org.pdfbox.pdmodel.interactive.form
Class PDFieldFactory
java.lang.Object
org.pdfbox.pdmodel.interactive.form.PDFieldFactory
- public class PDFieldFactory
- extends Object
This is the Factory for creating and returning the correct
field elements.
- Version:
- $Revision: 1.8 $
- Author:
- sug
Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object |
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait |
createField
public static PDField createField(PDAcroForm acroForm,
COSDictionary field)
throws IOException
- This method creates a COSField subclass from the given field.
The field is a PDF Dictionary object that must represent a
field element. - othewise null is returned
- Parameters:
acroForm
- The form that the field will be part of.field
- The dictionary representing a field element
- Returns:
- a subclass to COSField according to the kind of field passed to createField
- Throws:
IOException
- If there is an error determining the field type.