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GroupDocs.Signature provides DigitalSearchOptions class to specify different options to search for Digital Signatures.
Here are the steps to search for digital signatures within the document with GroupDocs.Signature:
- Create new instance of Signature class and pass source document path as a constructor parameter.
- Instantiate the DigitalSearchOptions object according to your requirements and specify search options
- Call search method of Signature class instance and pass DigitalSearchOptions to it.
This example shows how to make advanced search for Digital signature in the document.
Signature signature = new Signature("signed.pdf");
DigitalSearchOptions options = new DigitalSearchOptions();
// specify special search criteria
options.setComments("Test comment");
// certificate issues criteria
options.setIssuerName("John");
// digital certificate subject
options.setSubjectName("Test");
// specify date range period of signature
options.setSignDateTimeFrom(DateUtils.addMonths(new Date(), -1));
options.setSignDateTimeTo(new Date());
// search for signatures in document
List<DigitalSignature> signatures = signature.search(DigitalSignature.class, options);
System.out.print("\nSource document contains following signatures.");
for (DigitalSignature digitalSignature : signatures)
{
System.out.print("Digital signature found from "+digitalSignature.getSignTime()+" with validation flag "+digitalSignature.isValid()+". Certificate SN "+ digitalSignature.getCertificate().getType());
}
You may easily run the code above and see the feature in action in our GitHub examples:
- GroupDocs.Signature for .NET examples, plugins, and showcase
- GroupDocs.Signature for Java examples, plugins, and showcase
- Document Signature for .NET MVC UI Example
- Document Signature for .NET App WebForms UI Example
- Document Signature for Java App Dropwizard UI Example
- Document Signature for Java Spring UI Example
Along with full-featured .NET library we provide simple, but powerful free Apps.
You are welcome to eSign PDF, Word, Excel, PowerPoint documents with free to use online GroupDocs Signature App.
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