software.authoring
Class FillInPdfForm

java.lang.Object
  software.authoring.FillInPdfForm

public class FillInPdfForm
extends java.lang.Object

Constructor Summary

FillInPdfForm()

Method Summary

static void	fillIn(org.gwu.voting.standardFormat.electionSpecification.ElectionSpecification es, java.lang.String form, java.lang.String pathToPrintsFile, java.util.Vector<java.awt.Point> range, char[] chars, boolean charReset, java.lang.String outDir)
static void	main(java.lang.String[] args) debug method
static void	randomVote(FormMaker fm, java.lang.String form) TODO this can be made more efficient Given a pdf ballot, it randomly votes it and writes it in a file with the same name, but with sufix Voted
static void	topAndBottomSeparatly(FormMaker fm, java.lang.String form)

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

equals, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

FillInPdfForm

public FillInPdfForm()

Method Detail

fillIn

public static void fillIn(org.gwu.voting.standardFormat.electionSpecification.ElectionSpecification es,
                          java.lang.String form,
                          java.lang.String pathToPrintsFile,
                          java.util.Vector<java.awt.Point> range,
                          char[] chars,
                          boolean charReset,
                          java.lang.String outDir)
                   throws java.lang.Exception

Parameters:

es - - the ELection Specification

form - - a blank pdf form (coresponding to the ElectionSpec)

pathToPrintsFile - - where the prints file from m2 are

range - - A pdf file is produced for each number in each range. One range is from x(inclusive) to y(inclusive)

chars - - the chars to be used for filling in the form

charReset - - true if for each contest, the chars are taken from the begining of the chars array

outDir - - the directory where the pdf ballots are written. The names are serial.pdf (where serial is a number)

Throws:

java.lang.Exception - - no Exception is caugth and no Exception is Explicitly thrown

randomVote

public static void randomVote(FormMaker fm,
                              java.lang.String form)
                       throws java.lang.Exception

TODO this can be made more efficient Given a pdf ballot, it randomly votes it and writes it in a file with the same name, but with sufix Voted

Parameters:

fm - - used for getting all the Questions and the javascript.

form - - a pdf ballot, or a directory. if it is a directory, it takes all the files from it recursevly and votes them all

Throws:

java.lang.Exception - - no Exception is caugth and no Exception is Explicitly thrown

topAndBottomSeparatly

public static void topAndBottomSeparatly(FormMaker fm,
                                         java.lang.String form)
                                  throws java.lang.Exception

Throws:

java.lang.Exception

main

public static void main(java.lang.String[] args)
                 throws java.lang.Exception

debug method

Parameters:

args - ElectionSpec PdfForm PrintsFile From0-To0;From1-To1 OutDir Chars

Throws:

org.gwu.voting.standardFormat.electionSpecification.exceptions.ESException

java.io.IOException

com.lowagie.text.DocumentException

java.lang.Exception