Add Distance Annotation

How to add Distance Annotation in Java

Distance annotation measures a distance between objects in a document like shown at the picture below. 

There is an ability to specify the next fields for DistanceAnnotation type:

  • Box - defines annotation position at document page;
  • Opacity - allows to set annotation opacity;
  • PenColor - defines frame color;
  • PenStyle - defines frame line style (solid, dash, dot etc.);
  • PenWidth -  defines frame line width in pixels.

Follow these steps to add Distance annotation to document:

  • Instantiate Annotator object with input document path or stream;
  • Instantiate DistanceAnnotation object with desired properties (position, page number, etc);
  • Call add method and pass DistanceAnnotation object;
  • Call save method with resultant document path or stream.

The following code demonstrates how to add DistanceAnnotation to the document:

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GitHub Examples

You may easily run the code above and see the feature in action in our GitHub examples:

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