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Text redaction annotation fills part of text with black rectangle to hide its content as shown in the picture below:
You can use the following methods to set the properties of the TextRedactionAnnotation class:
- setPoints() defines annotation positions as array of points
To add a text redaction annotation, follow these steps:
- Instantiate the Annotator class. Specify the input document path or stream.
- Instantiate the TextRedactionAnnotation class. Specify the appropriate properties (position, page number, etc).
- Call the add() method. Specify the TextRedactionAnnotation class.
- Call the save() method. Specify the output document path or stream.
The following code snippet shows how to add TextRedactionAnnotation to the document:
// This example demonstrates adding text redaction annotation.
// Create an instance of Annotator class
Annotator annotator = new Annotator("inputPath");
try {
// Create an instance of Reply class and add comments
Reply reply1 = new Reply();
reply1.setComment("First comment");
reply1.setRepliedOn(Calendar.getInstance().getTime());
Reply reply2 = new Reply();
reply2.setComment("Second comment");
reply2.setRepliedOn(Calendar.getInstance().getTime());
java.util.List<Reply> replies = new ArrayList<Reply>();
replies.add(reply1);
replies.add(reply2);
Point point1 = new Point(80, 730);
Point point2 = new Point(240, 730);
Point point3 = new Point(80, 650);
Point point4 = new Point(240, 650);
List<Point> points = new ArrayList<Point>();
points.add(point1);
points.add(point2);
points.add(point3);
points.add(point4);
// Create an instance of TextRedactionAnnotation class and set options
TextRedactionAnnotation textRedaction = new TextRedactionAnnotation();
textRedaction.setCreatedOn(Calendar.getInstance().getTime());
textRedaction.setMessage("This is text redaction annotation");
textRedaction.setPageNumber(0);
textRedaction.setPoints(points);
textRedaction.setReplies(replies);
// Add annotation and save to file
annotator.add(textRedaction);
annotator.save("outputPath");
} finally {
if (annotator != null) {
annotator.dispose();
}
}
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