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John Hewson edited comment on PDFBOX-1982 at 3/13/14 6:36 AM:
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The combo box and list box fields were implemented as a type flag on
PDChoiceField, they should have their own classes, namely PDComboBox and
PDListBox.
was (Author: jahewson):
The combo box and list box fields were implemented as a type flag on
PDChoiceField, they should have their own classes, PDComboBox and PDListBox
> Standardise AcroForm Fields
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>
> Key: PDFBOX-1982
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/PDFBOX-1982
> Project: PDFBox
> Issue Type: Improvement
> Components: AcroForm
> Affects Versions: 2.0.0
> Reporter: John Hewson
> Assignee: John Hewson
>
> While working on adding the patch in PDFBOX-1847 I noticed that the digital
> signature form field, PDSignature is deprecated, having been replaced by
> PDSignatureField.
> Currently some aspects of the fields do not correspond with the PDF
> specification, in particular the hierarchy of the fields and their naming.
> There are currently 43 open issues for the AcroForm component and no issues
> have been closed since 2011, so I've attempted some basic refactoring to give
> us a clean slate for adding new features and fixing old bugs.
> Here's the current hierarchy of fields in PDFBox:
> PDField
> PDChoiceButton
> PDCheckbox
> PDRadioCollection
> PDPushButton
> PDVariableText
> PDChoiceField
> PDTextbox
> PDSignatureField
> PDUnknownField
> And here's the actual hierarchy from the PDF specification:
> Field
> Button
> Check Box
> Radio Button
> Pushbutton
> Text
> Choice
> List Box
> Combo Box
> Signature
> Note that PDPushButton and PDTextbox are in the wrong place in the hierarchy
> and List Box and Combo Box are missing.
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