Package org.apache.pdfbox.pdmodel.interactive.form

Class PDFieldFactory

java.lang.Object

org.apache.pdfbox.pdmodel.interactive.form.PDFieldFactory

public final class PDFieldFactory
extends Object

A PDField factory.

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field	Description
private static final String	FIELD_TYPE_BUTTON
private static final String	FIELD_TYPE_CHOICE
private static final String	FIELD_TYPE_SIGNATURE
private static final String	FIELD_TYPE_TEXT

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Modifier	Constructor	Description
private	PDFieldFactory()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
private static PDField	createButtonSubType(PDAcroForm form, COSDictionary field, PDNonTerminalField parent)
private static PDField	createChoiceSubType(PDAcroForm form, COSDictionary field, PDNonTerminalField parent)
static PDField	createField(PDAcroForm form, COSDictionary field, PDNonTerminalField parent)	Creates a COSField subclass from the given field.
private static String	findFieldType(COSDictionary dic)

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Details

FIELD_TYPE_TEXT

private static final String FIELD_TYPE_TEXT

See Also:

• Constant Field Values

FIELD_TYPE_BUTTON

private static final String FIELD_TYPE_BUTTON

See Also:

• Constant Field Values

FIELD_TYPE_CHOICE

private static final String FIELD_TYPE_CHOICE

See Also:

• Constant Field Values

FIELD_TYPE_SIGNATURE

private static final String FIELD_TYPE_SIGNATURE

See Also:

• Constant Field Values

Constructor Details

PDFieldFactory

private PDFieldFactory()

Method Details

createField

public static PDField createField(PDAcroForm form,
 COSDictionary field,
 PDNonTerminalField parent)

Creates a COSField subclass from the given field.

Parameters:

form - the form that the field is part of

field - the dictionary representing a field element

parent - the parent node of the node to be created

Returns:

the corresponding PDField instance

createChoiceSubType

private static PDField createChoiceSubType(PDAcroForm form,
 COSDictionary field,
 PDNonTerminalField parent)

createButtonSubType

private static PDField createButtonSubType(PDAcroForm form,
 COSDictionary field,
 PDNonTerminalField parent)

findFieldType

private static String findFieldType(COSDictionary dic)