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Andreas Lehmkühler commented on PDFBOX-1558: -------------------------------------------- Such a api change would require a major release. IMHO we should start with setting the PDSignature class to deprecated and we'll remove it in the next major release. > Unused PDSignature class should be removed > ------------------------------------------ > > Key: PDFBOX-1558 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/PDFBOX-1558 > Project: PDFBox > Issue Type: Bug > Components: PDModel > Affects Versions: 1.8.0 > Reporter: Chuck Houpt > Priority: Minor > > In 1.8.0, the uses of class > org.apache.pdfbox.pdmodel.interactive.form.PDSignature have been replace with > ....form.PFSignatureField, but the old ...form.PDSignature class still exists. > This can be confusing when upgrading to PDFBox 1.8.0 -- code that tests for > the presence of PDSignature instances will compile, but fail to work > correctly. Removing the old PDSignature will give upgraders a more helpful > compilation error. > The old ...form.PDSignature class should be removed or the new > ...form.PDSignatureField should be renamed to completely replace it. -- This message is automatically generated by JIRA. If you think it was sent incorrectly, please contact your JIRA administrators For more information on JIRA, see: http://www.atlassian.com/software/jira