com.cete.dynamicpdf.pageelements.forms
Class Signature

java.lang.Object
  com.cete.dynamicpdf.PageElement
      com.cete.dynamicpdf.pageelements.TaggablePageElement
          com.cete.dynamicpdf.pageelements.forms.FormElement
              com.cete.dynamicpdf.pageelements.forms.Signature

public class Signature
extends FormElement

Represents a Signature form field. View Example

Licensing:
This class is a DynamicPDF Generator Enterprise Edition feature. One of the following licenses is required for non-evaluation usage:

• DynamicPDF Generator Enterprise Edition
• DynamicPDF Merger Enterprise Edition
• DynamicPDF Core Suite Enterprise Edition

Constructor Summary

Signature(java.lang.String name, float x, float y, float width, float height)
Intializes a new instance of the signature.

Method Summary

void	draw(PageWriter writer) Draws the signature to the given PageWriter object.
Font	getFont() Gets FormFont.
SignaturePanel	getFullPanel() Gets the SignaturePanel for the full panel.
SignaturePanel	getLeftPanel() Gets the SignaturePanel for the left panel.
java.lang.String	getLocation() Gets a value indicating the location of signing.
SignaturePanelLayout	getPanelLayout() Gets the SignaturePanelLayout specifying how the panels should be laidout.
java.lang.String	getReason() Gets a value indicating the reason of signing the document.
SignaturePanel	getRightPanel() Gets the SignaturePanel for the right panel.
void	hideAllText() Hides all text visibility in all the panels.
void	setFont(FormFont value) Sets FormFont.
void	setLocation(java.lang.String value) Sets a value indicating the location of signing.
void	setPanelLayout(SignaturePanelLayout value) Sets the SignaturePanelLayout specifying how the panels should be laidout.
void	setReason(java.lang.String value) Sets a value indicating the reason of signing the document.

Methods inherited from class com.cete.dynamicpdf.pageelements.forms.FormElement

getBackgroundColor, getBorderColor, getBorderStyle, getHeight, getMappingName, getName, getOutput, getReaderEvents, getRotate, getTextColor, getToolTip, getWidth, getX, getY, isPrintable, isReadOnly, isVisible, setBackgroundColor, setBorderColor, setBorderStyle, setHeight, setMappingName, setName, setOutput, setPrintable, setReadOnly, setRotate, setTag, setTextColor, setToolTip, setVisible, setWidth, setX, setY

Methods inherited from class com.cete.dynamicpdf.pageelements.TaggablePageElement

getTag, getTagOrder, setTagOrder

Methods inherited from class com.cete.dynamicpdf.PageElement

getRequiredLicenseLevel, getStrID, setRequiredLicenseLevel, setStrID

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

Signature

public Signature(java.lang.String name,
                 float x,
                 float y,
                 float width,
                 float height)

Intializes a new instance of the signature. Assigning zero to x,y,height and width will make the signature as invisible althougth required resources will be added. This method is not recommended and advised to call code>Document.Sign directly without adding any signature field with corresponding name.

Parameters:

name - Name of a signature field.

x - X coordinate of a signature.

y - Y coordinate of a signature.

width - Widht of a signature.

height - Height of a signature.

Method Detail

draw

public void draw(PageWriter writer)

Draws the signature to the given PageWriter object.

Overrides:

draw in class TaggablePageElement

Parameters:

writer - PageWriter object to receive the signature's output.

See Also:

PageWriter

hideAllText

public void hideAllText()

Hides all text visibility in all the panels. Sets the custom text in all panels to null if any set.

getPanelLayout

public SignaturePanelLayout getPanelLayout()

Gets the SignaturePanelLayout specifying how the panels should be laidout.

Returns:

the signature panel layout.

See Also:

SignaturePanelLayout

setPanelLayout

public void setPanelLayout(SignaturePanelLayout value)

Sets the SignaturePanelLayout specifying how the panels should be laidout.

Parameters:

value - instance of SignaturePanelLayout.

See Also:

SignaturePanelLayout

getLeftPanel

public SignaturePanel getLeftPanel()

Gets the SignaturePanel for the left panel.

Returns:

the left signature panel.

See Also:

SignaturePanel

getRightPanel

public SignaturePanel getRightPanel()

Gets the SignaturePanel for the right panel.

Returns:

the right signature panel.

See Also:

SignaturePanel

getFullPanel

public SignaturePanel getFullPanel()

Gets the SignaturePanel for the full panel.

Returns:

the full signature panel.

See Also:

SignaturePanel

getReason

public java.lang.String getReason()

Gets a value indicating the reason of signing the document.

Returns:

the reason of signing the document.

setReason

public void setReason(java.lang.String value)

Sets a value indicating the reason of signing the document.

Parameters:

value - A string value specifying the reason of signing the document.

getLocation

public java.lang.String getLocation()

Gets a value indicating the location of signing.

Returns:

the location of signing.

setLocation

public void setLocation(java.lang.String value)

Sets a value indicating the location of signing.

Parameters:

value - A string value specifying the location of signing.

getFont

public Font getFont()

Gets FormFont.

Returns:

font of the signature.

See Also:

FormFont

setFont

public void setFont(FormFont value)

Sets FormFont.

Parameters:

value - instance of FormFont.

See Also:

FormFont