Class AddIndexStrategy

java.lang.Object

com.itextpdf.forms.fields.merging.AddIndexStrategy

All Implemented Interfaces:

OnDuplicateFormFieldNameStrategy

public class AddIndexStrategy
extends Object
implements OnDuplicateFormFieldNameStrategy

A OnDuplicateFormFieldNameStrategy implementation that adds an index to the field name of the second field

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field	Description
private final HashMap<String,Integer>	countMap
private static final String	DEFAULT_SEPARATOR
private final String	regexString
private final String	separator

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
AddIndexStrategy()	Creates a new AddIndexStrategy instance.
AddIndexStrategy(String separator)	Creates a new AddIndexStrategy instance.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
boolean	execute(PdfFormField firstField, PdfFormField secondField, boolean throwExceptionOnError)	Renames the second field by adding an index to its name.
(package private) int	getNextIndex(String name)

Methods inherited from class Object

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

Field Details

DEFAULT_SEPARATOR

private static final String DEFAULT_SEPARATOR

See Also:

• Constant Field Values

separator

private final String separator

countMap

private final HashMap<String,Integer> countMap

regexString

private final String regexString

Constructor Details

AddIndexStrategy

public AddIndexStrategy(String separator)

Creates a new AddIndexStrategy instance.

Parameters:

separator - the separator that will be used to separate the original field name and the index

AddIndexStrategy

public AddIndexStrategy()

Creates a new AddIndexStrategy instance. The default separator will be used to separate the original field name and the index. the default separator is "_"

Method Details

execute

public boolean execute(PdfFormField firstField,
 PdfFormField secondField,
 boolean throwExceptionOnError)

Renames the second field by adding an index to its name.

Specified by:

execute in interface OnDuplicateFormFieldNameStrategy

Parameters:

firstField - the first field

secondField - the second field

throwExceptionOnError - if true, an exception will be thrown

Returns:

returns false value, since AddIndexStrategy never merges fields.

getNextIndex

int getNextIndex(String name)