Deprecated API

Contents

• Fields
• Methods
• Constructors
• Enum Constants

Deprecated Fields

Field	Description
com.lowagie.text.html.simpleparser.ChainedProperties.chain
com.lowagie.text.pdf.AcroFields.Item.merged	(will remove ' public ' in the future)
com.lowagie.text.pdf.AcroFields.Item.page	(will remove ' public ' in the future)
com.lowagie.text.pdf.AcroFields.Item.tabOrder	(will remove ' public ' in the future)
com.lowagie.text.pdf.AcroFields.Item.values	(will remove ' public ' in the future)
com.lowagie.text.pdf.AcroFields.Item.widgetRefs	(will remove ' public ' in the future)
com.lowagie.text.pdf.AcroFields.Item.widgets	(will remove ' public ' in the future)
com.lowagie.text.pdf.PdfName.ITXT	ITXT is a registered prefix of Bruno Lowagie (iText), and will be removed from OpenPDF. Will be deleted after 2022-04-30.
com.lowagie.text.pdf.PdfPKCS7.X509Name.DefaultSymbols
com.lowagie.text.pdf.PdfPKCS7.X509Name.values
com.lowagie.text.pdf.PdfWriter.AllowAssembly	As of iText 2.0.7, use PdfWriter.ALLOW_ASSEMBLY instead. Scheduled for removal at or after 2.2.0
com.lowagie.text.pdf.PdfWriter.AllowCopy	As of iText 2.0.7, use PdfWriter.ALLOW_COPY instead. Scheduled for removal at or after 2.2.0
com.lowagie.text.pdf.PdfWriter.AllowDegradedPrinting	As of iText 2.0.7, use PdfWriter.ALLOW_DEGRADED_PRINTING instead. Scheduled for removal at or after 2.2.0
com.lowagie.text.pdf.PdfWriter.AllowFillIn	As of iText 2.0.7, use PdfWriter.ALLOW_FILL_IN instead. Scheduled for removal at or after 2.2.0
com.lowagie.text.pdf.PdfWriter.AllowModifyAnnotations	As of iText 2.0.7, use PdfWriter.ALLOW_MODIFY_ANNOTATIONS instead. Scheduled for removal at or after 2.2.0
com.lowagie.text.pdf.PdfWriter.AllowModifyContents	As of iText 2.0.7, use PdfWriter.ALLOW_MODIFY_CONTENTS instead. Scheduled for removal at or after 2.2.0
com.lowagie.text.pdf.PdfWriter.AllowPrinting	As of iText 2.0.7, use PdfWriter.ALLOW_PRINTING instead. Scheduled for removal at or after 2.2.0
com.lowagie.text.pdf.PdfWriter.AllowScreenReaders	As of iText 2.0.7, use PdfWriter.ALLOW_SCREENREADERS instead. Scheduled for removal at or after 2.2.0
com.lowagie.text.pdf.PdfWriter.STRENGTH128BITS	As of iText 2.0.7, use PdfWriter.STANDARD_ENCRYPTION_128 instead. Scheduled for removal at or after 2.2.0
com.lowagie.text.pdf.PdfWriter.STRENGTH40BITS	As of iText 2.0.7, use PdfWriter.STANDARD_ENCRYPTION_40 instead. Scheduled for removal at or after 2.2.0
com.lowagie.text.xml.simpleparser.EntitiesToSymbol.map	use the getter (EntitiesToSymbol.getMap()) instead of accessing this field directly
com.lowagie.text.xml.simpleparser.EntitiesToUnicode.map	use the getter (EntitiesToUnicode.getMap()) instead of accessing this field directly

