com.itextpdf.kernel.utils

Class PdfAnnotationFlattener

java.lang.Object

com.itextpdf.kernel.utils.PdfAnnotationFlattener

public class PdfAnnotationFlattener
extends Object

Utility class for flattening annotations.

This class can be used to remove interactive elements from a PDF document.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
PdfAnnotationFlattener() Creates a new instance of PdfAnnotationFlattener.
PdfAnnotationFlattener(PdfAnnotationFlattenFactory pdfAnnotationFlattenFactory) Creates a new instance of PdfAnnotationFlattener.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
List<PdfAnnotation>	flatten(List<PdfAnnotation> annotationsToFlatten) Flattens the annotations on the page according to the defined implementation of IAnnotationFlattener.
List<PdfAnnotation>	flatten(PdfDocument document) Flattens the annotations on the page according to the defined implementation of IAnnotationFlattener.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

PdfAnnotationFlattener

public PdfAnnotationFlattener(PdfAnnotationFlattenFactory pdfAnnotationFlattenFactory)

Creates a new instance of PdfAnnotationFlattener.

Parameters:

pdfAnnotationFlattenFactory - the factory for creating annotation flatten workers

PdfAnnotationFlattener

public PdfAnnotationFlattener()

Creates a new instance of PdfAnnotationFlattener. The default factory will be used for creating annotation flatten workers.

Method Detail

flatten

public List<PdfAnnotation> flatten(List<PdfAnnotation> annotationsToFlatten)

Flattens the annotations on the page according to the defined implementation of IAnnotationFlattener.

Parameters:

annotationsToFlatten - the annotations that should be flattened.

Returns:

the list of annotations that were not flattened successfully

flatten

public List<PdfAnnotation> flatten(PdfDocument document)

Flattens the annotations on the page according to the defined implementation of IAnnotationFlattener.

Parameters:

document - the document that contains the annotations that should be flattened.

Returns:

the list of annotations that were not flattened successfully