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package org.apache.pdfbox.pdmodel.interactive.form;

import java.io.IOException;
import java.util.List;

import org.apache.pdfbox.cos.COSArray;
import org.apache.pdfbox.cos.COSBase;
import org.apache.pdfbox.cos.COSDictionary;
import org.apache.pdfbox.cos.COSName;
import org.apache.pdfbox.cos.COSStream;
import org.apache.pdfbox.cos.COSString;
import org.apache.pdfbox.pdmodel.common.COSArrayList;
import org.apache.pdfbox.pdmodel.common.COSObjectable;
import org.apache.pdfbox.pdmodel.fdf.FDFField;
import org.apache.pdfbox.pdmodel.interactive.action.PDFormFieldAdditionalActions;
import org.apache.pdfbox.pdmodel.interactive.annotation.PDAnnotationWidget;

/**
 * A field in an interactive form.
 */
public abstract class PDField implements COSObjectable {
    private static final int FLAG_READ_ONLY = 1;
    private static final int FLAG_REQUIRED = 1 << 1;
    private static final int FLAG_NO_EXPORT = 1 << 2;

    private final PDAcroForm acroForm;
    private final PDNonTerminalField parent;
    private final COSDictionary dictionary;

    /**
     * Constructor.
     * 
     * @param acroForm The form that this field is part of.
     */
    PDField(PDAcroForm acroForm) {
        this(acroForm, new COSDictionary(), null);
    }

    /**
     * Constructor.
     *  @param acroForm The form that this field is part of.
     * @param field the PDF object to represent as a field.
     * @param parent the parent node of the node
     */
    PDField(PDAcroForm acroForm, COSDictionary field, PDNonTerminalField parent) {
        this.acroForm = acroForm;
        this.dictionary = field;
        this.parent = parent;
    }

    /**
     * Creates a COSField subclass from the given COS field. This is for reading fields from PDFs.
     *
     * @param form the form that the field is part of
     * @param field the dictionary representing a field element
     * @param parent the parent node of the node to be created, or null if root.
     * @return a new PDField instance
     */
    static PDField fromDictionary(PDAcroForm form, COSDictionary field, PDNonTerminalField parent) {
        return PDFieldFactory.createField(form, field, parent);
    }

    /**
     * Returns the given attribute, inheriting from parent nodes if necessary.
     *
     * @param key the key to look up
     * @return COS value for the given key
     */
    protected COSBase getInheritableAttribute(COSName key) {
        if (dictionary.containsKey(key)) {
            return dictionary.getDictionaryObject(key);
        } else if (parent != null) {
            return parent.getInheritableAttribute(key);
        } else {
            return acroForm.getCOSObject().getDictionaryObject(key);
        }
    }

    /**
     * Get the FT entry of the field. This is a read only field and is set depending on the actual type. The field type
     * is an inheritable attribute.
     * 
     * @return The Field type.
     * 
     */
    public abstract String getFieldType();

    /**
     * Returns a string representation of the "V" entry, or an empty string.
     * 
     * @return The list of widget annotations.
     */
    public abstract String getValueAsString();

    /**
     * Sets the value of the field.
     *
     * @param value the new field value.
     * 
     * @throws IOException if the value could not be set
     */
    public abstract void setValue(String value) throws IOException;

    /**
     * Returns the widget annotations associated with this field.
     * 
     * For {@link PDNonTerminalField} the list will be empty as non terminal fields
     * have no visual representation in the form.
     * 
     * @return a List of {@link PDAnnotationWidget} annotations. Be aware that this list is
     * <i>not</i> backed by the actual widget collection of the field, so adding or deleting has no
     * effect on the PDF document. For {@link PDTerminalField} you'd have to call
     * {@link PDTerminalField#setWidgets(java.util.List) setWidgets()} with the modified list.
     */
    public abstract List<PDAnnotationWidget> getWidgets();

    /**
     * sets the field to be read-only.
     * 
     * @param readonly The new flag for readonly.
     */
    public void setReadOnly(boolean readonly) {
        dictionary.setFlag(COSName.FF, FLAG_READ_ONLY, readonly);
    }

