[PDFBOX-3941] PDAcroForm.flatten(List<PDField>, boolean) works incorrectly

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Duplicate
• Affects Version/s: 2.0.7
• Component/s: AcroForm
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Artem Logachev
• Created: 26/Sep/17 08:47
• Updated: 26/Sep/17 14:54
• Resolved: 26/Sep/17 14:54

Description

Documentation for PDAcroForm.flatten(List<PDField>, boolean) says "This will flatten the specified form fields".
But the following code works same as PDAcroForm.flatten() though excepted to flatten only one field.

PDDocument document = PDDocument.load(new File("/flatten_fields.pdf"));
PDAcroForm acroForm = document.getDocumentCatalog().getAcroForm();
List<PDField> fields = new ArrayList<>(); 
fields.add(acroForm.getField("flatten"));
acroForm.flatten(fields, true);
document.save("/flatten_result.pdf");
document.close();

Issue Links

• is duplicated by: PDFBOX-3809 PDAcroForm.flatten(PDField list, refreshAppearances boolean) flattens all form fields instead of specified ones.