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[jira] [Commented] (PDFBOX-4689) Invisible Signature should have empty Appearance Dictionary

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Tilman Hausherr commented on PDFBOX-4689:
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I remember we had this discussion years ago and the result was the opposite, because it didn't seem to be required. Sadly I can't find the document. However I found the issue when it was removed.

> Invisible Signature should have empty Appearance Dictionary
> -----------------------------------------------------------
>
>                 Key: PDFBOX-4689
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/PDFBOX-4689
>             Project: PDFBox
>          Issue Type: Improvement
>          Components: Signing
>    Affects Versions: 2.0.17
>            Reporter: Stefan Strobl
>            Priority: Major
>
> According to TechNote 0006: Digital Signatures in PDF/A-1
> [http://www.pdfa.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/tn0006_digital_signatures_in_pdfa-1_2008-03-141.pdf] Section 2.4 "The visual appearance must also exist for an invisible signature but may be empty." 
> This should be easily handled by modifying PDDocument as indicated below:
> {code:java}
> private void prepareNonVisibleSignature(PDSignatureField signatureField)
>         throws IOException
> {
>     // "Signature fields that are not intended to be visible shall
>     // have an annotation rectangle that has zero height and width."
>     // Set rectangle for non-visual signature to rectangle array [ 0 0 0 0 ]
>     signatureField.getWidgets().get(0).setRectangle(new PDRectangle());
> +    signatureField.getWidgets().get(0).setAppearance(new PDAppearanceDictionary());
> }
> {code}
> If this is an acceptable solution I would be happy to provide a PR



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