Package com.datalogics.PDFL

Class HighlightAnnotation

java.lang.Object

com.datalogics.PDFL.Annotation

com.datalogics.PDFL.TextMarkupAnnotation

com.datalogics.PDFL.HighlightAnnotation

public class HighlightAnnotation
extends TextMarkupAnnotation

Allows the user to highlight text appearing on a PDF page. The annotated text is still readable on the PDF, but highlighted in yellow.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
HighlightAnnotation(Page page, int addAfter, List<Quad> quadList)	Create a new HighlightAnnotation at a specific index in the page's annotation array.
HighlightAnnotation(Page page, List<Quad> quadList)	Create a new HighlightAnnotation at the end of a page's annotation array.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
void	delete()
Form	generateAppearance()	Generate a new appearance stream with the current annotation properties.

Methods inherited from class com.datalogics.PDFL.TextMarkupAnnotation

getAnnotatedText, getAnnotationFeatureLevel, getQuads, setAnnotationFeatureLevel, setQuads

Methods inherited from class com.datalogics.PDFL.Annotation

equals, getColor, getContents, getFlags, getInteriorColor, getNormalAppearance, getOpacity, getOptionalContentMembershipDict, getPDFDict, getRect, getSubtype, getTitle, hasRichTextData, isCurrentlyVisible, setColor, setContents, setFlags, setInteriorColor, setNormalAppearance, setOpacity, setOptionalContentMembershipDict, setRect, setTitle, toString

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Details

HighlightAnnotation

public HighlightAnnotation(Page page,
 List<Quad> quadList)

Create a new HighlightAnnotation at the end of a page's annotation array. To create a FreeTextAnnotation and place it elsewhere in the page's annotation array, use the version of the constructor that takes an array position.

Parameters:

page - The page to which the HighlightAnnotation is added.

quadList - A list of quads to highlight. Each quad encompasses a word or group of contiguous words in the text underlying the annotation.

HighlightAnnotation

public HighlightAnnotation(Page page,
 int addAfter,
 List<Quad> quadList)

Create a new HighlightAnnotation at a specific index in the page's annotation array.

To add the annotation to the end of the array, pass a value of -2 or use the alternate version of this constructor that does not take an index (this is generally what you should do unless you have a need to place the annotation at a special location in the array). Passing a value of -1 adds the annotation to the beginning of the array. Passing other negative values produces undefined results.

Parameters:

page - The page to which the HighlightAnnotation is added.

addAfter - Where to add the annotation in the page's annotation array.

quadList - A list of quads to highlight. Each quad encompasses a word or group of contiguous words in the text underlying the annotation.

Method Details

delete

public void delete()

Overrides:

delete in class TextMarkupAnnotation

generateAppearance

public Form generateAppearance()

Generate a new appearance stream with the current annotation properties.

The resulting Form can then be used to set the annotation's appearance, such as by calling SetNormalAppearance.

Overrides:

generateAppearance in class Annotation