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    11. Add replacement annotation

    Add replacement annotation

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    Replacement annotation replaces original text with specified text fragmentas shown in the picture below: 

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

    To add a replacement annotation, follow these steps:

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

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

    // This example demonstrates adding text replacement 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);

    Point point1 = new Point(80, 730);
    Point point2 = new Point(240, 730);
    Point point3 = new Point(80, 650);
    Point point4 = new Point(240, 650);

    List<Point> points = new ArrayList<Point>();
    points.add(point1);
    points.add(point2);
    points.add(point3);
    points.add(point4);

    // Create an instance of ReplacementAnnotation class and set options
    ReplacementAnnotation replacement = new ReplacementAnnotation();
    replacement.setCreatedOn(Calendar.getInstance().getTime());
    replacement.setFontColor(65535);
    replacement.setMessage("This is replacement annotation");
    replacement.setOpacity(0.7);
    replacement.setPageNumber(0);
    replacement.setPoints(points);
    replacement.setReplies(replies);
    replacement.setTextToReplace("replaced text");
    
    // Add annotation and save to file
    annotator.add(replacement);
    annotator.save("outputPath");
} finally {
    if (annotator != null) {
        annotator.dispose();
    }
}

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