PdfAnnotationFlattener

java.lang.Object
- com.itextpdf.kernel.utils.PdfAnnotationFlattener

```
public class PdfAnnotationFlattener
extends java.lang.Object
```
Utility class for flattening annotations.
This class can be used to remove interactive elements from a PDF document.

Field Summary

Fields
Modifier and Type Field Description

private PdfAnnotationFlattenFactory pdfAnnotationFlattenFactory

Constructor Summary

Constructors
Constructor	Description
`PdfAnnotationFlattener()`	Creates a new instance of `PdfAnnotationFlattener`.
`PdfAnnotationFlattener(PdfAnnotationFlattenFactory pdfAnnotationFlattenFactory)`	Creates a new instance of `PdfAnnotationFlattener`.

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Concrete Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`java.util.List<PdfAnnotation>`	`flatten(PdfDocument document)`	Flattens the annotations on the page according to the defined implementation of `IAnnotationFlattener`.
`java.util.List<PdfAnnotation>`	`flatten(java.util.List<PdfAnnotation> annotationsToFlatten)`	Flattens the annotations on the page according to the defined implementation of `IAnnotationFlattener`.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

- Field Detail
  - pdfAnnotationFlattenFactory
```
private final PdfAnnotationFlattenFactory pdfAnnotationFlattenFactory
```
- Constructor Detail
  - PdfAnnotationFlattener
```
public PdfAnnotationFlattener(PdfAnnotationFlattenFactory pdfAnnotationFlattenFactory)
```
    Creates a new instance of PdfAnnotationFlattener.
    
    Parameters:
    
    pdfAnnotationFlattenFactory - the factory for creating annotation flatten workers
  - PdfAnnotationFlattener
```
public PdfAnnotationFlattener()
```
    Creates a new instance of PdfAnnotationFlattener. The default factory will be used for creating annotation flatten workers.
- Method Detail
  - flatten
```
public java.util.List<PdfAnnotation> flatten(java.util.List<PdfAnnotation> annotationsToFlatten)
```
    Flattens the annotations on the page according to the defined implementation of IAnnotationFlattener.
    
    Parameters:
    
    annotationsToFlatten - the annotations that should be flattened.
    
    Returns:
    
    the list of annotations that were not flattened successfully
  - flatten
```
public java.util.List<PdfAnnotation> flatten(PdfDocument document)
```
    Flattens the annotations on the page according to the defined implementation of IAnnotationFlattener.
    
    Parameters:
    
    document - the document that contains the annotations that should be flattened.
    
    Returns:
    
    the list of annotations that were not flattened successfully