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package org.apache.pdfbox.examples.fdf;
import java.io.IOException;
import org.apache.pdfbox.pdmodel.interactive.form.PDAcroForm;
import org.apache.pdfbox.pdmodel.interactive.form.PDField;
import org.apache.pdfbox.pdmodel.PDDocument;
import org.apache.pdfbox.pdmodel.PDDocumentCatalog;
import org.apache.pdfbox.exceptions.COSVisitorException;
import org.apache.pdfbox.examples.AbstractExample;
/**
* This example will take a PDF document and set a FDF field in it.
*
* @author <a href="mailto:ben@benlitchfield.com">Ben Litchfield</a>
* @version $Revision: 1.7 $
*/
public class SetField extends AbstractExample
{
/**
* This will set a single field in the document.
*
* @param pdfDocument The PDF to set the field in.
* @param name The name of the field to set.
* @param value The new value of the field.
*
* @throws IOException If there is an error setting the field.
*/
public void setField( PDDocument pdfDocument, String name, String value ) throws IOException
{
PDDocumentCatalog docCatalog = pdfDocument.getDocumentCatalog();
PDAcroForm acroForm = docCatalog.getAcroForm();
PDField field = acroForm.getField( name );
if( field != null )
{
field.setValue( value );
}
else
{
System.err.println( "No field found with name:" + name );
}
}
/**
* This will read a PDF file and set a field and then write it the pdf out again.
* <br />
* see usage() for commandline
*
* @param args command line arguments
*
* @throws IOException If there is an error importing the FDF document.
* @throws COSVisitorException If there is an error writing the PDF.
*/
public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException, COSVisitorException
{
SetField setter = new SetField();
setter.setField( args );
}
private void setField( String[] args ) throws IOException, COSVisitorException
{
PDDocument pdf = null;
try
{
if( args.length != 3 )
{
usage();
}
else
{
SetField example = new SetField();
pdf = PDDocument.load( args[0] );
example.setField( pdf, args[1], args[2] );
pdf.save( args[0] );
}
}
finally
{
if( pdf != null )
{
pdf.close();
}
}
}
/**
* This will print out a message telling how to use this example.
*/
private static void usage()
{
System.err.println( "usage: org.apache.pdfbox.examples.fdf.SetField <pdf-file> <field-name> <field-value>" );
}
}