Add annotation

The following example shows how to add an annotation (comment) to a paragraph.

import com.independentsoft.office.odf.Annotation;
import com.independentsoft.office.odf.Paragraph;
import com.independentsoft.office.odf.TextDocument;
import java.util.Calendar;
import java.util.Date;

public class Example {

    public static void main(String[] args)
    {
        try
        {
            TextDocument doc = new TextDocument();

            Paragraph commentBody = new Paragraph();
            commentBody.add("This is a reviewer comment.");

            Calendar cal = Calendar.getInstance();
            cal.set(2026, Calendar.JANUARY, 15);
            Date commentDate = cal.getTime();

            Annotation annotation = new Annotation();
            annotation.setCreator("Jane Smith");
            annotation.setCreationDate(commentDate);
            annotation.setShow(true);
            annotation.add(commentBody);

            Paragraph p1 = new Paragraph();
            p1.add("This text has an annotation");
            p1.add(annotation);
            p1.add(" attached to it.");
            doc.getBody().add(p1);

            doc.save("c:\\test\\output.odt", true);
        }
        catch (Exception e)
        {
            System.out.println(e.getMessage());
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
    }
}

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