qpdf/include/qpdf/QPDFAcroFormDocumentHelper.hh

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#ifndef QPDFACROFORMDOCUMENTHELPER_HH
#define QPDFACROFORMDOCUMENTHELPER_HH

// This document helper is intended to help with operations on
// interactive forms. Here are the key things to know:

// * The PDF specification talks about interactive forms and also
//   about form XObjects. While form XObjects appear in parts of
//   interactive forms, this class is concerned about interactive
//   forms, not form XObjects.
//
// * Interactive forms are discussed in the PDF Specification (ISO PDF
//   32000-1:2008) section 12.7. Also relevant is the section about
//   Widget annotations. Annotations are discussed in section 12.5
//   with annotation dictionaries discussed in 12.5.1. Widget
//   annotations are discussed specifically in section 12.5.6.19.
//
// * What you need to know about the structure of interactive forms in
//   PDF files:
//
//   - The document catalog contains the key "/AcroForm" which
//     contains a list of fields. Fields are represented as a tree
//     structure much like pages. Nodes in the fields tree may contain
//     other fields. Fields may inherit values of many of their
//     attributes from ancestors in the tree.
//
//   - Fields may also have children that are widget annotations. As a
//     special case, and a cause of considerable confusion, if a field
//     has a single annotation as a child, the annotation dictionary
//     may be merged with the field dictionary. In that case, the
//     field and the annotation are in the same object. Note that,
//     while field dictionary attributes are inherited, annotation
//     dictionary attributes are not.
//
//   - A page dictionary contains a key called "/Annots" which
//     contains a simple list of annotations. For any given annotation
//     of subtype "/Widget", you should encounter that annotation in
//     the "/Annots" dictionary of a page, and you should also be able
//     to reach it by traversing through the "/AcroForm" dictionary
//     from the document catalog. In the simplest case (and also a
//     very common case), a form field's widget annotation will be
//     merged with the field object, and the object will appear
//     directly both under "/Annots" in the page dictionary and under
//     "/Fields" in the "/AcroForm" dictionary. In a more complex
//     case, you may have to trace through various "/Kids" elements in
//     the "/AcroForm" field entry until you find the annotation
//     dictionary.


#include <qpdf/QPDFDocumentHelper.hh>

#include <qpdf/DLL.h>

#include <qpdf/QPDFAnnotationObjectHelper.hh>
#include <qpdf/QPDFFormFieldObjectHelper.hh>
#include <qpdf/QPDFPageObjectHelper.hh>

#include <map>
#include <set>
#include <vector>

class QPDFAcroFormDocumentHelper: public QPDFDocumentHelper
{
  public:
    QPDF_DLL
    QPDFAcroFormDocumentHelper(QPDF&);

    // This class lazily creates an internal cache of the mapping
    // among form fields, annotations, and pages. Methods within this
    // class preserve the validity of this cache. However, if you
    // modify pages' annotation dictionaries, the document's /AcroForm
    // dictionary, or any form fields manually in a way that alters
    // the association between forms, fields, annotations, and pages,
    // it may cause this cache to become invalid. This method marks
    // the cache invalid and forces it to be regenerated the next time
    // it is needed.
    QPDF_DLL
    void invalidateCache();

    QPDF_DLL
    bool
    hasAcroForm();

    // Return a vector of all terminal fields in a document. Terminal
    // fields are fields that have no children that are also fields.
    // Terminal fields may still have children that are annotations.
    // Intermediate nodes in the fields tree are not included in this
    // list, but you can still reach them through the getParent method
    // of the field object helper.
    QPDF_DLL
    std::vector<QPDFFormFieldObjectHelper>
    getFormFields();

    // Return the annotations associated with a terminal field. Note
    // that in the case of a field having a single annotation, the
    // underlying object will typically be the same as the underlying
    // object for the field.
    QPDF_DLL
    std::vector<QPDFAnnotationObjectHelper>
    getAnnotationsForField(QPDFFormFieldObjectHelper);

    // Return annotations of subtype /Widget for a page.
    QPDF_DLL
    std::vector<QPDFAnnotationObjectHelper>
    getWidgetAnnotationsForPage(QPDFPageObjectHelper);

    // Return the terminal field that is associated with this
    // annotation. If the annotation dictionary is merged with the
    // field dictionary, the underlying object will be the same, but
    // this is not always the case. Note that if you call this method
    // with an annotation that is not a widget annotation, there will
    // not be an associated field, and this method will raise an
    // exception.
    QPDF_DLL
    QPDFFormFieldObjectHelper
    getFieldForAnnotation(QPDFAnnotationObjectHelper);

    // Return the current value of /NeedAppearances. If
    // /NeedAppearances is missing, return false as that is how PDF
    // viewers are supposed to interpret it.
    QPDF_DLL
    bool getNeedAppearances();

    // Indicate whether appearance streams must be regenerated. If you
    // modify a field value, you should call setNeedAppearances(true)
    // unless you also generate an appearance stream for the
    // corresponding annotation at the same time. If you generate
    // appearance streams for all fields, you can call
    // setNeedAppearances(false). If you use
    // QPDFFormFieldObjectHelper::setV, it will automatically call
    // this method unless you tell it not to.
    QPDF_DLL
    void setNeedAppearances(bool);

  private:
    void analyze();
    void traverseField(QPDFObjectHandle field,
                       QPDFObjectHandle parent,
                       int depth, std::set<QPDFObjGen>& visited);

    class Members
    {
        friend class QPDFAcroFormDocumentHelper;

      public:
        QPDF_DLL
        ~Members();

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

        bool cache_valid;
        std::map<QPDFObjGen,
                 std::vector<QPDFAnnotationObjectHelper>
                 > field_to_annotations;
        std::map<QPDFObjGen, QPDFFormFieldObjectHelper> annotation_to_field;
    };

    PointerHolder<Members> m;
};

#endif // QPDFACROFORMDOCUMENTHELPER_HH