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Class PDField</H2>
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<DT><B>All Implemented Interfaces:</B> <DD><A HREF="../../../../../org/pdfbox/pdmodel/common/COSObjectable.html" title="interface in org.pdfbox.pdmodel.common">COSObjectable</A></DD>
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<DT><B>Direct Known Subclasses:</B> <DD><A HREF="../../../../../org/pdfbox/pdmodel/interactive/form/PDChoiceButton.html" title="class in org.pdfbox.pdmodel.interactive.form">PDChoiceButton</A>, <A HREF="../../../../../org/pdfbox/pdmodel/interactive/form/PDPushButton.html" title="class in org.pdfbox.pdmodel.interactive.form">PDPushButton</A>, <A HREF="../../../../../org/pdfbox/pdmodel/interactive/form/PDSignature.html" title="class in org.pdfbox.pdmodel.interactive.form">PDSignature</A>, <A HREF="../../../../../org/pdfbox/pdmodel/interactive/form/PDUnknownField.html" title="class in org.pdfbox.pdmodel.interactive.form">PDUnknownField</A>, <A HREF="../../../../../org/pdfbox/pdmodel/interactive/form/PDVariableText.html" title="class in org.pdfbox.pdmodel.interactive.form">PDVariableText</A></DD>
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<DT>public abstract class <B>PDField</B><DT>extends <A HREF="http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.2/docs/api/java/lang/Object.html" title="class or interface in java.lang">Object</A><DT>implements <A HREF="../../../../../org/pdfbox/pdmodel/common/COSObjectable.html" title="interface in org.pdfbox.pdmodel.common">COSObjectable</A></DL>
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This is the superclass for a Field element in a PDF.
Based on the COS object model from PDFBox.
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<CODE>static int</CODE></FONT></TD>
<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../../org/pdfbox/pdmodel/interactive/form/PDField.html#FLAG_NO_EXPORT">FLAG_NO_EXPORT</A></B></CODE>
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A Ff flag.</TD>
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A Ff flag.</TD>
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<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../../org/pdfbox/pdmodel/interactive/form/PDField.html#PDField(org.pdfbox.pdmodel.interactive.form.PDAcroForm)">PDField</A></B>(<A HREF="../../../../../org/pdfbox/pdmodel/interactive/form/PDAcroForm.html" title="class in org.pdfbox.pdmodel.interactive.form">PDAcroForm</A> theAcroForm)</CODE>
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<CODE> <A HREF="http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.2/docs/api/java/lang/String.html" title="class or interface in java.lang">String</A></CODE></FONT></TD>
<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../../org/pdfbox/pdmodel/interactive/form/PDField.html#findFieldType()">findFieldType</A></B>()</CODE>
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<CODE> <A HREF="../../../../../org/pdfbox/pdmodel/interactive/form/PDField.html" title="class in org.pdfbox.pdmodel.interactive.form">PDField</A></CODE></FONT></TD>
<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../../org/pdfbox/pdmodel/interactive/form/PDField.html#findKid(java.lang.String[], int)">findKid</A></B>(<A HREF="http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.2/docs/api/java/lang/String.html" title="class or interface in java.lang">String</A>[] name,
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<CODE> <A HREF="../../../../../org/pdfbox/pdmodel/interactive/form/PDAcroForm.html" title="class in org.pdfbox.pdmodel.interactive.form">PDAcroForm</A></CODE></FONT></TD>
<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../../org/pdfbox/pdmodel/interactive/form/PDField.html#getAcroForm()">getAcroForm</A></B>()</CODE>
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This will get the acroform that this field is part of.</TD>
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<CODE> <A HREF="../../../../../org/pdfbox/pdmodel/interactive/action/PDFormFieldAdditionalActions.html" title="class in org.pdfbox.pdmodel.interactive.action">PDFormFieldAdditionalActions</A></CODE></FONT></TD>
<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../../org/pdfbox/pdmodel/interactive/form/PDField.html#getActions()">getActions</A></B>()</CODE>
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Get the additional actions for this field. </TD>
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<CODE> <A HREF="../../../../../org/pdfbox/cos/COSBase.html" title="class in org.pdfbox.cos">COSBase</A></CODE></FONT></TD>
<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../../org/pdfbox/pdmodel/interactive/form/PDField.html#getCOSObject()">getCOSObject</A></B>()</CODE>
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Convert this standard java object to a COS object.</TD>
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<CODE> <A HREF="../../../../../org/pdfbox/cos/COSDictionary.html" title="class in org.pdfbox.cos">COSDictionary</A></CODE></FONT></TD>
<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../../org/pdfbox/pdmodel/interactive/form/PDField.html#getDictionary()">getDictionary</A></B>()</CODE>
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This will get the dictionary associated with this field.</TD>
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<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../../org/pdfbox/pdmodel/interactive/form/PDField.html#getFieldFlags()">getFieldFlags</A></B>()</CODE>
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This will get the flags for this field.</TD>
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<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../../org/pdfbox/pdmodel/interactive/form/PDField.html#getFieldType()">getFieldType</A></B>()</CODE>
