com.cete.dynamicpdf.forms
Class TextField

java.lang.Object
  com.cete.dynamicpdf.Resource
      com.cete.dynamicpdf.forms.FormField
          com.cete.dynamicpdf.forms.TextField

public abstract class TextField
extends FormField

Class provides the base class representing a text field.

Licensing:
Reading the values or properties of a field is a DynamicPDF Merger Standard Edition feature (for modifying field values see below). One of the following licenses is required for non-evaluation usage:

• DynamicPDF Merger Standard Edition
• DynamicPDF Merger Professional Edition
• DynamicPDF Merger Enterprise Edition

Modiying the values of the fields (i.e. form filling) is a Professional Edition Feature. One of the following licenses is required for non-evaluation usage:

• DynamicPDF Merger Professional Edition
• DynamicPDF Merger Enterprise Edition

Constructor Summary

protected	TextField(java.lang.String name, FormFieldAlign align, int flags) Creates a new instance of TextField class.
protected	TextField(java.lang.String name, FormFieldAlign align, int flags, AnnotationReaderEvents actions) Creates a new instance of TextField class.

Method Summary

protected void	drawDictionary(DocumentWriter writer) Draws the text field's dictionary entries to the given DocumentWriter object.
Align	getAlign() Get the text align.
abstract int	getMaximumLength() Gets the maximum length of the text in the text field.
boolean	hasValue() Specifies if the form field has a value.

Methods inherited from class com.cete.dynamicpdf.forms.FormField

draw, getAlternateName, getAnnotation, getBackgroundColor, getBorderColor, getBorderStyle, getChildFields, getFlags, getFont, getFontSize, getForm, getFullName, getMappingName, getName, getOutput, getParent, getRequiredPdfObjects, getResourceType, getRotate, getTextColor, getUseSubstituteFont, getValue, hasChildFields, inheritsName, inheritsValue, isReadOnly, setAlternateName, setAnnotation, setFont, setFontSize, setMappingName, setName, setOutput, setReadOnly, setUseSubstituteFont, setValue

Methods inherited from class com.cete.dynamicpdf.Resource

getUid, newUid

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

TextField

protected TextField(java.lang.String name,
                    FormFieldAlign align,
                    int flags)

Creates a new instance of TextField class.

Parameters:

name - Name of the text field.

align - Alignment of the text field.

flags - The flags for the text field.

See Also:

TextField

TextField

protected TextField(java.lang.String name,
                    FormFieldAlign align,
                    int flags,
                    AnnotationReaderEvents actions)

Creates a new instance of TextField class.

Parameters:

name - Name of the text field.

align - Alignment of the text field.

flags - The flags for the text field.

actions - The AnnotationReaderEvents for the text field.

See Also:

TextField

Method Detail

hasValue

public boolean hasValue()

Specifies if the form field has a value.

Overrides:

hasValue in class FormField

Returns:

true, if the form field has a value.

getMaximumLength

public abstract int getMaximumLength()

Gets the maximum length of the text in the text field.

Returns:

the maximum length of the text in the text field.

drawDictionary

protected void drawDictionary(DocumentWriter writer)

Draws the text field's dictionary entries to the given DocumentWriter object.

Overrides:

drawDictionary in class FormField

Parameters:

writer - DocumentWriter object to receive the output.

See Also:

DocumentWriter

getAlign

public Align getAlign()

Get the text align.

Returns:

the text align.