com.cete.dynamicpdf.forms
Class TextField

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

Direct Known Subclasses:

MergeTextField

public abstract class TextField

extends FormField

Class provides the base class representing a text field.

Constructor Summary

protected

TextField(java.lang.String name, FormFieldAlign align, FormFieldFlags flags) Creates a new instance of TextField.

Method Summary

protected void	drawDictionary(DocumentWriter writer) Draws the text field's dictionary entries to the given DocumentWriter object.
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, getChildFields, getFlags, getForm, getFullName, getMappingName, getName, getParent, getRequiredPdfObjects, getValue, hasChildFields, inheritsName, inheritsValue, isReadOnly, setAlternateName, setAnnotation, setMappingName, setName, setReadOnly, 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,
                    FormFieldFlags flags)

Creates a new instance of TextField.

Parameters:

name - Name of the text field.

align - Alignment of the text field.

flags - The flags 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