com.lowagie.text.pdf

Class XfaForm

java.lang.Object

com.lowagie.text.pdf.XfaForm

public class XfaForm
extends Object

Processes XFA forms.

Author:

Paulo Soares (psoares@consiste.pt)

Nested Class Summary

Nested Classes

Modifier and Type	Class and Description
static class	XfaForm.AcroFieldsSearch A class to process "classic" fields.
static class	XfaForm.InverseStore A structure to store each part of a SOM name and link it to the next part beginning from the lower hierarchy.
static class	XfaForm.Stack2 Another stack implementation.
static class	XfaForm.Xml2Som A class for some basic SOM processing.
static class	XfaForm.Xml2SomDatasets Processes the datasets section in the XFA form.
static class	XfaForm.Xml2SomTemplate Processes the template section in the XFA form.

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
static String	XFA_DATA_SCHEMA

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
XfaForm() An empty constructor to build on.
XfaForm(PdfReader reader) A constructor from a PdfReader.

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
void	fillXfaForm(File file)
void	fillXfaForm(InputSource is)
void	fillXfaForm(InputStream is)
void	fillXfaForm(Node node) Replaces the data under datasets/data.
String	findDatasetsName(String name) Finds the complete SOM name contained in the datasets section from a possibly partial name.
Node	findDatasetsNode(String name) Finds the Node contained in the datasets section from a possibly partial name.
String	findFieldName(String name, AcroFields af) Finds the complete field name contained in the "classic" forms from a partial name.
XfaForm.AcroFieldsSearch	getAcroFieldsSom() Gets the class that contains the "classic" fields processing.
Node	getDatasetsNode() Gets the Node that corresponds to the datasets part.
XfaForm.Xml2SomDatasets	getDatasetsSom() Gets the class that contains the datasets processing section of the XFA.
Document	getDomDocument() Gets the top level DOM document.
static String	getNodeText(Node n) Gets all the text contained in the child nodes of this node.
PdfReader	getReader() Gets the PdfReader used by this instance.
XfaForm.Xml2SomTemplate	getTemplateSom() Gets the class that contains the template processing section of the XFA.
static PdfObject	getXfaObject(PdfReader reader) Return the XFA Object, could be an array, could be a Stream.
boolean	isChanged() Checks if this XFA form was changed.
boolean	isXfaPresent() Returns true if it is a XFA form.
static byte[]	serializeDoc(Node n) Serializes a XML document to a byte array.
void	setAcroFieldsSom(XfaForm.AcroFieldsSearch acroFieldsSom) Sets the class that contains the "classic" fields processing.
void	setChanged(boolean changed) Sets the changed status of this XFA instance.
void	setDatasetsSom(XfaForm.Xml2SomDatasets datasetsSom) Sets the class that contains the datasets processing section of the XFA.
void	setDomDocument(Document domDocument) Sets the top DOM document.
void	setNodeText(Node n, String text) Sets the text of this node.
void	setReader(PdfReader reader) Sets the PdfReader to be used by this instance.
void	setTemplateSom(XfaForm.Xml2SomTemplate templateSom) Sets the class that contains the template processing section of the XFA
void	setXfa(PdfWriter writer) Sets the XFA key from the instance data.
static void	setXfa(XfaForm form, PdfReader reader, PdfWriter writer) Sets the XFA key from a byte array.
void	setXfaPresent(boolean xfaPresent) Sets the XFA form flag signaling that this is a valid XFA form.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

XFA_DATA_SCHEMA

public static final String XFA_DATA_SCHEMA

See Also:

Constant Field Values

Constructor Detail

XfaForm

public XfaForm()

An empty constructor to build on.

XfaForm

public XfaForm(PdfReader reader)
        throws IOException,
               ParserConfigurationException,
               SAXException

A constructor from a PdfReader. It basically does everything from finding the XFA stream to the XML parsing.

Parameters:

reader - the reader

Throws:

IOException - on error

ParserConfigurationException - on error

SAXException - on error

Method Detail

getXfaObject

public static PdfObject getXfaObject(PdfReader reader)

Return the XFA Object, could be an array, could be a Stream. Returns null f no XFA Object is present.

Parameters:

reader - a PdfReader instance

Returns:

the XFA object

Since:

2.1.3

setXfa

public static void setXfa(XfaForm form,
          PdfReader reader,
          PdfWriter writer)
                   throws IOException

Sets the XFA key from a byte array. The old XFA is erased.

Parameters:

form - the data

reader - the reader

writer - the writer

Throws:

IOException - on error

setXfa

public void setXfa(PdfWriter writer)
            throws IOException

Sets the XFA key from the instance data. The old XFA is erased.

