com.itextpdf.forms.fields.merging

Class MergeFieldsStrategy

java.lang.Object

com.itextpdf.forms.fields.merging.MergeFieldsStrategy

All Implemented Interfaces:

OnDuplicateFormFieldNameStrategy

public class MergeFieldsStrategy
extends Object
implements OnDuplicateFormFieldNameStrategy

A OnDuplicateFormFieldNameStrategy implementation that merges the second field into the first field if the second field has the same name as the first field. This strategy is used by default.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
MergeFieldsStrategy() Creates an instance of MergeFieldsStrategy

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
boolean	execute(PdfFormField firstField, PdfFormField secondField, boolean throwExceptionOnError) executes the strategy.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

MergeFieldsStrategy

public MergeFieldsStrategy()

Creates an instance of MergeFieldsStrategy

Method Detail

execute

public boolean execute(PdfFormField firstField,
                       PdfFormField secondField,
                       boolean throwExceptionOnError)

executes the strategy.

Specified by:

execute in interface OnDuplicateFormFieldNameStrategy

Parameters:

firstField - the first field

secondField - the second field

throwExceptionOnError - if true, an exception will be thrown

Returns:

true if the second field was merged successfully, false otherwise