QPDFFormFieldObjectHelper.hh 8.47 KB
// Copyright (c) 2005-2021 Jay Berkenbilt
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#ifndef QPDFFORMFIELDOBJECTHELPER_HH
#define QPDFFORMFIELDOBJECTHELPER_HH

// This object helper helps with form fields for interactive forms.
// Please see comments in QPDFAcroFormDocumentHelper.hh for additional
// details.

#include <qpdf/QPDFObjectHelper.hh>

#include <qpdf/DLL.h>
#include <vector>

class QPDFAnnotationObjectHelper;

class QPDFFormFieldObjectHelper: public QPDFObjectHelper
{
  public:
    QPDF_DLL
    QPDFFormFieldObjectHelper();
    QPDF_DLL
    QPDFFormFieldObjectHelper(QPDFObjectHandle);
    QPDF_DLL
    virtual ~QPDFFormFieldObjectHelper()
    {
    }

    QPDF_DLL
    bool isNull();

    // Return the field's parent. A form field object helper whose
    // underlying object is null is returned if there is no parent.
    // This condition may be tested by calling isNull().
    QPDF_DLL
    QPDFFormFieldObjectHelper getParent();

    // Return the top-level field for this field. Typically this will
    // be the field itself or its parent. If is_different is provided,
    // it is set to true if the top-level field is different from the
    // field itself; otherwise it is set to false.
    QPDF_DLL
    QPDFFormFieldObjectHelper getTopLevelField(bool* is_different = nullptr);

    // Get a field value, possibly inheriting the value from an
    // ancestor node.
    QPDF_DLL
    QPDFObjectHandle getInheritableFieldValue(std::string const& name);

    // Get an inherited field value as a string. If it is not a
    // string, silently return the empty string.
    QPDF_DLL
    std::string getInheritableFieldValueAsString(std::string const& name);

    // Get an inherited field value of type name as a string
    // representing the name. If it is not a name, silently return
    // the empty string.
    QPDF_DLL
    std::string getInheritableFieldValueAsName(std::string const& name);

    // Returns the value of /FT if present, otherwise returns the
    // empty string.
    QPDF_DLL
    std::string getFieldType();

    QPDF_DLL
    std::string getFullyQualifiedName();

    QPDF_DLL
    std::string getPartialName();

    // Return the alternative field name (/TU), which is the field
    // name intended to be presented to users. If not present, fall
    // back to the fully qualified name.
    QPDF_DLL
    std::string getAlternativeName();

    // Return the mapping field name (/TM). If not present, fall back
    // to the alternative name, then to the partial name.
    QPDF_DLL
    std::string getMappingName();

    QPDF_DLL
    QPDFObjectHandle getValue();

    // Return the field's value as a string. If this is called with a
    // field whose value is not a string, the empty string will be
    // silently returned.
    QPDF_DLL
    std::string getValueAsString();

    QPDF_DLL
    QPDFObjectHandle getDefaultValue();

    // Return the field's default value as a string. If this is called
    // with a field whose value is not a string, the empty string will
    // be silently returned.
    QPDF_DLL
    std::string getDefaultValueAsString();

    // Return the default appearance string, taking inheritance from
    // the field tree into account. Returns the empty string if the
    // default appearance string is not available (because it's
    // erroneously absent or because this is not a variable text
    // field). If not found in the field hierarchy, look in /AcroForm.
    QPDF_DLL
    std::string getDefaultAppearance();

    // Return the default resource dictionary for the field. This
    // comes not from the field but from the document-level /AcroForm
    // dictionary. While several PDF generates put a /DR key in the
    // form field's dictionary, experimentation suggests that many
    // popular readers, including Adobe Acrobat and Acrobat Reader,
    // ignore any /DR item on the field.
    QPDF_DLL
    QPDFObjectHandle getDefaultResources();

    // Return the quadding value, taking inheritance from the field
    // tree into account. Returns 0 if quadding is not specified. Look
    // in /AcroForm if not found in the field hierarchy.
    QPDF_DLL
    int getQuadding();

    // Return field flags from /Ff. The value is a logical or of
    // pdf_form_field_flag_e as defined in qpdf/Constants.h
    QPDF_DLL
    int getFlags();

    // Methods for testing for particular types of form fields

    // Returns true if field is of type /Tx
    QPDF_DLL
    bool isText();
    // Returns true if field is of type /Btn and flags do not indicate
    // some other type of button.
    QPDF_DLL
    bool isCheckbox();
    // Returns true if field is a checkbox and is checked.
    QPDF_DLL
    bool isChecked();
    // Returns true if field is of type /Btn and flags indicate that
    // it is a radio button
    QPDF_DLL
    bool isRadioButton();
    // Returns true if field is of type /Btn and flags indicate that
    // it is a pushbutton
    QPDF_DLL
    bool isPushbutton();
    // Returns true if fields if of type /Ch
    QPDF_DLL
    bool isChoice();
    // Returns choices as UTF-8 strings
    QPDF_DLL
    std::vector<std::string> getChoices();

    // Set an attribute to the given value. If you have a
    // QPDFAcroFormDocumentHelper and you want to set the name of a
    // field, use QPDFAcroFormDocumentHelper::setFormFieldName
    // instead.
    QPDF_DLL
    void setFieldAttribute(std::string const& key, QPDFObjectHandle value);

    // Set an attribute to the given value as a Unicode string (UTF-16
    // BE encoded). The input string should be UTF-8 encoded. If you
    // have a QPDFAcroFormDocumentHelper and you want to set the name
    // of a field, use QPDFAcroFormDocumentHelper::setFormFieldName
    // instead.
    QPDF_DLL
    void setFieldAttribute(std::string const& key,
                           std::string const& utf8_value);

    // Set /V (field value) to the given value. If need_appearances is
    // true and the field type is either /Tx (text) or /Ch (choice),
    // set /NeedAppearances to true. You can explicitly tell this
    // method not to set /NeedAppearances if you are going to generate
    // an appearance stream yourself. Starting with qpdf 8.3.0, this
    // method handles fields of type /Btn (checkboxes, radio buttons,
    // pushbuttons) specially.
    QPDF_DLL
    void setV(QPDFObjectHandle value, bool need_appearances = true);

    // Set /V (field value) to the given string value encoded as a
    // Unicode string. The input value should be UTF-8 encoded. See
    // comments above about /NeedAppearances.
    QPDF_DLL
    void setV(std::string const& utf8_value, bool need_appearances = true);

    // Update the appearance stream for this field. Note that qpdf's
    // ability to generate appearance streams is limited. We only
    // generate appearance streams for streams of type text or choice.
    // The appearance uses the default parameters provided in the
    // file, and it only supports ASCII characters. Quadding is
    // currently ignored. While this functionality is limited, it
    // should do a decent job on properly constructed PDF files when
    // field values are restricted to ASCII characters.
    QPDF_DLL
    void generateAppearance(QPDFAnnotationObjectHelper&);

  private:
    QPDFObjectHandle getFieldFromAcroForm(std::string const& name);
    void setRadioButtonValue(QPDFObjectHandle name);
    void setCheckBoxValue(bool value);
    void generateTextAppearance(QPDFAnnotationObjectHelper&);
    QPDFObjectHandle getFontFromResource(
        QPDFObjectHandle resources, std::string const& font_name);

    class Members
    {
        friend class QPDFFormFieldObjectHelper;

      public:
        QPDF_DLL
        ~Members();

      private:
        Members();
        Members(Members const&);
    };

    PointerHolder<Members> m;
};

#endif // QPDFFORMFIELDOBJECTHELPER_HH