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    11. Add ellipse annotation

    Add ellipse annotation

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    Ellipse annotation draws elliptic annotation on a document page as shown in the picture below.

    You can use the following methods to set the properties of the EllipseAnnotation class: 

    To add an ellipse annotation, follow these steps:

    1. Instantiate the Annotator class. Specify the input document path or stream.
    2. Instantiate EllipseAnnotation class. Specify the appropriate properties (position, page number, etc).
    3. Call the add() method. Specify the EllipseAnnotation class.
    4. Call the save() method. Specify the output document path or stream.

    The following code snippet shows how to add EllipseAnnotation to the document:

    // This example demonstrates adding ellipse annotation.

// Create an instance of Annotator class
Annotator annotator = new Annotator("inputPath");
try {
    // Create an instance of Reply class and add comments
    Reply reply1 = new Reply();
    reply1.setComment("First comment");
    reply1.setRepliedOn(Calendar.getInstance().getTime());

    Reply reply2 = new Reply();
    reply2.setComment("Second comment");
    reply2.setRepliedOn(Calendar.getInstance().getTime());

    java.util.List<Reply> replies =  new ArrayList<Reply>();
    replies.add(reply1);
    replies.add(reply2);

    // Create an instance of EllipseAnnotation class and set options
    EllipseAnnotation ellipse = new EllipseAnnotation();
    ellipse.setBackgroundColor(65535);
    ellipse.setBox(new Rectangle(100, 100, 100, 100));
    ellipse.setCreatedOn(Calendar.getInstance().getTime());
    ellipse.setMessage("This is ellipse annotation");
    ellipse.setOpacity(0.7);
    ellipse.setPageNumber(0);
    ellipse.setPenColor(65535);
    ellipse.setPenStyle(PenStyle.Dot);
    ellipse.setPenWidth((byte) 3);
    ellipse.setReplies(replies);
    
    // Add annotation and save to file
    annotator.add(ellipse);
    annotator.save("outputPath");
} finally {
    if (annotator != null) {
        annotator.dispose();
    }
}

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