Maybe I'm missing something, but I don't understand how this patch could contribute to the "Certified-PDF" issue. If we don't change the way approval-signature are applied to "certified-pdfs", this is IMHO useless. I recall you that currently with iText, signatures are applied through the creation of a NEW signature field (hiding the original one), whilst certified-PDFs require that signatures be applied by filling (reusing) an existing signature-field.
I agree that this change should be the first step for creating certified-pdfs, but then, how to add approval-signatures ? * Another note: I think that the name of "isCertified" method (from PdfSignatureAppearance) is misleading (and maybe useless as a public method); Currently this method applies not to the (original) document; it is for the signature I'm going to add. In this case, I *know* I'm adding a signature (with a given certificationLevel), and then I have no need to to query for it ( ... is the signature I'm going to add a certification-signature ? ) Moreover, the proposed changes are not compatible with previous apps ( the new method has different params). I support Paulo's request for a method for checking the certification- level of an existing document. I think there should be a method like "getCertificationLevel()" for the PdfReader class, and then a specific method (maybe with the same name) within the AcroFields class. I mean, I should be able to check with a simple call: a) is the document I'm reading a certified-document ( and which is the certification-level) ? b) is the AcroField I'm examining a certification-signature-field ? Aldo Naviga e telefona senza limiti con Tiscali Scopri le promozioni Tiscali adsl: navighi e telefoni senza canone Telecom http://abbonati.tiscali.it/adsl/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ iText-questions mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/itext-questions Buy the iText book: http://itext.ugent.be/itext-in-action/
