com.snowtide.pdf.annot

Class TextAnnotation

java.lang.Object

com.snowtide.pdf.annot.BaseAnnotation

com.snowtide.pdf.annot.TextAnnotation

All Implemented Interfaces:

Annotation

public class TextAnnotation
extends com.snowtide.pdf.annot.BaseAnnotation

An Annotation implementation that represents a PDF annotation of type Text.

Text annotations are 'sticky notes', snippets of commentary associated with particular location within a PDF document's page.

The only attribute a text annotation may contain aside from the standard attributes defined by the Annotation interface is the type of icon that should be displayed by a viewer to indicate the presence of a text annotation. The icon type can be retrieved using the getIconName() function.

Version:

©2004-2012 Snowtide Informatics Systems, Inc.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
TextAnnotation()

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
java.lang.String	getIconName() Returns an optional String attribute indicating the type of icon to be used in displaying this annotation.

Methods inherited from class com.snowtide.pdf.annot.BaseAnnotation

getContents, getModificationDate, getName, getPageNumber, getRect, getTypeCd, readPageAnnotations

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

TextAnnotation

public TextAnnotation()

Method Detail

getIconName

public java.lang.String getIconName()

Returns an optional String attribute indicating the type of icon to be used in displaying this annotation. The following are standard icon names:

• Comment
• Key
• Note
• Help
• NewParagraph
• Paragraph
• Insert