de.intarsys.pdf.app.annotation

Class AnnotationFactoryTools

java.lang.Object

de.intarsys.pdf.app.annotation.AnnotationFactoryTools

public class AnnotationFactoryTools
extends Object

A tool class to ease life with annotation creation handling.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
AnnotationFactoryTools()

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static PDAnnotation	createAnnotation(COSName type, PDPage page, Rectangle2D rect, Map attributes) Create a new PDAnnotation from scratch.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

AnnotationFactoryTools

public AnnotationFactoryTools()

Method Detail

createAnnotation

public static PDAnnotation createAnnotation(COSName type,
                            PDPage page,
                            Rectangle2D rect,
                            Map attributes)
                                     throws de.intarsys.tools.reflect.ObjectCreationException

Create a new PDAnnotation from scratch.

Parameters:

type - The COSName indicating the annotations type.

page - The page where the annotation is created.

rect - The rectangle bounds of the annotation.

attributes - More attributes that are required for annotation creation in their special IAnnotationFactory implementation.

Returns:

The newly created PDAnnotation or null

Throws:

de.intarsys.tools.reflect.ObjectCreationException