Package com.itextpdf.forms.fields.merging

Class MergeFieldsStrategy

java.lang.Object

com.itextpdf.forms.fields.merging.MergeFieldsStrategy

All Implemented Interfaces:

OnDuplicateFormFieldNameStrategy

       public class MergeFieldsStrategy extends Object implements OnDuplicateFormFieldNameStrategy
      

A OnDuplicateFormFieldNameStrategy implementation that merges the second field into the first field if the second field has the same name as the first field. This strategy is used by default.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
MergeFieldsStrategy()	Creates an instance of MergeFieldsStrategy

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
boolean	execute(PdfFormField firstField, PdfFormField secondField, boolean throwExceptionOnError)	executes the strategy.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Details

MergeFieldsStrategy

             public MergeFieldsStrategy()
            

Creates an instance of MergeFieldsStrategy

Method Details

execute

             public boolean execute
             (PdfFormField firstField, PdfFormField secondField, boolean throwExceptionOnError)
            

executes the strategy.

Specified by:

execute in interface OnDuplicateFormFieldNameStrategy

Parameters:

firstField - the first field

secondField - the second field

throwExceptionOnError - if true, an exception will be thrown

Returns:

true if the second field was merged successfully, false otherwise