Can I extend PTAnnot to include more fields.

[Claire Poza]

I need to store a boolean, string userid, timestamp on each of the annotations that are saved.

I see the object type PTAnnot and where it is saved from the tools, but what would be the best way to extend this?

@interface PTAnnot : NSObject

{

void *swigCPtr;

BOOL swigCMemOwn;

}

- (void*)getCptr;

- (instancetype)initWithCptr: (void*) cptr;

- (void)setSwigCMemOwn: (BOOL) own;

- (void)dealloc;

+ (PTAnnot*)Create: (PTSDFDoc*)doc type:  (PTAnnotType)type pos:  (PTPDFRect*)pos;

- (BOOL)IsValid;

- (PTObj*)GetSDFObj;

- (PTAnnotType)GetType;

- (PTPDFRect*)GetRect;

- (PTPDFRect*)GetVisibleContentBox;

- (BOOL)IsMarkup;

- (void)SetRect: (PTPDFRect*)pos;

- (PTPage*)GetPage;

- (void)SetPage: (PTPage*)page;

- (PTObj*)GetUniqueID;

- (void)SetUniqueID: (NSString *)id id_buf_sz:  (int)id_buf_sz;

- (PTDate*)GetDate;

- (void)SetDate: (PTDate*)date;

- (BOOL)GetFlag: (PTAnnotFlag)flag;

- (void)SetFlag: (PTAnnotFlag)flag value:  (BOOL)value;

- (PTObj*)GetTriggerAction: (PTAnnotActionTriggerEvent)trigger;

- (PTBorderStyle*)GetBorderStyle;

- (void)SetBorderStyle: (PTBorderStyle*)bs oldStyleOnly:  (BOOL)oldStyleOnly;

- (PTObj*)GetAppearance: (PTAnnotationState)annot_state app_state:  (NSString *)app_state;

- (void)SetAppearance: (PTObj*)app_stream annot_state:  (PTAnnotationState)annot_state app_state:  (NSString *)app_state;

- (void)RemoveAppearance: (PTAnnotationState)annot_state app_state:  (NSString *)app_state;

- (void)Flatten: (PTPage*)page;

- (NSString *)GetActiveAppearanceState;

- (void)SetActiveAppearanceState: (NSString *)astate;

- (PTColorPt*)GetColorAsRGB;

- (PTColorPt*)GetColorAsCMYK;

- (PTColorPt*)GetColorAsGray;

- (int)GetColorCompNum;

- (void)SetColor: (PTColorPt*)col numcomp:  (int)numcomp;

- (int)GetStructParent;

- (void)SetStructParent: (int)parkeyval;

- (PTObj*)GetOptionalContent;

- (void)SetOptionalContent: (PTObj*)content;

- (void)SetContents: (NSString*)contents;

- (NSString*)GetContents;

- (int)GetRotation;

- (void)SetRotation: (int)angle;

- (void)RefreshAppearance;

- (void)Resize: (PTPDFRect*)newrect;

+ (PTAnnot*)CreateInternal: (unsigned long long)impl;

- (unsigned long long)GetHandleInternal;

- (instancetype)initWithD: (PTObj*)d;

@end

[Ryan]

Yes, you can store custom data on an annotation.

First, though, you can store most of this using the built in API. Usually the annots that you want to handle like this are Markup annotations, which have some additional properties.

string userid

http://www.pdftron.com/pdfnet/mobile/docs/iOS/src/Classes/PTMarkup.html#/c:objc(cs)PTMarkup(im)SetTitle:

 This entry is also used to identify the user who added the annotation. 

timestamp on each of the annotations that are saved.

http://www.pdftron.com/pdfnet/mobile/docs/iOS/src/Classes/PTAnnot.html#/c:objc(cs)PTAnnot(im)SetDate:

Sets an annotation’s last modified date.

The advantage of using the existing API is that these are fully supported by PDFNet and other conforming PDF software. 

Otherwise, to go ahead with custom entries, this forum post should help you.

https://groups.google.com/d/msg/pdfnet-sdk/X7Nh-Mx41yk/aolQGyWOAwAJ

But it would be great to know more about why these three options are important for you? Why is the boolean important for you?