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Get the FT entry of the field. </TD>
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Returns the fully qualified name of the field, which is a concatenation of
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<CODE> <A HREF="http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.2/docs/api/java/util/List.html" title="class or interface in java.util">List</A></CODE></FONT></TD>
<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../../org/pdfbox/pdmodel/interactive/form/PDField.html#getKids()">getKids</A></B>()</CODE>
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This will get all the kids of this field. </TD>
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<TD ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" WIDTH="1%"><FONT SIZE="-1">
<CODE> <A HREF="../../../../../org/pdfbox/pdmodel/interactive/form/PDField.html" title="class in org.pdfbox.pdmodel.interactive.form">PDField</A></CODE></FONT></TD>
<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../../org/pdfbox/pdmodel/interactive/form/PDField.html#getParent()">getParent</A></B>()</CODE>
<BR>
Get the parent field to this field, or null if none exists.</TD>
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<CODE> <A HREF="http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.2/docs/api/java/lang/String.html" title="class or interface in java.lang">String</A></CODE></FONT></TD>
<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../../org/pdfbox/pdmodel/interactive/form/PDField.html#getPartialName()">getPartialName</A></B>()</CODE>
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Returns the partial name of the field.</TD>
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<CODE>abstract <A HREF="http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.2/docs/api/java/lang/String.html" title="class or interface in java.lang">String</A></CODE></FONT></TD>
<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../../org/pdfbox/pdmodel/interactive/form/PDField.html#getValue()">getValue</A></B>()</CODE>
<BR>
getValue gets the fields value to as a string.</TD>
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<TD ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" WIDTH="1%"><FONT SIZE="-1">
<CODE> <A HREF="../../../../../org/pdfbox/pdmodel/interactive/annotation/PDAnnotationWidget.html" title="class in org.pdfbox.pdmodel.interactive.annotation">PDAnnotationWidget</A></CODE></FONT></TD>
<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../../org/pdfbox/pdmodel/interactive/form/PDField.html#getWidget()">getWidget</A></B>()</CODE>
<BR>
This will get the single associated widget that is part of this field. </TD>
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<TD ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" WIDTH="1%"><FONT SIZE="-1">
<CODE> void</CODE></FONT></TD>
<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../../org/pdfbox/pdmodel/interactive/form/PDField.html#importFDF(org.pdfbox.pdmodel.fdf.FDFField)">importFDF</A></B>(<A HREF="../../../../../org/pdfbox/pdmodel/fdf/FDFField.html" title="class in org.pdfbox.pdmodel.fdf">FDFField</A> fdfField)</CODE>
<BR>
This will import a fdf field from a fdf document.</TD>
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<TD ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" WIDTH="1%"><FONT SIZE="-1">
<CODE> boolean</CODE></FONT></TD>
<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../../org/pdfbox/pdmodel/interactive/form/PDField.html#isNoExport()">isNoExport</A></B>()</CODE>
<BR>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR BGCOLOR="white" CLASS="TableRowColor">
<TD ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" WIDTH="1%"><FONT SIZE="-1">
<CODE> boolean</CODE></FONT></TD>
<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../../org/pdfbox/pdmodel/interactive/form/PDField.html#isReadonly()">isReadonly</A></B>()</CODE>
<BR>
</TD>
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<TD ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" WIDTH="1%"><FONT SIZE="-1">
<CODE> boolean</CODE></FONT></TD>
<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../../org/pdfbox/pdmodel/interactive/form/PDField.html#isRequired()">isRequired</A></B>()</CODE>
<BR>
</TD>
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<TD ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" WIDTH="1%"><FONT SIZE="-1">
<CODE> void</CODE></FONT></TD>
<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../../org/pdfbox/pdmodel/interactive/form/PDField.html#setAcroForm(org.pdfbox.pdmodel.interactive.form.PDAcroForm)">setAcroForm</A></B>(<A HREF="../../../../../org/pdfbox/pdmodel/interactive/form/PDAcroForm.html" title="class in org.pdfbox.pdmodel.interactive.form">PDAcroForm</A> value)</CODE>
<BR>
This will set the form this field is on.</TD>
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<TD ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" WIDTH="1%"><FONT SIZE="-1">
<CODE> void</CODE></FONT></TD>
<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../../org/pdfbox/pdmodel/interactive/form/PDField.html#setActions(org.pdfbox.pdmodel.interactive.action.PDFormFieldAdditionalActions)">setActions</A></B>(<A HREF="../../../../../org/pdfbox/pdmodel/interactive/action/PDFormFieldAdditionalActions.html" title="class in org.pdfbox.pdmodel.interactive.action">PDFormFieldAdditionalActions</A> actions)</CODE>
<BR>
Set the actions of the field.</TD>
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<TD ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" WIDTH="1%"><FONT SIZE="-1">
<CODE> void</CODE></FONT></TD>
<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../../org/pdfbox/pdmodel/interactive/form/PDField.html#setFieldFlags(int)">setFieldFlags</A></B>(int flags)</CODE>
<BR>
This will set the flags for this field.</TD>
