Hi Sheila,
Thanks for the input... However, this code doesn't compile.
This line:
if (base instanceof PDBorderStyleDictionary){
Produces the following compilation error:
Incompatible conditional operand types COSBase and PDBorderStyleDictionary
Any ideas on how this can be solved?
Thanks again, Gilad.
On Wed, Mar 14, 2012 at 10:55 PM, Sheila M. Morrissey <
[email protected]> wrote:
> I wonder if the PDBorderStyleDictionary didn't end up serialized as an
> indirect object --
> Maybe something like the following would work:
>
> PDBorderStyleDictionary bsd = null;
> COSObjectable cob = newLink.getBorderStyle();
> if (cob instanceof COSObject){
> COSObject cos = (COSObject)cob;
> COSBase base = cos.getObject();
> if (base instanceof PDBorderStyleDictionary){
> bsd = (PDBorderStyleDictionary) base;
> }
> }
> else if (cob instanceof PDBorderStyleDictionary){
> bsd = PDBorderStyleDictionary cob;
> }
> If (bsd != null){
> // off you go
> }
> else {
> // hmmm.. what happened to my dictionary?
> }
>
> Sheila
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Gilad Denneboom [mailto:[email protected]]
> Sent: Sunday, March 11, 2012 5:32 PM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Duplicating an existing link annotation
>
> Hi all,
>
> I'm trying to duplicate an existing link annotation (PDAnnotationLink) from
> one page to others. I'm using this code:
>
> private static PDAnnotationLink duplicateLink(PDAnnotationLink link,
> PDPage page) {
> PDAnnotationLink newLink = new PDAnnotationLink();
> newLink.setAction(link.getAction());
> newLink.setColour(link.getColour());
> newLink.setRectangle(link.getRectangle());
> newLink.setAppearance(link.getAppearance());
> newLink.setAppearanceStream(link.getAppearanceStream());
> newLink.setHighlightMode(link.getHighlightMode());
> newLink.setAnnotationFlags(link.getAnnotationFlags());
> newLink.setBorderStyle(link.getBorderStyle());
> newLink.setPage(page);
> return newLink;
> }
>
> This works when I run the tool on a file I've created and added some links
> to. HOWEVER, if I then run the result file through the same code, the
> following Exception is thrown:
> Exception in thread "main" java.lang.ClassCastException:
> org.apache.pdfbox.cos.COSObject cannot be cast to
> org.apache.pdfbox.cos.COSDictionary
> at
>
> org.apache.pdfbox.pdmodel.interactive.annotation.PDAnnotationLink.getBorderStyle(PDAnnotationLink.java:131)
>
> Since this is a RunTimeException I can't even catch it and my application
> fails... Any help with this will be appreciated.
> Am I creating the new link in an incorrect way?
>
> Thanks in advance, Gilad.
>
