org.faceless.pdf2
Class AnnotationLink

java.lang.Object
  org.faceless.pdf2.PDFAnnotation
      org.faceless.pdf2.AnnotationLink

All Implemented Interfaces:

Cloneable

public final class AnnotationLink
extends PDFAnnotation

A subtype new PDFAnnotation that performs the specified action when clicked. This can be used to create an HTML-style hyperlink, play a sound, or perform some other PDFAction.

Since:

2.0

Constructor Summary

AnnotationLink()
Create a new Link annotation with a default setStyle(org.faceless.pdf2.PDFStyle) of null

Method Summary

boolean	equals(Object o)
PDFAction	getAction() Return the action performed by this hyperlink
float[]	getCorners() Return the four corners of the annotation, as specified by setCorners().
float[]	getRectangle() Return the rectangle this annotation applies to on the page, or null if no rectangle applies for this type of annotation.
void	setAction(PDFAction action) Set the action for this hyperlink
void	setCorners(float x1, float y1, float x2, float y2, float x3, float y3, float x4, float y4) Set the four corners (x1,y1) (x2,y2) (x3,y3) (x4,y4) of the quadrilateral that encompasses the text underlying this annotation, specified counter-clockwise.
void	setStyle(PDFStyle style) Set the style for this hyperlink annotation.
String	toString()

Methods inherited from class org.faceless.pdf2.PDFAnnotation

addPropertyChangeListener, addReview, getAuthor, getColor, getContents, getCreationDate, getInReplyTo, getModifyDate, getOpacity, getPage, getPopup, getReplies, getReviews, getSubject, getType, getUniqueID, hasAppearanceState, isPrintable, isReadOnly, isVisible, removePropertyChangeListener, setAuthor, setColor, setContents, setCreationDate, setInReplyTo, setModifyDate, setOpacity, setPage, setPrintable, setReadOnly, setRectangle, setSubject, setUniqueID, setVisible

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

AnnotationLink

public AnnotationLink()

Create a new Link annotation with a default setStyle(org.faceless.pdf2.PDFStyle) of null

Method Detail

setAction

public void setAction(PDFAction action)

Set the action for this hyperlink

getAction

public PDFAction getAction()

Return the action performed by this hyperlink

getRectangle

public float[] getRectangle()

Description copied from class: PDFAnnotation

Return the rectangle this annotation applies to on the page, or null if no rectangle applies for this type of annotation. See the setRectangle() method for a discussion on units.

Overrides:

getRectangle in class PDFAnnotation

Returns:

the rectangle for this annotation, in the form of an array (x1, y1, x2, y2)

See Also:

PDFAnnotation.setRectangle(float, float, float, float)

setStyle

public void setStyle(PDFStyle style)

Set the style for this hyperlink annotation. Parameters from the style that are used include LineColor, DashPattern, LineWeighting and FormStyle (although Acrobat 4 and earlier will ignore the FormStyle)

Alternatively the style may be null to prevent this link having any visible appearance on the page

Parameters:

style - the style to draw the link in - may be null

setCorners

public void setCorners(float x1,
                       float y1,
                       float x2,
                       float y2,
                       float x3,
                       float y3,
                       float x4,
                       float y4)

Set the four corners (x1,y1) (x2,y2) (x3,y3) (x4,y4) of the quadrilateral that encompasses the text underlying this annotation, specified counter-clockwise. This method performs a similar function to the AnnotationMarkup.setCorners method. Note that versions of Acrobat prior to 7.0 will not recognise this, and rely on the rectangle set with the setRectangle() method instead. Consequently those wanting non-rectanglur link annotations should set the co-ordinates using both this method and setRectangle()

Parameters:

x1 - the X co-ordinate of the bottom-left corner of the text

y1 - the Y co-ordinate of the bottom-left corner of the text

x2 - the X co-ordinate of the bottom-right corner of the text

y2 - the Y co-ordinate of the bottom-right corner of the text

x3 - the X co-ordinate of the top-left corner of the text

y3 - the Y co-ordinate of the top-left corner of the text

x4 - the X co-ordinate of the top-right corner of the text

y4 - the Y co-ordinate of the top-right corner of the text

Since:

2.4

getCorners

public float[] getCorners()

Return the four corners of the annotation, as specified by setCorners(). Note this feature was added in Acrobat 7.0 only, so many link annotations will return null here - see the getRectangle() method for the most widely used method of defining the area of a Link.

Returns:

an array of 8 points as set by setCorners(), or null if the area is specified by getRectangle()

Since:

2.4

toString

public String toString()

equals

public boolean equals(Object o)

Overrides:

equals in class Object