    /**
     * 
     * @return true if the field is readonly
     */
    public boolean isReadOnly() {
        return dictionary.getFlag(COSName.FF, FLAG_READ_ONLY);
    }

    /**
     * sets the flag whether the field is to be required to have a value at the time it is exported
     * by a submit-form action.
     *
     * @param required The new flag for required.
     */
    public void setRequired(boolean required) {
        dictionary.setFlag(COSName.FF, FLAG_REQUIRED, required);
    }

    /**
     * @return true if the field is required to have a value at the time it is exported by a
     * submit-form action.
     */
    public boolean isRequired() {
        return dictionary.getFlag(COSName.FF, FLAG_REQUIRED);
    }

    /**
     * sets the field to be not exported.
     * 
     * @param noExport The new flag for noExport.
     */
    public void setNoExport(boolean noExport) {
        dictionary.setFlag(COSName.FF, FLAG_NO_EXPORT, noExport);
    }

    /**
     * 
     * @return true if the field is not to be exported.
     */
    public boolean isNoExport() {
        return dictionary.getFlag(COSName.FF, FLAG_NO_EXPORT);
    }

    /**
     * This will get the flags for this field.
     * 
     * @return flags The set of flags.
     */
    public abstract int getFieldFlags();

    /**
     * This will set the flags for this field.
     * 
     * @param flags The new flags.
     */
    public void setFieldFlags(int flags) {
        dictionary.setInt(COSName.FF, flags);
    }

    /**
     * Get the additional actions for this field. This will return null if there
     * are no additional actions for this field.
     *
     * @return The actions of the field.
     */
    public PDFormFieldAdditionalActions getActions() {
        COSDictionary aa = (COSDictionary) dictionary.getDictionaryObject(COSName.AA);
        if (aa != null) {
            return new PDFormFieldAdditionalActions(aa);
        }
        return null;
    }

    /**
      * This will import a fdf field from a fdf document.
      * 
      * @param fdfField The fdf field to import.
      * @throws IOException If there is an error importing the data for this field.
      */
    void importFDF(FDFField fdfField) throws IOException {
        COSBase fieldValue = fdfField.getCOSValue();

        if (fieldValue != null && this instanceof PDTerminalField) {
            PDTerminalField currentField = (PDTerminalField) this;

            if (fieldValue instanceof COSName) {
                currentField.setValue(((COSName) fieldValue).getName());
            } else if (fieldValue instanceof COSString) {
                currentField.setValue(((COSString) fieldValue).getString());
            } else if (fieldValue instanceof COSStream) {
                currentField.setValue(((COSStream) fieldValue).toTextString());
            } else if (fieldValue instanceof COSArray && this instanceof PDChoice) {
                ((PDChoice) this).setValue(COSArrayList.convertCOSStringCOSArrayToList((COSArray) fieldValue));
            } else {
                throw new IOException("Error:Unknown type for field import" + fieldValue);
            }
        } else if (fieldValue != null) {
            dictionary.setItem(COSName.V, fieldValue);
        }

        Integer ff = fdfField.getFieldFlags();
        if (ff != null) {
            setFieldFlags(ff);
        } else {
            // these are suppose to be ignored if the Ff is set.
            Integer setFf = fdfField.getSetFieldFlags();
            int fieldFlags = getFieldFlags();

            if (setFf != null) {
                int setFfInt = setFf;
                fieldFlags = fieldFlags | setFfInt;
                setFieldFlags(fieldFlags);
            }

            Integer clrFf = fdfField.getClearFieldFlags();
            if (clrFf != null) {
                // we have to clear the bits of the document fields for every bit that is
                // set in this field.
                //
                // Example:
                // docFf = 1011
                // clrFf = 1101
                // clrFfValue = 0010;
                // newValue = 1011 & 0010 which is 0010
                int clrFfValue = clrFf;
                clrFfValue ^= 0xFFFFFFFF;
                fieldFlags = fieldFlags & clrFfValue;
                setFieldFlags(fieldFlags);
            }
        }
    }