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<TR BGCOLOR="white" CLASS="TableRowColor">
<TD ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" WIDTH="1%"><FONT SIZE="-1">
<CODE> void</CODE></FONT></TD>
<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../../org/pdfbox/pdmodel/interactive/form/PDField.html#setKids(java.util.List)">setKids</A></B>(<A HREF="http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.2/docs/api/java/util/List.html" title="class or interface in java.util">List</A> kids)</CODE>
<BR>
This will set the list of kids.</TD>
</TR>
<TR BGCOLOR="white" CLASS="TableRowColor">
<TD ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" WIDTH="1%"><FONT SIZE="-1">
<CODE> void</CODE></FONT></TD>
<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../../org/pdfbox/pdmodel/interactive/form/PDField.html#setNoExport(boolean)">setNoExport</A></B>(boolean noExport)</CODE>
<BR>
sets the field to be not exported..</TD>
</TR>
<TR BGCOLOR="white" CLASS="TableRowColor">
<TD ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" WIDTH="1%"><FONT SIZE="-1">
<CODE> void</CODE></FONT></TD>
<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../../org/pdfbox/pdmodel/interactive/form/PDField.html#setParent(org.pdfbox.pdmodel.interactive.form.PDField)">setParent</A></B>(<A HREF="../../../../../org/pdfbox/pdmodel/interactive/form/PDField.html" title="class in org.pdfbox.pdmodel.interactive.form">PDField</A> parent)</CODE>
<BR>
Set the parent of this field.</TD>
</TR>
<TR BGCOLOR="white" CLASS="TableRowColor">
<TD ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" WIDTH="1%"><FONT SIZE="-1">
<CODE> void</CODE></FONT></TD>
<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../../org/pdfbox/pdmodel/interactive/form/PDField.html#setPartialName(java.lang.String)">setPartialName</A></B>(<A HREF="http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.2/docs/api/java/lang/String.html" title="class or interface in java.lang">String</A> name)</CODE>
<BR>
This will set the partial name of the field.</TD>
</TR>
<TR BGCOLOR="white" CLASS="TableRowColor">
<TD ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" WIDTH="1%"><FONT SIZE="-1">
<CODE> void</CODE></FONT></TD>
<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../../org/pdfbox/pdmodel/interactive/form/PDField.html#setReadonly(boolean)">setReadonly</A></B>(boolean readonly)</CODE>
<BR>
sets the field to be read-only.</TD>
</TR>
<TR BGCOLOR="white" CLASS="TableRowColor">
<TD ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" WIDTH="1%"><FONT SIZE="-1">
<CODE> void</CODE></FONT></TD>
<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../../org/pdfbox/pdmodel/interactive/form/PDField.html#setRequired(boolean)">setRequired</A></B>(boolean required)</CODE>
<BR>
sets the field to be required.</TD>
</TR>
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<TD ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" WIDTH="1%"><FONT SIZE="-1">
<CODE>abstract void</CODE></FONT></TD>
<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../../org/pdfbox/pdmodel/interactive/form/PDField.html#setValue(java.lang.String)">setValue</A></B>(<A HREF="http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.2/docs/api/java/lang/String.html" title="class or interface in java.lang">String</A> value)</CODE>
<BR>
setValue sets the fields value to a given string.</TD>
</TR>
<TR BGCOLOR="white" CLASS="TableRowColor">
<TD ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" WIDTH="1%"><FONT SIZE="-1">
<CODE> <A HREF="http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.2/docs/api/java/lang/String.html" title="class or interface in java.lang">String</A></CODE></FONT></TD>
<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../../org/pdfbox/pdmodel/interactive/form/PDField.html#toString()">toString</A></B>()</CODE>
<BR>
This will return a string representation of this field.</TD>
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<TR BGCOLOR="white" CLASS="TableRowColor">
<TD><CODE><A HREF="http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.2/docs/api/java/lang/Object.html#clone()" title="class or interface in java.lang">clone</A>, <A HREF="http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.2/docs/api/java/lang/Object.html#equals(java.lang.Object)" title="class or interface in java.lang">equals</A>, <A HREF="http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.2/docs/api/java/lang/Object.html#finalize()" title="class or interface in java.lang">finalize</A>, <A HREF="http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.2/docs/api/java/lang/Object.html#getClass()" title="class or interface in java.lang">getClass</A>, <A HREF="http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.2/docs/api/java/lang/Object.html#hashCode()" title="class or interface in java.lang">hashCode</A>, <A HREF="http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.2/docs/api/java/lang/Object.html#notify()" title="class or interface in java.lang">notify</A>, <A HREF="http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.2/docs/api/java/lang/Object.html#notifyAll()" title="class or interface in java.lang">notifyAll</A>, <A HREF="http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.2/docs/api/java/lang/Object.html#wait()" title="class or interface in java.lang">wait</A>, <A HREF="http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.2/docs/api/java/lang/Object.html#wait(long)" title="class or interface in java.lang">wait</A>, <A HREF="http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.2/docs/api/java/lang/Object.html#wait(long, int)" title="class or interface in java.lang">wait</A></CODE></TD>
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<A NAME="FLAG_READ_ONLY"><!-- --></A><H3>
FLAG_READ_ONLY</H3>
<PRE>
public static final int <B>FLAG_READ_ONLY</B></PRE>
<DL>
<DD>A Ff flag.
