Jesse created PDFBOX-4751:
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Summary: Removing field / annotation does not work
Key: PDFBOX-4751
URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/PDFBOX-4751
Project: PDFBox
Issue Type: Bug
Components: AcroForm
Affects Versions: 2.0.18
Environment: macOS Mojave 10.14.6
Reporter: Jesse
After upgrading to `2.0.18`, the following code doesn't work for me anymore:
{code:java}
private void removeField() throws IOException {
PDAcroForm form = this.field.getAcroForm();
List<PDField> allFields = form.getFields();
PDAnnotationWidget widget = field.getWidgets().get(0);
List<PDAnnotation> allAnnotations = widget.getPage().getAnnotations();
System.out.println("BEFORE: Fields size: " + allFields.size() + "; Field to
array: " + COSArrayList.converterToCOSArray(allFields));
for(PDField field : allFields) {
if
(field.getFullyQualifiedName().equals(this.field.getFullyQualifiedName())) {
allFields.remove(field);
break;
}
}
System.out.println("AFTER: Fields size: " + allFields.size() + "; Field to
array: " + COSArrayList.converterToCOSArray(allFields));
System.out.println("BEFORE: Annots size: " + allAnnotations.size() + ";
Annots to array: " + COSArrayList.converterToCOSArray(allAnnotations));
for(PDAnnotation annotation : allAnnotations) {
if(annotation.getCOSObject().equals(widget.getCOSObject())) {
allAnnotations.remove(annotation);
break;
}
}
System.out.println("AFTER: Annots size: " + allAnnotations.size() + ";
Annots to array: " + COSArrayList.converterToCOSArray(allAnnotations));
}
{code}
For whatever reason, the array in `COSArrayList` is not updating. The internal
`ArrayList` is updating, but not the internal `COSArray`. Here is some output
from above that might helpful after trying to remove a field from a pdf with a
single field.
{code:java}
// 2.0.17
BEFORE: Fields size: 1; Field to array: COSArray{[COSObject{10, 0}]}
AFTER: Fields size: 0; Field to array: COSArray{[]}
BEFORE: Annots size: 1; Annots to array: COSArray{[COSObject{10, 0}]}
AFTER: Annots size: 0; Annots to array: COSArray{[]}
// 2.0.18
BEFORE: Fields size: 1; Field to array: COSArray{[COSObject{10, 0}]}
AFTER: Fields size: 0; Field to array: COSArray{[COSObject{10, 0}]}
BEFORE: Annots size: 1; Annots to array: COSArray{[COSObject{10, 0}]}
AFTER: Annots size: 0; Annots to array: COSArray{[COSObject{10, 0}]}
{code}
I can definitely attach one of the PDFs I was working with if needed... But
this was happening with every PDF I tried it on, so I don't think it's
something special about the pdfs I was working with.
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