[PDFBOX-3898] AcroFields' PDTextField (and others?) can have kids

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 2.0.7, 3.0.0 PDFBox
• Fix Version/s: 2.0.8, 3.0.0 PDFBox
• Component/s: AcroForm
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Tim Allison
• Created: 15/Aug/17 15:59
• Updated: 02/Nov/17 21:01
• Resolved: 11/Sep/17 14:52

Description

On TIKA-2442, ccreutzig submitted a PDF file that shows that a PDTextField can have Kids. According to the PDF spec version 1.7, table 8.69, page 675, "Kids" is (apparently) available for all fields. In the description of a Text field, the spec says

Besides the usual entries common to all fields (see Table 8.69 on page 675) and to fields containing variable text (see Table 8.71)

Acrobat is able to handle the triggering file, and when modified and saved, Acrobat maintains the parent field as a PDTextField.

Issue Links

• is depended upon by: TIKA-2442 Non-terminal interactive form fields not handled recursively