<P>
<DL>
<DT><B>See Also:</B><DD><A HREF="../../../../../constant-values.html#org.pdfbox.pdmodel.interactive.form.PDField.FLAG_READ_ONLY">Constant Field Values</A></DL>
</DL>
<HR>
<A NAME="FLAG_REQUIRED"><!-- --></A><H3>
FLAG_REQUIRED</H3>
<PRE>
public static final int <B>FLAG_REQUIRED</B></PRE>
<DL>
<DD>A Ff flag.
<P>
<DL>
<DT><B>See Also:</B><DD><A HREF="../../../../../constant-values.html#org.pdfbox.pdmodel.interactive.form.PDField.FLAG_REQUIRED">Constant Field Values</A></DL>
</DL>
<HR>
<A NAME="FLAG_NO_EXPORT"><!-- --></A><H3>
FLAG_NO_EXPORT</H3>
<PRE>
public static final int <B>FLAG_NO_EXPORT</B></PRE>
<DL>
<DD>A Ff flag.
<P>
<DL>
<DT><B>See Also:</B><DD><A HREF="../../../../../constant-values.html#org.pdfbox.pdmodel.interactive.form.PDField.FLAG_NO_EXPORT">Constant Field Values</A></DL>
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<A NAME="PDField(org.pdfbox.pdmodel.interactive.form.PDAcroForm)"><!-- --></A><H3>
PDField</H3>
<PRE>
public <B>PDField</B>(<A HREF="../../../../../org/pdfbox/pdmodel/interactive/form/PDAcroForm.html" title="class in org.pdfbox.pdmodel.interactive.form">PDAcroForm</A> theAcroForm)</PRE>
<DL>
<DD>Constructor.
<P>
<DT><B>Parameters:</B><DD><CODE>theAcroForm</CODE> - The form that this field is part of.</DL>
<HR>
<A NAME="PDField(org.pdfbox.pdmodel.interactive.form.PDAcroForm, org.pdfbox.cos.COSDictionary)"><!-- --></A><H3>
PDField</H3>
<PRE>
public <B>PDField</B>(<A HREF="../../../../../org/pdfbox/pdmodel/interactive/form/PDAcroForm.html" title="class in org.pdfbox.pdmodel.interactive.form">PDAcroForm</A> theAcroForm,
<A HREF="../../../../../org/pdfbox/cos/COSDictionary.html" title="class in org.pdfbox.cos">COSDictionary</A> field)</PRE>
<DL>
<DD>Creates a COSField from a COSDictionary, expected to be
a correct object definition for a field in PDF.
<P>
<DT><B>Parameters:</B><DD><CODE>theAcroForm</CODE> - The form that this field is part of.<DD><CODE>field</CODE> - the PDF objet to represent as a field.</DL>
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<A NAME="getPartialName()"><!-- --></A><H3>
getPartialName</H3>
<PRE>
public <A HREF="http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.2/docs/api/java/lang/String.html" title="class or interface in java.lang">String</A> <B>getPartialName</B>()</PRE>
<DL>
<DD>Returns the partial name of the field.
