/** * This example was written by Bruno Lowagie in answer to the following question: * http://stackoverflow.com/questions/28450668/how-to-add-in-reply-to-annotation-using-itextsharp */ package sandbox.annotations; import com.itextpdf.text.DocumentException; import com.itextpdf.text.Rectangle; import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfAnnotation; import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfArray; import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfDictionary; import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfName; import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfReader; import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfStamper; import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfWriter; import java.io.File; import java.io.FileOutputStream; import java.io.IOException; import sandbox.WrapToTest; @WrapToTest public class AddInReplyTo { public static final String SRC = "resources/pdfs/hello_sticky_note.pdf"; public static final String DEST = "results/annotations/hello_in_reply_to.pdf"; public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException, DocumentException { File file = new File(DEST); file.getParentFile().mkdirs(); new AddInReplyTo().manipulatePdf(SRC, DEST); } public void manipulatePdf(String src, String dest) throws IOException, DocumentException { PdfReader reader = new PdfReader(src); PdfDictionary page = reader.getPageN(1); PdfArray annots = page.getAsArray(PdfName.ANNOTS); PdfDictionary sticky = annots.getAsDict(0); PdfArray stickyRect = sticky.getAsArray(PdfName.RECT); PdfDictionary popup = annots.getAsDict(1); PdfStamper stamper = new PdfStamper(reader, new FileOutputStream(dest)); PdfWriter writer = stamper.getWriter(); Rectangle stickyRectangle = new Rectangle( stickyRect.getAsNumber(0).floatValue(), stickyRect.getAsNumber(1).floatValue(), stickyRect.getAsNumber(2).floatValue(), stickyRect.getAsNumber(3).floatValue() ); PdfAnnotation replySticky = PdfAnnotation.createText( writer, stickyRectangle, "Reply", "Hello PDF", true, "Comment"); replySticky.put(PdfName.IRT, annots.getAsIndirectObject(0)); stamper.addAnnotation(replySticky, 1); stamper.close(); } }