Quick Start (SwaRef):Adding a signature field using the web service API

The following Java code example adds a signature field, named SignatureField1, to a PDF document that is based on a PDF file named Loan.pdf. The PDF document that contains the new signature field is saved as a PDF file named LoanSig.pdf. (See Adding Signature Fields.)

/** 
    * Ensure that you create Java proxy files that consume 
    * the Signature services  WSDL. You can use JAX-WS to create 
    * the proxy Java files.   
    *    
    * For information, see "Invoking LiveCycle using SwaRef" in Programming with LiveCycle 
    */ 
import java.io.File; 
import java.io.FileInputStream; 
import java.io.FileOutputStream; 
import java.io.InputStream; 
import java.io.OutputStream; 
 
import javax.activation.DataHandler; 
import javax.activation.FileDataSource; 
import javax.xml.ws.BindingProvider; 
 
import com.adobe.idp.services.*; 
 
public class AddSignatureFieldSWAref { 
 
    public static void main(String[] args) { 
         
        try 
        { 
          //Set LiveCycle connection values 
          String url = "http://hiro-xp:8080/soap/services/signatureservice?blob=swaRef"; 
          String username = "administrator"; 
          String password = "password"; 
             
          // Create the service Client objects needed 
          SignatureServiceService signatureService = new SignatureServiceService(); 
          SignatureService signatureClient =  signatureService.getSignatureservice(); 
 
          // Retrieve the Web services from the LiveCycle server. 
          ((BindingProvider) signatureClient).getRequestContext().put(BindingProvider.ENDPOINT_ADDRESS_PROPERTY, url); 
          ((BindingProvider) signatureClient).getRequestContext().put(BindingProvider.USERNAME_PROPERTY, username); 
          ((BindingProvider) signatureClient).getRequestContext().put(BindingProvider.PASSWORD_PROPERTY, password); 
             
          //Specify a PDF document to which a signature field is added 
          String path1 = "C:\\Adobe\Loan.pdf"; 
          FileDataSource ds1 = new FileDataSource(path1);  
          DataHandler handler1 = new DataHandler(ds1); 
          BLOB inDoc = new BLOB(); 
          inDoc.setSwaRef(handler1); 
         
          //Specify the name of the signature field 
          String fieldName = "SignatureField1"; 
 
          //Create a  PositionRectangle object that specifies 
          //the signature fields location 
          PositionRectangle post = new PositionRectangle(); 
          post.setLowerLeftX(193); 
          post.setLowerLeftY(47); 
          post.setWidth(133); 
          post.setHeight(12); 
 
          //Specify the page number that will contain the signature field 
          java.lang.Integer pageNum = new java.lang.Integer(1); 
 
          //Add a signature field to the PDF document 
          BLOB sigFieldPDF = signatureClient.addSignatureField( 
             inDoc, 
             fieldName, 
             pageNum, 
             post, 
             null, 
             null); 
         
        //Create a new file containing the returned PDF document 
        File f = new File("C:\\Adobe\LoanSig.pdf"); 
        BLOB outBlob = sigFieldPDF; 
        DataHandler handler2 = outBlob.getSwaRef(); 
         
        //Get an InputStream from DataHandler and 
        //write to a file 
        InputStream inputStream = handler2.getInputStream(); 
        OutputStream out = new FileOutputStream(f); 
         
        //Iterate through the buffer 
        byte buf[] = new byte[1024]; 
        int len; 
        while ((len = inputStream.read(buf)) > 0) 
            out.write(buf, 0, len); 
        out.close(); 
        inputStream.close(); 
 
        } 
         
        catch (Exception ee) 
            { 
                ee.printStackTrace(); 
            } 
    } 
} 
 

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