<P>
<DD><DL>
</DL>
</DD>
<DD><DL>
<DT><B>Returns:</B><DD>the name of the field</DL>
</DD>
</DL>
<HR>
<A NAME="setPartialName(java.lang.String)"><!-- --></A><H3>
setPartialName</H3>
<PRE>
public void <B>setPartialName</B>(<A HREF="http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.2/docs/api/java/lang/String.html" title="class or interface in java.lang">String</A> name)</PRE>
<DL>
<DD>This will set the partial name of the field.
<P>
<DD><DL>
</DL>
</DD>
<DD><DL>
<DT><B>Parameters:</B><DD><CODE>name</CODE> - The new name for the field.</DL>
</DD>
</DL>
<HR>
<A NAME="getFullyQualifiedName()"><!-- --></A><H3>
getFullyQualifiedName</H3>
<PRE>
public <A HREF="http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.2/docs/api/java/lang/String.html" title="class or interface in java.lang">String</A> <B>getFullyQualifiedName</B>()
throws <A HREF="http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.2/docs/api/java/io/IOException.html" title="class or interface in java.io">IOException</A></PRE>
<DL>
<DD>Returns the fully qualified name of the field, which is a concatenation of
the names of all the parents fields.
<P>
<DD><DL>
</DL>
</DD>
<DD><DL>
<DT><B>Returns:</B><DD>the name of the field
<DT><B>Throws:</B>
<DD><CODE><A HREF="http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.2/docs/api/java/io/IOException.html" title="class or interface in java.io">IOException</A></CODE> - If there is an error generating the fully qualified name.</DL>
</DD>
</DL>
<HR>
<A NAME="getFieldType()"><!-- --></A><H3>
getFieldType</H3>
<PRE>
public <A HREF="http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.2/docs/api/java/lang/String.html" title="class or interface in java.lang">String</A> <B>getFieldType</B>()</PRE>
<DL>
<DD>Get the FT entry of the field. This is a read only field and is set depending
on the actual type. The field type is an inheritable attribute. This method will
return only the direct value on this object. Use the findFieldType for an upward
recursive search.
<P>
<DD><DL>
</DL>
</DD>
<DD><DL>
<DT><B>Returns:</B><DD>The Field type.<DT><B>See Also:</B><DD><A HREF="../../../../../org/pdfbox/pdmodel/interactive/form/PDField.html#findFieldType()"><CODE>findFieldType()</CODE></A></DL>
</DD>
</DL>
<HR>
<A NAME="findFieldType()"><!-- --></A><H3>
findFieldType</H3>
<PRE>
public <A HREF="http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.2/docs/api/java/lang/String.html" title="class or interface in java.lang">String</A> <B>findFieldType</B>()</PRE>
<DL>
<DD>Find the field type and optionally do a recursive upward search. Sometimes the fieldtype
will be specified on the parent instead of the direct object. This will look at this
object for the field type, if none is specified then it will look to the parent if there
is a parent. If there is no parent and no field type has been found then this
will return null.
<P>
<DD><DL>
</DL>
</DD>
<DD><DL>
<DT><B>Returns:</B><DD>The field type or null if none was found.</DL>
</DD>
</DL>
<HR>
<A NAME="setValue(java.lang.String)"><!-- --></A><H3>
setValue</H3>
<PRE>
public abstract void <B>setValue</B>(<A HREF="http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.2/docs/api/java/lang/String.html" title="class or interface in java.lang">String</A> value)
throws <A HREF="http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.2/docs/api/java/io/IOException.html" title="class or interface in java.io">IOException</A></PRE>
<DL>
<DD>setValue sets the fields value to a given string.
<P>
<DD><DL>
</DL>
</DD>
<DD><DL>
<DT><B>Parameters:</B><DD><CODE>value</CODE> - the string value
<DT><B>Throws:</B>
<DD><CODE><A HREF="http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.2/docs/api/java/io/IOException.html" title="class or interface in java.io">IOException</A></CODE> - If there is an error creating the appearance stream.</DL>
</DD>
</DL>
<HR>
<A NAME="getValue()"><!-- --></A><H3>
getValue</H3>
<PRE>
public abstract <A HREF="http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.2/docs/api/java/lang/String.html" title="class or interface in java.lang">String</A> <B>getValue</B>()
throws <A HREF="http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.2/docs/api/java/io/IOException.html" title="class or interface in java.io">IOException</A></PRE>
<DL>
<DD>getValue gets the fields value to as a string.
<P>
<DD><DL>
</DL>
</DD>
<DD><DL>
<DT><B>Returns:</B><DD>The string value of this field.
<DT><B>Throws:</B>
<DD><CODE><A HREF="http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.2/docs/api/java/io/IOException.html" title="class or interface in java.io">IOException</A></CODE> - If there is an error getting the value.</DL>
</DD>
</DL>
<HR>
<A NAME="setReadonly(boolean)"><!-- --></A><H3>
setReadonly</H3>
<PRE>
public void <B>setReadonly</B>(boolean readonly)</PRE>
<DL>
<DD>sets the field to be read-only.