Deprecated Methods

Method	Description
com.lowagie.text.Annotation.attributes()	use Annotation.getAttributes()
com.lowagie.text.Cell.setHorizontalAlignment(int)	Setting alignment through unconstrained types is non-obvious and error-prone, use Cell.setHorizontalAlignment(HorizontalAlignment) instead
com.lowagie.text.Cell.setHorizontalAlignment(String)	Setting alignment through unconstrained types is non-obvious and error-prone, use Cell.setHorizontalAlignment(HorizontalAlignment) instead
com.lowagie.text.Cell.setVerticalAlignment(int)	Setting alignment through unconstrained types is non-obvious and error-prone, use Cell.setVerticalAlignment(VerticalAlignment) instead
com.lowagie.text.Cell.setVerticalAlignment(String)	Setting alignment through unconstrained types is non-obvious and error-prone, use Cell.setVerticalAlignment(VerticalAlignment) instead
com.lowagie.text.Chunk.getAttributes()	use Chunk.getChunkAttributes()
com.lowagie.text.Chunk.setAttributes(HashMap)	use Chunk.setChunkAttributes(Map)
com.lowagie.text.html.simpleparser.ChainedProperties.addToChain(String, HashMap)	use ChainedProperties.addToChain(String, HashMap)
com.lowagie.text.html.simpleparser.FactoryProperties.insertStyle(HashMap)	use FactoryProperties.insertStyle(Map) instead. (since 1.2.22)
com.lowagie.text.html.simpleparser.HTMLWorker.parseToList(Reader, StyleSheet, HashMap)	use HTMLWorker.parseToList(Reader, StyleSheet, Map) since 1.2.22
com.lowagie.text.html.simpleparser.HTMLWorker.setInterfaceProps(HashMap)	use HTMLWorker.setInterfaceProps(Map) since 1.2.22
com.lowagie.text.html.simpleparser.HTMLWorker.startElement(String, HashMap)	use HTMLWorker.startElement(String, Map) } since 1.2.22
com.lowagie.text.html.simpleparser.IncTable.addCols(ArrayList)
com.lowagie.text.html.simpleparser.IncTable.getRows()	use IncTable.getTableRows()
com.lowagie.text.html.simpleparser.StyleSheet.applyStyle(String, HashMap)	please use #applyStyle(String tag, Map<String, String> props) this method will be removed in 2.0
com.lowagie.text.Paragraph.spacingAfter()	As of iText 2.1.5, replaced by Paragraph.getSpacingAfter(), scheduled for removal at 2.3.0
com.lowagie.text.Paragraph.spacingBefore()	As of iText 2.1.5, replaced by Paragraph.getSpacingBefore(), scheduled for removal at 2.3.0
com.lowagie.text.pdf.AcroFields.getBlankSignatureNames()	use AcroFields.getFieldNamesWithBlankSignatures()
com.lowagie.text.pdf.AcroFields.getFieldCache()	use AcroFields.getFieldCacheMap()
com.lowagie.text.pdf.AcroFields.getFields()	use AcroFields.getAllFields()
com.lowagie.text.pdf.AcroFields.getSignatureNames()	user AcroFields.getSignedFieldNames()
com.lowagie.text.pdf.AcroFields.getSubstitutionFonts()	use AcroFields.getAllSubstitutionFonts()
com.lowagie.text.pdf.AcroFields.setFieldCache(Map)	use AcroFields.setFieldCacheMap(Map)
com.lowagie.text.pdf.AcroFields.setSubstitutionFonts(ArrayList)	use AcroFields.setAllSubstitutionFonts(List)
com.lowagie.text.pdf.BaseField.breakLines(ArrayList, BaseFont, float, float)
com.lowagie.text.pdf.BaseField.getHardBreaks(String)	use BaseField.getAllHardBreaks(String)
com.lowagie.text.pdf.BidiLine.addChunks(ArrayList)	use BidiLine.addChunks(List), since 1.2.22
com.lowagie.text.pdf.CMapAwareDocumentFont.encode(byte[], int, int)	method name is not indicative of what it does. Use decode instead.
com.lowagie.text.pdf.FdfReader.getFields()	use FdfReader.getAllFields()
com.lowagie.text.pdf.FieldReader.getFields()
com.lowagie.text.pdf.hyphenation.SimplePatternParser.startElement(String, HashMap)	use SimplePatternParser.startElement(String, Map)
com.lowagie.text.pdf.PdfAcroForm.addFieldTemplates(HashMap)	use PdfAcroForm.addFieldTemplates(Map)
com.lowagie.text.pdf.PdfArray.getArrayList()	Please use getElements() instead.
com.lowagie.text.pdf.PdfFormField.getKids()	use PdfFormField.getKidFields()
com.lowagie.text.pdf.PdfPKCS7.X509Name.getFieldArray(String)	use PdfPKCS7.X509Name.getFieldsByName(String)
com.lowagie.text.pdf.PdfPKCS7.X509Name.getFields()	use PdfPKCS7.X509Name.getAllFields()
com.lowagie.text.pdf.PdfStamper.getMoreInfo()	use PdfStamper.getInfoDictionary()
com.lowagie.text.pdf.PdfStamper.setMoreInfo(HashMap)	use PdfStamper.setInfoDictionary(Map)
com.lowagie.text.pdf.PdfWriter.setEncryption(boolean, String, String, int)	As of iText 2.0.3, replaced by (@link #setEncryption(byte[], byte[], int, int)}. Scheduled for removal at or after 2.2.0
com.lowagie.text.pdf.PdfWriter.setEncryption(byte[], byte[], int, boolean)	As of iText 2.0.3, replaced by (@link #setEncryption(byte[], byte[], int, int)}. Scheduled for removal at or after 2.2.0
com.lowagie.text.pdf.PdfWriter.setEncryption(int, String, String, int)	As of iText 2.0.3, replaced by (@link #setEncryption(byte[], byte[], int, int)}. Scheduled for removal at or after 2.2.0
com.lowagie.text.pdf.RadioCheckField.getCheckField()	use RadioCheckField.getFullField() instead
com.lowagie.text.pdf.RadioCheckField.getRadioField()	use RadioCheckField.getKidField() instead
com.lowagie.text.pdf.SimpleBookmark.getBookmark(PdfReader)	use SimpleBookmark.getBookmarkList(PdfReader)
com.lowagie.text.pdf.SimpleBookmark.shiftPageNumbers(List, int, int[])	use SimpleBookmark.shiftPageNumbersInRange(List, int, int[])
com.lowagie.text.pdf.SimpleBookmark.startElement(String, HashMap)	user SimpleBookmark.startElement(String, Map)
com.lowagie.text.pdf.SimpleNamedDestination.startElement(String, HashMap)
com.lowagie.text.pdf.TextField.getSubstitutionFonts()	use TextField.getSubstitutionFontList()
com.lowagie.text.pdf.TextField.setChoiceSelections(ArrayList)	use TextField.setChoiceSelections(List)
com.lowagie.text.pdf.TextField.setSubstitutionFonts(List<BaseFont>)	use TextField.setSubstitutionFontList(List)
com.lowagie.text.pdf.XfaForm.AcroFieldsSearch.getAcroShort2LongName()
com.lowagie.text.pdf.XfaForm.AcroFieldsSearch.setAcroShort2LongName(HashMap)
com.lowagie.text.pdf.XfaForm.Xml2Som.getInverseSearch()	use XfaForm.Xml2Som.getInverseSearchData()
com.lowagie.text.pdf.XfaForm.Xml2Som.getName2Node()	use XfaForm.Xml2Som.getNodesByName()
com.lowagie.text.pdf.XfaForm.Xml2Som.getOrder()	use XfaForm.Xml2Som.getNamesOrder()
com.lowagie.text.pdf.XfaForm.Xml2Som.inverseSearchAdd(HashMap, XfaForm.Stack2, String)	use XfaForm.Xml2Som.addSomNameToSearchNodeChain(java.util.Map<java.lang.String, com.lowagie.text.pdf.XfaForm.InverseStore>, com.lowagie.text.pdf.XfaForm.Stack2, java.lang.String)
com.lowagie.text.pdf.XfaForm.Xml2Som.inverseSearchGlobal(ArrayList)	use XfaForm.Xml2Som.inverseSearch(List)
com.lowagie.text.pdf.XfaForm.Xml2Som.setInverseSearch(Map<String, XfaForm.InverseStore>)	use XfaForm.Xml2Som.setInverseSearchData(Map)
com.lowagie.text.pdf.XfaForm.Xml2Som.setName2Node(HashMap)	use XfaForm.Xml2Som.setNodesByName(Map)
com.lowagie.text.pdf.XfaForm.Xml2Som.setOrder(ArrayList)	use XfaForm.Xml2Som.setNamesOrder(List)
com.lowagie.text.pdf.XfdfReader.getFields()	use XfdfReader.getAllFields()
com.lowagie.text.pdf.XfdfReader.startElement(String, HashMap)
com.lowagie.text.Row.setHorizontalAlignment(int)	Setting alignment through unconstrained types is non-obvious and error-prone, use Row.setHorizontalAlignment(HorizontalAlignment) instead
com.lowagie.text.Table.getDefaultLayout()	As of iText 2.0.7, replaced by Table.getDefaultCell(), scheduled for removal at 2.2.0
com.lowagie.text.Table.setAlignment(int)	Setting alignment through unconstrained types is non-obvious and error-prone, use Table.setHorizontalAlignment(HorizontalAlignment) instead
com.lowagie.text.Table.setAlignment(String)	Setting alignment through unconstrained types is non-obvious and error-prone, use Table.setHorizontalAlignment(HorizontalAlignment) instead
com.lowagie.text.Table.setDefaultLayout(Cell)	As of iText 2.0.7, replaced by Table.setDefaultCell(Cell), scheduled for removal at 2.2.0

