The array of floats returned by getQuadPoints<http://pdfbox.apache.org/apidocs/org/apache/pdfbox/pdmodel/interactive/annotation/PDAnnotationTextMarkup.html>() will return all of the quads associated with the annotation, in a single array. Each group of 8 floats represents one quad.
On Thu, Oct 31, 2013 at 11:21 AM, Jonny O <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello. > > I am using PDFBox to both extract annotations from, and add annotations to > a PDF file. I originally used JavaScript within Acrobat to do this, but it > is much too slow and very restricted. So it is very nice to use PDFbox. > > However, all subclasses of PDAnnotation only seem to allow the user to get > or set one quad. The problem however is that Acrobat can create multiple > quads for the one annotation (as it appears to me). For example, if a user > creates a single highlight across two or more lines, several individual > boxes (quads) will be seen, however, they act as one when editing or > deleting. > > JavaScript in Acrobat accepts a 2D Array when getting or setting quads. Is > it possible to replicate this using PDFBox? Perhaps this functionality was > left out due to the complexity of the PDF structure? > > I have exhausted my time and knowledge on this one, and I hope some advice > might help me get some energy back :) > > Thank you for your time. > Jonny O. >