<P>
<DD><DL>
</DL>
</DD>
<DD><DL>
<DT><B>Parameters:</B><DD><CODE>readonly</CODE> - The new flag for readonly.</DL>
</DD>
</DL>
<HR>
<A NAME="isReadonly()"><!-- --></A><H3>
isReadonly</H3>
<PRE>
public boolean <B>isReadonly</B>()</PRE>
<DL>
<DD><DL>
</DL>
</DD>
<DD><DL>
<DT><B>Returns:</B><DD>true if the field is readonly</DL>
</DD>
</DL>
<HR>
<A NAME="setRequired(boolean)"><!-- --></A><H3>
setRequired</H3>
<PRE>
public void <B>setRequired</B>(boolean required)</PRE>
<DL>
<DD>sets the field to be required.
<P>
<DD><DL>
</DL>
</DD>
<DD><DL>
<DT><B>Parameters:</B><DD><CODE>required</CODE> - The new flag for required.</DL>
</DD>
</DL>
<HR>
<A NAME="isRequired()"><!-- --></A><H3>
isRequired</H3>
<PRE>
public boolean <B>isRequired</B>()</PRE>
<DL>
<DD><DL>
</DL>
</DD>
<DD><DL>
<DT><B>Returns:</B><DD>true if the field is required</DL>
</DD>
</DL>
<HR>
<A NAME="setNoExport(boolean)"><!-- --></A><H3>
setNoExport</H3>
<PRE>
public void <B>setNoExport</B>(boolean noExport)</PRE>
<DL>
<DD>sets the field to be not exported..
<P>
<DD><DL>
</DL>
</DD>
<DD><DL>
<DT><B>Parameters:</B><DD><CODE>noExport</CODE> - The new flag for noExport.</DL>
</DD>
</DL>
<HR>
<A NAME="isNoExport()"><!-- --></A><H3>
isNoExport</H3>
<PRE>
public boolean <B>isNoExport</B>()</PRE>
<DL>
<DD><DL>
</DL>
</DD>
<DD><DL>
<DT><B>Returns:</B><DD>true if the field is not to be exported.</DL>
</DD>
</DL>
<HR>
<A NAME="getFieldFlags()"><!-- --></A><H3>
getFieldFlags</H3>
<PRE>
public int <B>getFieldFlags</B>()</PRE>
<DL>
<DD>This will get the flags for this field.
<P>
<DD><DL>
</DL>
</DD>
<DD><DL>
<DT><B>Returns:</B><DD>flags The set of flags.</DL>
</DD>
</DL>
<HR>
<A NAME="setFieldFlags(int)"><!-- --></A><H3>
setFieldFlags</H3>
<PRE>
public void <B>setFieldFlags</B>(int flags)</PRE>
<DL>
<DD>This will set the flags for this field.
<P>
<DD><DL>
</DL>
</DD>
<DD><DL>
<DT><B>Parameters:</B><DD><CODE>flags</CODE> - The new flags.</DL>
</DD>
</DL>
<HR>
<A NAME="importFDF(org.pdfbox.pdmodel.fdf.FDFField)"><!-- --></A><H3>
importFDF</H3>
<PRE>
public void <B>importFDF</B>(<A HREF="../../../../../org/pdfbox/pdmodel/fdf/FDFField.html" title="class in org.pdfbox.pdmodel.fdf">FDFField</A> fdfField)
throws <A HREF="http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.2/docs/api/java/io/IOException.html" title="class or interface in java.io">IOException</A></PRE>
<DL>
<DD>This will import a fdf field from a fdf document.
<P>
<DD><DL>
</DL>
</DD>
<DD><DL>
<DT><B>Parameters:</B><DD><CODE>fdfField</CODE> - The fdf field to import.
<DT><B>Throws:</B>
<DD><CODE><A HREF="http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.2/docs/api/java/io/IOException.html" title="class or interface in java.io">IOException</A></CODE> - If there is an error importing the data for this field.</DL>
</DD>
</DL>
<HR>
<A NAME="getWidget()"><!-- --></A><H3>
getWidget</H3>
<PRE>
public <A HREF="../../../../../org/pdfbox/pdmodel/interactive/annotation/PDAnnotationWidget.html" title="class in org.pdfbox.pdmodel.interactive.annotation">PDAnnotationWidget</A> <B>getWidget</B>()
throws <A HREF="http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.2/docs/api/java/io/IOException.html" title="class or interface in java.io">IOException</A></PRE>
<DL>
<DD>This will get the single associated widget that is part of this field. This
occurs when the Widget is embedded in the fields dictionary. Sometimes there
are multiple sub widgets associated with this field, in which case you want to
use getKids(). If the kids entry is specified, then the first entry in that
list will be returned.
