Hello. I am using PDFBox to both extract annotations from, and add annotations to a PDF file. I originally used JavaScript within Acrobat to do this, but it is much too slow and very restricted. So it is very nice to use PDFbox.
However, all subclasses of PDAnnotation only seem to allow the user to get or set one quad. The problem however is that Acrobat can create multiple quads for the one annotation (as it appears to me). For example, if a user creates a single highlight across two or more lines, several individual boxes (quads) will be seen, however, they act as one when editing or deleting. JavaScript in Acrobat accepts a 2D Array when getting or setting quads. Is it possible to replicate this using PDFBox? Perhaps this functionality was left out due to the complexity of the PDF structure? I have exhausted my time and knowledge on this one, and I hope some advice might help me get some energy back :) Thank you for your time. Jonny O.
