppearance.
com.itextpdf.signatures.PdfSignatureAppearance.getLayer2FontSize()	in favour of SignatureFieldAppearance.
com.itextpdf.signatures.PdfSignatureAppearance.getLayer2Text()	in favour of SignatureFieldAppearance.
com.itextpdf.signatures.PdfSignatureAppearance.getLocation()	in favour of SignedAppearanceText that should be used for SignatureFieldAppearance.
com.itextpdf.signatures.PdfSignatureAppearance.getPageNumber()	won't be public in the next major release. Use PdfSigner.getPageNumber() instead.
com.itextpdf.signatures.PdfSignatureAppearance.getPageRect()	won't be public in the next major release. Use PdfSigner.getPageRect() instead.
com.itextpdf.signatures.PdfSignatureAppearance.getReason()	in favour of SignedAppearanceText that should be used for SignatureFieldAppearance.
com.itextpdf.signatures.PdfSignatureAppearance.getRenderingMode()	in favour of SignatureFieldAppearance, rendering mode will be detected depending on specified setContent method parameters.
com.itextpdf.signatures.PdfSignatureAppearance.getSignatureCreator()	Use PdfSigner.getSignatureCreator() instead.
com.itextpdf.signatures.PdfSignatureAppearance.getSignatureGraphic()	in favour of SignatureFieldAppearance.
com.itextpdf.signatures.PdfSignatureAppearance.getSignDate()	in favour of SignedAppearanceText that should be used for SignatureFieldAppearance.
com.itextpdf.signatures.PdfSignatureAppearance.isInvisible()	won't be public in the next major release.
com.itextpdf.signatures.PdfSignatureAppearance.setCertificate(Certificate)	in favour of SignedAppearanceText that should be used for SignatureFieldAppearance. Specified certificate provides signer name.
com.itextpdf.signatures.PdfSignatureAppearance.setContact(String)	Use PdfSigner.setContact(String) instead.
com.itextpdf.signatures.PdfSignatureAppearance.setFontFamily(String...)	in favour of ElementPropertyContainer.setFontFamily(String...).
com.itextpdf.signatures.PdfSignatureAppearance.setFontProvider(FontProvider)	in favour of ElementPropertyContainer.setProperty(int, Object).
com.itextpdf.signatures.PdfSignatureAppearance.setImage(ImageData)	in favour of ElementPropertyContainer.setBackgroundImage(BackgroundImage).
com.itextpdf.signatures.PdfSignatureAppearance.setImageScale(float)	in favour of ElementPropertyContainer.setBackgroundImage(BackgroundImage).
com.itextpdf.signatures.PdfSignatureAppearance.setLayer2Font(PdfFont)	in favour of ElementPropertyContainer.setFont(PdfFont).
com.itextpdf.signatures.PdfSignatureAppearance.setLayer2FontColor(Color)	in favour of ElementPropertyContainer.setFontColor(Color).
com.itextpdf.signatures.PdfSignatureAppearance.setLayer2FontSize(float)	in favour of ElementPropertyContainer.setFontSize(float).
com.itextpdf.signatures.PdfSignatureAppearance.setLayer2Text(String)	in favour of SignatureFieldAppearance.
com.itextpdf.signatures.PdfSignatureAppearance.setLocation(String)	in favour of SignedAppearanceText that should be used for SignatureFieldAppearance.
com.itextpdf.signatures.PdfSignatureAppearance.setLocationCaption(String)	in favour of SignedAppearanceText that should be used for SignatureFieldAppearance.
com.itextpdf.signatures.PdfSignatureAppearance.setPageNumber(int)	won't be public in the next major release. Use PdfSigner.setPageNumber(int) instead.
com.itextpdf.signatures.PdfSignatureAppearance.setPageRect(Rectangle)	won't be public in the next major release. Use PdfSigner.setPageRect(Rectangle) instead.
com.itextpdf.signatures.PdfSignatureAppearance.setReason(String)	in favour of SignedAppearanceText that should be used for SignatureFieldAppearance.
com.itextpdf.signatures.PdfSignatureAppearance.setReasonCaption(String)	in favour of SignedAppearanceText that should be used for SignatureFieldAppearance.
com.itextpdf.signatures.PdfSignatureAppearance.setRenderingMode(PdfSignatureAppearance.RenderingMode)	in favour of SignatureFieldAppearance, rendering mode will be detected depending on specified setContent method parameters.
com.itextpdf.signatures.PdfSignatureAppearance.setReuseAppearance(boolean)	in favour of PdfSignatureFormField.setReuseAppearance(boolean).
com.itextpdf.signatures.PdfSignatureAppearance.setSignatureAppearance(SignatureFieldAppearance)	Use PdfSigner.setSignatureAppearance(SignatureFieldAppearance) instead.
com.itextpdf.signatures.PdfSignatureAppearance.setSignatureCreator(String)	Use PdfSigner.setSignatureCreator(String) instead.
com.itextpdf.signatures.PdfSignatureAppearance.setSignatureGraphic(ImageData)	in favour of SignatureFieldAppearance.setContent(ImageData) or SignatureFieldAppearance.setContent(String, ImageData).
com.itextpdf.signatures.PdfSignatureAppearance.setSignDate(Calendar)	in favour of SignedAppearanceText that should be used for SignatureFieldAppearance.
com.itextpdf.signatures.PdfSigner.getSignatureAppearance()

Deprecated Constructors

Constructor	Description
com.itextpdf.kernel.utils.PdfMerger(PdfDocument, boolean, boolean)	use PdfMerger(PdfDocument, PdfMergerProperties) constructor