<P>
<DD><DL>
</DL>
</DD>
<DD><DL>
<DT><B>Returns:</B><DD>The widget that is associated with this field.
<DT><B>Throws:</B>
<DD><CODE><A HREF="http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.2/docs/api/java/io/IOException.html" title="class or interface in java.io">IOException</A></CODE> - If there is an error getting the widget object.</DL>
</DD>
</DL>
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<A NAME="getParent()"><!-- --></A><H3>
getParent</H3>
<PRE>
public <A HREF="../../../../../org/pdfbox/pdmodel/interactive/form/PDField.html" title="class in org.pdfbox.pdmodel.interactive.form">PDField</A> <B>getParent</B>()
throws <A HREF="http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.2/docs/api/java/io/IOException.html" title="class or interface in java.io">IOException</A></PRE>
<DL>
<DD>Get the parent field to this field, or null if none exists.
<P>
<DD><DL>
</DL>
</DD>
<DD><DL>
<DT><B>Returns:</B><DD>The parent field.
<DT><B>Throws:</B>
<DD><CODE><A HREF="http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.2/docs/api/java/io/IOException.html" title="class or interface in java.io">IOException</A></CODE> - If there is an error creating the parent field.</DL>
</DD>
</DL>
<HR>
<A NAME="setParent(org.pdfbox.pdmodel.interactive.form.PDField)"><!-- --></A><H3>
setParent</H3>
<PRE>
public void <B>setParent</B>(<A HREF="../../../../../org/pdfbox/pdmodel/interactive/form/PDField.html" title="class in org.pdfbox.pdmodel.interactive.form">PDField</A> parent)</PRE>
<DL>
<DD>Set the parent of this field.
<P>
<DD><DL>
</DL>
</DD>
<DD><DL>
<DT><B>Parameters:</B><DD><CODE>parent</CODE> - The parent to this field.</DL>
</DD>
</DL>
<HR>
<A NAME="findKid(java.lang.String[], int)"><!-- --></A><H3>
findKid</H3>
<PRE>
public <A HREF="../../../../../org/pdfbox/pdmodel/interactive/form/PDField.html" title="class in org.pdfbox.pdmodel.interactive.form">PDField</A> <B>findKid</B>(<A HREF="http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.2/docs/api/java/lang/String.html" title="class or interface in java.lang">String</A>[] name,
int nameIndex)
throws <A HREF="http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.2/docs/api/java/io/IOException.html" title="class or interface in java.io">IOException</A></PRE>
<DL>
<DD>This will find one of the child elements. The name array are the components
of the name to search down the tree of names. The nameIndex is where to
start in that array. This method is called recursively until it finds
the end point based on the name array.
<P>
<DD><DL>
</DL>
</DD>
<DD><DL>
<DT><B>Parameters:</B><DD><CODE>name</CODE> - An array that picks the path to the field.<DD><CODE>nameIndex</CODE> - The index into the array.
<DT><B>Returns:</B><DD>The field at the endpoint or null if none is found.
<DT><B>Throws:</B>
<DD><CODE><A HREF="http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.2/docs/api/java/io/IOException.html" title="class or interface in java.io">IOException</A></CODE> - If there is an error creating the field.</DL>
</DD>
</DL>
<HR>
<A NAME="getKids()"><!-- --></A><H3>
getKids</H3>
<PRE>
public <A HREF="http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.2/docs/api/java/util/List.html" title="class or interface in java.util">List</A> <B>getKids</B>()
throws <A HREF="http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.2/docs/api/java/io/IOException.html" title="class or interface in java.io">IOException</A></PRE>
<DL>
<DD>This will get all the kids of this field. The values in the list
will either be PDWidget or PDField. Normally they will be PDWidget objects
unless this is a non-terminal field and they will be child PDField objects.
<P>
<DD><DL>
</DL>
</DD>
<DD><DL>
<DT><B>Returns:</B><DD>A list of either PDWidget or PDField objects.
<DT><B>Throws:</B>
<DD><CODE><A HREF="http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.2/docs/api/java/io/IOException.html" title="class or interface in java.io">IOException</A></CODE> - If there is an error retrieving the kids.</DL>
</DD>
</DL>
<HR>
<A NAME="setKids(java.util.List)"><!-- --></A><H3>
setKids</H3>
<PRE>
public void <B>setKids</B>(<A HREF="http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.2/docs/api/java/util/List.html" title="class or interface in java.util">List</A> kids)</PRE>
<DL>
<DD>This will set the list of kids.