    /**
     * Exports this field and its children as FDF.
     */
    abstract FDFField exportFDF() throws IOException;

    /**
     * Get the parent field to this field, or null if none exists.
     * 
     * @return The parent field.
     */
    public PDNonTerminalField getParent() {
        return parent;
    }

    /**
     * This will find one of the child elements. The name array are the components of the name to search down the tree
     * of names. The nameIndex is where to start in that array. This method is called recursively until it finds the end
     * point based on the name array.
     * 
     * @param name An array that picks the path to the field.
     * @param nameIndex The index into the array.
     * @return The field at the endpoint or null if none is found.
     */
    PDField findKid(String[] name, int nameIndex) {
        PDField retval = null;
        COSArray kids = (COSArray) dictionary.getDictionaryObject(COSName.KIDS);
        if (kids != null) {
            for (int i = 0; retval == null && i < kids.size(); i++) {
                COSDictionary kidDictionary = (COSDictionary) kids.getObject(i);
                if (name[nameIndex].equals(kidDictionary.getString(COSName.T))) {
                    retval = PDField.fromDictionary(acroForm, kidDictionary, (PDNonTerminalField) this);
                    if (retval != null && name.length > nameIndex + 1) {
                        retval = retval.findKid(name, nameIndex + 1);
                    }
                }
            }
        }
        return retval;
    }

    /**
     * This will get the acroform that this field is part of.
     * 
     * @return The form this field is on.
     */
    public PDAcroForm getAcroForm() {
        return acroForm;
    }

    /**
     * This will get the dictionary associated with this field.
     * 
     * @return the dictionary that this class wraps.
     */
    @Override
    public COSDictionary getCOSObject() {
        return dictionary;
    }

    /**
     * Returns the partial name of the field.
     * 
     * @return the name of the field
     */
    public String getPartialName() {
        return dictionary.getString(COSName.T);
    }

    /**
     * This will set the partial name of the field.
     * 
     * @param name The new name for the field.
     */
    public void setPartialName(String name) {
        dictionary.setString(COSName.T, name);
    }

    /**
     * Returns the fully qualified name of the field, which is a concatenation of the names of all the parents fields.
     * 
     * @return the name of the field
     */
    public String getFullyQualifiedName() {
        String finalName = getPartialName();
        String parentName = parent != null ? parent.getFullyQualifiedName() : null;
        if (parentName != null) {
            if (finalName != null) {
                finalName = parentName + "." + finalName;
            } else {
                finalName = parentName;
            }
        }
        return finalName;
    }

    /**
     * Gets the alternate name of the field ("shall be used in place of the actual field name
     * wherever the field shall be identified in the user interface (such as in error or status
     * messages referring to the field)").
     *
     * @return the alternate name of the field
     */
    public String getAlternateFieldName() {
        return dictionary.getString(COSName.TU);
    }

    /**
     * This will set the alternate name of the field ("shall be used in place of the actual field
     * name wherever the field shall be identified in the user interface (such as in error or status
     * messages referring to the field)"). The text appears as a tool tip in Adobe Reader. Because
     * of the usage for error or status messages, it should be different for each field.
     *
     * @param alternateFieldName the alternate name of the field.
     */
    public void setAlternateFieldName(String alternateFieldName) {
        dictionary.setString(COSName.TU, alternateFieldName);
    }

    /**
     * Gets the mapping name of the field.
     * 
     * The mapping name shall be used when exporting interactive form field
     * data from the document.
     * 
     * @return the mapping name of the field
     */
    public String getMappingName() {
        return dictionary.getString(COSName.TM);
    }

    /**
     * This will set the mapping name of the field.
     * 
     * @param mappingName the mapping name of the field
     */
    public void setMappingName(String mappingName) {
        dictionary.setString(COSName.TM, mappingName);
    }

    @Override
    public String toString() {
        return getFullyQualifiedName() + "{type: " + getClass().getSimpleName() + " value: "
                + getInheritableAttribute(COSName.V) + "}";
    }
}