org.apache.pdfbox.pdmodel.interactive.form

Class PDRadioCollection

java.lang.Object

org.apache.pdfbox.pdmodel.interactive.form.PDField

org.apache.pdfbox.pdmodel.interactive.form.PDChoiceButton

org.apache.pdfbox.pdmodel.interactive.form.PDRadioCollection

All Implemented Interfaces:

COSObjectable

public class PDRadioCollection
extends PDChoiceButton

A class for handling the PDF field as a Radio Collection. This class automatically keeps track of the child radio buttons in the collection.

Version:

$Revision: 1.13 $

Author:

sug

See Also:

PDCheckbox

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
static int	FLAG_RADIOS_IN_UNISON A Ff flag.

Fields inherited from class org.apache.pdfbox.pdmodel.interactive.form.PDField

FLAG_NO_EXPORT, FLAG_READ_ONLY, FLAG_REQUIRED

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
PDRadioCollection(PDAcroForm theAcroForm, COSDictionary field)

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
java.util.List	getKids() This will return a list of PDField objects that are part of this radio collection.
java.lang.String	getValue() getValue gets the fields value to as a string.
boolean	isRadiosInUnison()
void	setRadiosInUnison(boolean radiosInUnison) From the PDF Spec If set, a group of radio buttons within a radio button field that use the same value for the on state will turn on and off in unison; that is if one is checked, they are all checked.
void	setValue(java.lang.String value) This setValue method iterates the collection of radiobuttons and checks or unchecks each radiobutton according to the given value.

Methods inherited from class org.apache.pdfbox.pdmodel.interactive.form.PDChoiceButton

getOptions, setOptions

Methods inherited from class org.apache.pdfbox.pdmodel.interactive.form.PDField

findFieldType, findKid, getAcroForm, getActions, getAlternateFieldName, getCOSObject, getDictionary, getFieldFlags, getFieldType, getFullyQualifiedName, getParent, getPartialName, getWidget, getWidgets, importFDF, isNoExport, isReadonly, isRequired, setAcroForm, setActions, setAlternateFieldName, setFieldFlags, setFieldType, setKids, setNoExport, setParent, setPartialName, setReadonly, setRequired, toString

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

FLAG_RADIOS_IN_UNISON

public static final int FLAG_RADIOS_IN_UNISON

A Ff flag.

See Also:

Constant Field Values

Constructor Detail

PDRadioCollection

public PDRadioCollection(PDAcroForm theAcroForm,
                 COSDictionary field)

Parameters:

theAcroForm - The acroForm for this field.

field - The field that makes up the radio collection.

Method Detail

setRadiosInUnison

public void setRadiosInUnison(boolean radiosInUnison)

From the PDF Spec
If set, a group of radio buttons within a radio button field that use the same value for the on state will turn on and off in unison; that is if one is checked, they are all checked. If clear, the buttons are mutually exclusive (the same behavior as HTML radio buttons).

Parameters:

radiosInUnison - The new flag for radiosInUnison.

isRadiosInUnison

public boolean isRadiosInUnison()

Returns:

true If the flag is set for radios in unison.

setValue

public void setValue(java.lang.String value)
              throws java.io.IOException

This setValue method iterates the collection of radiobuttons and checks or unchecks each radiobutton according to the given value. If the value is not represented by any of the radiobuttons, then none will be checked. setValue sets the fields value to a given string.

Specified by:

setValue in class PDField

Parameters:

value - the string value

Throws:

java.io.IOException - If there is an error creating the appearance stream.

getValue

public java.lang.String getValue()
                          throws java.io.IOException

getValue gets the fields value to as a string.

Specified by:

getValue in class PDField

Returns:

The string value of this field.

Throws:

java.io.IOException - If there is an error getting the value.

getKids

public java.util.List getKids()
                       throws java.io.IOException

This will return a list of PDField objects that are part of this radio collection.

Overrides:

getKids in class PDField

Returns:

A list of PDWidget objects.

Throws:

java.io.IOException - if there is an error while creating the children objects.

See Also:

PDField.getWidget()