<P>
<DD><DL>
</DL>
</DD>
<DD><DL>
<DT><B>Parameters:</B><DD><CODE>kids</CODE> - The list of child widgets.</DL>
</DD>
</DL>
<HR>
<A NAME="toString()"><!-- --></A><H3>
toString</H3>
<PRE>
public <A HREF="http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.2/docs/api/java/lang/String.html" title="class or interface in java.lang">String</A> <B>toString</B>()</PRE>
<DL>
<DD>This will return a string representation of this field.
<P>
<DD><DL>
</DL>
</DD>
<DD><DL>
<DT><B>Returns:</B><DD>A string representation of this field.</DL>
</DD>
</DL>
<HR>
<A NAME="getAcroForm()"><!-- --></A><H3>
getAcroForm</H3>
<PRE>
public <A HREF="../../../../../org/pdfbox/pdmodel/interactive/form/PDAcroForm.html" title="class in org.pdfbox.pdmodel.interactive.form">PDAcroForm</A> <B>getAcroForm</B>()</PRE>
<DL>
<DD>This will get the acroform that this field is part of.
<P>
<DD><DL>
</DL>
</DD>
<DD><DL>
<DT><B>Returns:</B><DD>The form this field is on.</DL>
</DD>
</DL>
<HR>
<A NAME="setAcroForm(org.pdfbox.pdmodel.interactive.form.PDAcroForm)"><!-- --></A><H3>
setAcroForm</H3>
<PRE>
public void <B>setAcroForm</B>(<A HREF="../../../../../org/pdfbox/pdmodel/interactive/form/PDAcroForm.html" title="class in org.pdfbox.pdmodel.interactive.form">PDAcroForm</A> value)</PRE>
<DL>
<DD>This will set the form this field is on.
<P>
<DD><DL>
</DL>
</DD>
<DD><DL>
<DT><B>Parameters:</B><DD><CODE>value</CODE> - The new form to use.</DL>
</DD>
</DL>
<HR>
<A NAME="getDictionary()"><!-- --></A><H3>
getDictionary</H3>
<PRE>
public <A HREF="../../../../../org/pdfbox/cos/COSDictionary.html" title="class in org.pdfbox.cos">COSDictionary</A> <B>getDictionary</B>()</PRE>
<DL>
<DD>This will get the dictionary associated with this field.
<P>
<DD><DL>
</DL>
</DD>
<DD><DL>
<DT><B>Returns:</B><DD>The dictionary that this class wraps.</DL>
</DD>
</DL>
<HR>
<A NAME="getCOSObject()"><!-- --></A><H3>
getCOSObject</H3>
<PRE>
public <A HREF="../../../../../org/pdfbox/cos/COSBase.html" title="class in org.pdfbox.cos">COSBase</A> <B>getCOSObject</B>()</PRE>
<DL>
<DD>Convert this standard java object to a COS object.
<P>
<DD><DL>
<DT><B>Specified by:</B><DD><CODE><A HREF="../../../../../org/pdfbox/pdmodel/common/COSObjectable.html#getCOSObject()">getCOSObject</A></CODE> in interface <CODE><A HREF="../../../../../org/pdfbox/pdmodel/common/COSObjectable.html" title="interface in org.pdfbox.pdmodel.common">COSObjectable</A></CODE></DL>
</DD>
<DD><DL>
<DT><B>Returns:</B><DD>The cos object that matches this Java object.</DL>
</DD>
</DL>
<HR>
<A NAME="getActions()"><!-- --></A><H3>
getActions</H3>
<PRE>
public <A HREF="../../../../../org/pdfbox/pdmodel/interactive/action/PDFormFieldAdditionalActions.html" title="class in org.pdfbox.pdmodel.interactive.action">PDFormFieldAdditionalActions</A> <B>getActions</B>()</PRE>
<DL>
<DD>Get the additional actions for this field. This will return null
if there are no additional actions for this field.
<P>
<DD><DL>
</DL>
</DD>
<DD><DL>
<DT><B>Returns:</B><DD>The actions of the field.</DL>
</DD>
</DL>
<HR>
<A NAME="setActions(org.pdfbox.pdmodel.interactive.action.PDFormFieldAdditionalActions)"><!-- --></A><H3>
setActions</H3>
<PRE>
public void <B>setActions</B>(<A HREF="../../../../../org/pdfbox/pdmodel/interactive/action/PDFormFieldAdditionalActions.html" title="class in org.pdfbox.pdmodel.interactive.action">PDFormFieldAdditionalActions</A> actions)</PRE>
<DL>
<DD>Set the actions of the field.
<P>
<DD><DL>
</DL>
</DD>
<DD><DL>
<DT><B>Parameters:</B><DD><CODE>actions</CODE> - The field actions.</DL>
</DD>
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