Quick Start (SOAP mode): Adding a signature field to a PDF document using the Java API

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

/* 
    * This Java Quick Start uses the SOAP mode and contains the following JAR files 
    * in the class path: 
    * 1. adobe-signatures-client.jar 
    * 2. adobe-livecycle-client.jar 
    * 3. adobe-usermanager-client.jar 
    * 4. adobe-utilities.jar 
    * 5. jbossall-client.jar (use a different JAR file if the LiveCycle server is not deployed 
    * on JBoss) 
    * 6. activation.jar (required for SOAP mode) 
    * 7. axis.jar (required for SOAP mode) 
    * 8. commons-codec-1.3.jar (required for SOAP mode) 
    * 9.  commons-collections-3.1.jar  (required for SOAP mode) 
    * 10. commons-discovery.jar (required for SOAP mode) 
    * 11. commons-logging.jar (required for SOAP mode) 
    * 12. dom3-xml-apis-2.5.0.jar (required for SOAP mode) 
    * 13. jaxen-1.1-beta-9.jar (required for SOAP mode) 
    * 14. jaxrpc.jar (required for SOAP mode) 
    * 15. log4j.jar (required for SOAP mode) 
    * 16. mail.jar (required for SOAP mode) 
    * 17. saaj.jar (required for SOAP mode) 
    * 18. wsdl4j.jar (required for SOAP mode) 
    * 19. xalan.jar (required for SOAP mode) 
    * 20. xbean.jar (required for SOAP mode) 
    * 21. xercesImpl.jar (required for SOAP mode) 
    *  
    *  These JAR files are located in the following path: 
    * <install directory>/sdk/client-libs/common 
    *  
    * The adobe-utilities.jar file is located in the following path: 
    * <install directory>/sdk/client-libs/jboss 
    *  
    * The jbossall-client.jar file is located in the following path: 
    * <install directory>/jboss/client 
    *  
    * SOAP required JAR files are located in the following path: 
    * <install directory>/sdk/client-libs/thirdparty 
    *  
    * If you want to invoke a remote LiveCycle server instance and there is a 
    * firewall between the client application and the server, then it is  
    * recommended that you use the SOAP mode. When using the SOAP mode,  
    * you have to include these additional JAR files 
    *  
    * For information about the SOAP  
    * mode, see "Setting connection properties" in Programming  
    * with LiveCycle 
    */ 
import java.util.*; 
import java.io.File; 
import java.io.FileInputStream; 
import com.adobe.livecycle.signatures.client.*; 
import com.adobe.livecycle.signatures.client.types.*; 
import com.adobe.idp.Document; 
import com.adobe.idp.dsc.clientsdk.ServiceClientFactory; 
import com.adobe.idp.dsc.clientsdk.ServiceClientFactoryProperties; 
 
public class AddSignatureFieldSOAP { 
 
    public static void main(String[] args) { 
         
        try 
        { 
         //Set connection properties required to invoke LiveCycle using SOAP mode                                 
         Properties connectionProps = new Properties(); 
         connectionProps.setProperty(ServiceClientFactoryProperties.DSC_DEFAULT_SOAP_ENDPOINT, "http://hiro-xp:8080"); 
         connectionProps.setProperty(ServiceClientFactoryProperties.DSC_TRANSPORT_PROTOCOL,ServiceClientFactoryProperties.DSC_SOAP_PROTOCOL);           
         connectionProps.setProperty(ServiceClientFactoryProperties.DSC_SERVER_TYPE, "JBoss"); 
         connectionProps.setProperty(ServiceClientFactoryProperties.DSC_CREDENTIAL_USERNAME, "administrator"); 
         connectionProps.setProperty(ServiceClientFactoryProperties.DSC_CREDENTIAL_PASSWORD, "password"); 
         
          //Create a ServiceClientFactory instance 
          ServiceClientFactory myFactory = ServiceClientFactory.createInstance(connectionProps); 
 
          //Create a SignatureServiceClient object 
          SignatureServiceClient signClient = new SignatureServiceClient(myFactory); 
         
          //Specify a PDF document to which a signature field is added 
          FileInputStream fileInputStream = new FileInputStream("C:\\Adobe\Loan.pdf");     
          Document inDoc = new Document (fileInputStream);  
 
          //Specify the name of the signature field 
          String fieldName = "SignatureField1"; 
 
          //Create a  PositionRectangle object that specifies 
          //the signature fields location 
          PositionRectangle post = new  PositionRectangle(193,47,133,12); 
 
          //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 
          Document sigFieldPDF = signClient.addSignatureField( 
             inDoc, 
             fieldName, 
             pageNum, 
             post, 
             null, 
             null); 
         
          //Save the PDF document that contains the signature field                     
          File outFile = new File("C:\\Adobe\LoanSig.pdf"); 
          sigFieldPDF.copyToFile(outFile); 
            } 
         
        catch (Exception ee) 
            { 
                ee.printStackTrace(); 
            } 
    } 
} 
 

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