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John Hewson commented on PDFBOX-2459:
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Actually my versions of getValue() and setValue() _are_ symmetric_: getValue()
returns the value at _one_ specific node and setValue() sets the value at _one_
node. This is simple and consistent.
However, your versions are _not_ symmetric, because your getValue() returns the
value at _one_ specific node, yet your setValue() sets the value at some
arbitrary ancestor, which has the affect of modifying the value for all
descendant fields. This is complex and requires the user to have a deep
knowledge of the inheritance structure of a given form to understand what
setValue() will actually do.
In summary, under my scheme {{field.setValue("foo")}} will set the given
field's value. Under your scheme it might set the given field's value, or it
might set the value of the field's siblings or it might set the value of the
field's cousins, or its second cousins... etc. So your setValue() is completely
inconsistent. That's because your trying to reverse the inheritance hierarchy,
which just can't work.
> Share functionality between Page Tree and Field Tree
> ----------------------------------------------------
>
> Key: PDFBOX-2459
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/PDFBOX-2459
> Project: PDFBox
> Issue Type: Improvement
> Components: PDModel
> Affects Versions: 2.0.0
> Reporter: Maruan Sahyoun
> Assignee: John Hewson
> Priority: Minor
> Fix For: 2.0.0
>
> Attachments: 001511.pdf, 004324.pdf
>
>
> The PDFs page tree and AcroForms field tree share some common functionality
> e.g. resolving inheritable attributes, iterating through leafs and such which
> could be combined into a PDTree class.
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