Parameters:

writer - the writer

Throws:

IOException - on error

serializeDoc

public static byte[] serializeDoc(Node n)
                           throws IOException

Serializes a XML document to a byte array.

Parameters:

n - the XML document

Returns:

the serialized XML document

Throws:

IOException - on error

isXfaPresent

public boolean isXfaPresent()

Returns true if it is a XFA form.

Returns:

true if it is a XFA form

getDomDocument

public Document getDomDocument()

Gets the top level DOM document.

Returns:

the top level DOM document

findFieldName

public String findFieldName(String name,
                   AcroFields af)

Finds the complete field name contained in the "classic" forms from a partial name.

Parameters:

name - the complete or partial name

af - the fields

Returns:

the complete name or null if not found

findDatasetsName

public String findDatasetsName(String name)

Finds the complete SOM name contained in the datasets section from a possibly partial name.

Parameters:

name - the complete or partial name

Returns:

the complete name or null if not found

findDatasetsNode

public Node findDatasetsNode(String name)

Finds the Node contained in the datasets section from a possibly partial name.

Parameters:

name - the complete or partial name

Returns:

the Node or null if not found

getNodeText

public static String getNodeText(Node n)

Gets all the text contained in the child nodes of this node.

Parameters:

n - the Node

Returns:

the text found or "" if no text was found

setNodeText

public void setNodeText(Node n,
               String text)

Sets the text of this node. All the child's node are deleted and a new child text node is created.

Parameters:

n - the Node to add the text to

text - the text to add

setXfaPresent

public void setXfaPresent(boolean xfaPresent)

Sets the XFA form flag signaling that this is a valid XFA form.

Parameters:

xfaPresent - the XFA form flag signaling that this is a valid XFA form

setDomDocument

public void setDomDocument(Document domDocument)

Sets the top DOM document.

Parameters:

domDocument - the top DOM document

getReader

public PdfReader getReader()

Gets the PdfReader used by this instance.

Returns:

the PdfReader used by this instance

setReader

public void setReader(PdfReader reader)

Sets the PdfReader to be used by this instance.

Parameters:

reader - the PdfReader to be used by this instance

isChanged

public boolean isChanged()

Checks if this XFA form was changed.

Returns:

true if this XFA form was changed

setChanged

public void setChanged(boolean changed)

Sets the changed status of this XFA instance.

Parameters:

changed - the changed status of this XFA instance

getTemplateSom

public XfaForm.Xml2SomTemplate getTemplateSom()

Gets the class that contains the template processing section of the XFA.

Returns:

the class that contains the template processing section of the XFA

setTemplateSom

public void setTemplateSom(XfaForm.Xml2SomTemplate templateSom)

Sets the class that contains the template processing section of the XFA

Parameters:

templateSom - the class that contains the template processing section of the XFA

getDatasetsSom

public XfaForm.Xml2SomDatasets getDatasetsSom()

Gets the class that contains the datasets processing section of the XFA.

Returns:

the class that contains the datasets processing section of the XFA

setDatasetsSom

public void setDatasetsSom(XfaForm.Xml2SomDatasets datasetsSom)

Sets the class that contains the datasets processing section of the XFA.

Parameters:

datasetsSom - the class that contains the datasets processing section of the XFA

getAcroFieldsSom

public XfaForm.AcroFieldsSearch getAcroFieldsSom()

Gets the class that contains the "classic" fields processing.

Returns:

the class that contains the "classic" fields processing

setAcroFieldsSom

public void setAcroFieldsSom(XfaForm.AcroFieldsSearch acroFieldsSom)

Sets the class that contains the "classic" fields processing.

Parameters:

acroFieldsSom - the class that contains the "classic" fields processing

getDatasetsNode

public Node getDatasetsNode()

Gets the Node that corresponds to the datasets part.

Returns:

the Node that corresponds to the datasets part

fillXfaForm

public void fillXfaForm(File file)
                 throws ParserConfigurationException,
                        SAXException,
                        IOException

Throws:

ParserConfigurationException

SAXException

IOException

fillXfaForm

public void fillXfaForm(InputStream is)
                 throws ParserConfigurationException,
                        SAXException,
                        IOException

Throws:

ParserConfigurationException

SAXException

IOException

fillXfaForm

public void fillXfaForm(InputSource is)
                 throws ParserConfigurationException,
                        SAXException,
                        IOException

Throws:

ParserConfigurationException

SAXException

IOException

fillXfaForm

public void fillXfaForm(Node node)

Replaces the data under datasets/data.

Since:

iText 5.0.0