This article demonstrates how to detect the required form fields in an existing PDF document using Spire.PDF for Java.
import com.spire.pdf.fields.PdfField;
import com.spire.pdf.widget.PdfFormWidget;
public class DetectRequiredFields {
public static void main(String[] args) {
//load a PDF file
PdfDocument doc = new PdfDocument();
doc.loadFromFile("C:\\Users\\Administrator\\Desktop\\Fields.pdf");
//get form widget from the PDF document.
PdfFormWidget formWidget = (PdfFormWidget)doc.getForm();
//loop through the fields widget
for (int i = 0; i < formWidget.getFieldsWidget().getList().getCapacity(); i++) {
//get the specific field
PdfField field = (PdfField) formWidget.getFieldsWidget().getList().get_Item(i);
//get the field name
String fieldName = field.getName();
//determine if the field is required
boolean isRequired = field.getRequired();
if (isRequired){
//print the required field
System.out.println(fieldName + " is required");
}
}
}
}