Deprecated Constructors

Constructor	Description
com.lowagie.text.html.simpleparser.IncTable(HashMap)

Deprecated Enum Constants

Enum Constant	Description
com.lowagie.text.StandardFonts.LIBERATION_MONO	Use Liberation
com.lowagie.text.StandardFonts.LIBERATION_MONO_BOLD	Use Liberation
com.lowagie.text.StandardFonts.LIBERATION_MONO_BOLDITALIC	Use Liberation
com.lowagie.text.StandardFonts.LIBERATION_MONO_ITALIC	Use Liberation
com.lowagie.text.StandardFonts.LIBERATION_SANS	Use Liberation
com.lowagie.text.StandardFonts.LIBERATION_SANS_BOLD	Use Liberation
com.lowagie.text.StandardFonts.LIBERATION_SANS_BOLDITALIC	Use Liberation
com.lowagie.text.StandardFonts.LIBERATION_SANS_ITALIC	Use Liberation
com.lowagie.text.StandardFonts.LIBERATION_SERIF	Use Liberation
com.lowagie.text.StandardFonts.LIBERATION_SERIF_BOLD	Use Liberation
com.lowagie.text.StandardFonts.LIBERATION_SERIF_BOLDITALIC	Use Liberation
com.lowagie.text.StandardFonts.LIBERATION_SERIF_ITALIC	Use Liberation