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Andreas Lehmkühler commented on PDFBOX-1558:
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Such a api change would require a major release. IMHO we should start with
setting the PDSignature class to deprecated and we'll remove it in the next
major release.
> Unused PDSignature class should be removed
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> Key: PDFBOX-1558
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/PDFBOX-1558
> Project: PDFBox
> Issue Type: Bug
> Components: PDModel
> Affects Versions: 1.8.0
> Reporter: Chuck Houpt
> Priority: Minor
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> In 1.8.0, the uses of class
> org.apache.pdfbox.pdmodel.interactive.form.PDSignature have been replace with
> ....form.PFSignatureField, but the old ...form.PDSignature class still exists.
> This can be confusing when upgrading to PDFBox 1.8.0 -- code that tests for
> the presence of PDSignature instances will compile, but fail to work
> correctly. Removing the old PDSignature will give upgraders a more helpful
> compilation error.
> The old ...form.PDSignature class should be removed or the new
> ...form.PDSignatureField should be renamed to completely replace it.
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