This example shows how to search for Text e-signature in the document.
Signaturesignature=newSignature(sample.pdf);// setup search options
TextSearchOptionsoptions=newTextSearchOptions();// specify as true to search all pages of a document
options.setAllPages(true);// search only page with specified number
options.setPageNumber(1);// specify text math type
options.setMatchType(TextMatchType.Contains);// specify text to search
options.setText("John Smith");// search for text signatures in document
List<TextSignature>signatures=signature.search(TextSignature.class,options);// output signatures
for(TextSignaturetextSignature:signatures){if(textSignature!=null){System.out.print("Found Text signature at page "+sign.getPageNumber()+" with type ["+sign.getSignatureImplementation()+"] and text '"+sign.getText()+"'.");System.out.print("Location at "+sign.getLeft()+"-"+sign.getTop()+". Size is "+sign.getWidth()+"x"+sign.getHeight()+".");}}
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Advanced Usage Topics
To learn more about document eSign features, please refer to the advanced usage section.
GitHub Examples
You may easily run the code above and see the feature in action in our GitHub examples:
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