DocumentFactory Class

Summary

Provides support for loading and creating Document objects as well as managing the global cache.

Syntax

C++

Java

public static class DocumentFactory

Public NotInheritable Class DocumentFactory

public ref class DocumentFactory sealed abstract

public final class DocumentFactory

Remarks

The main class used for the LEADTOOLS Document class library is LEADDocument. This class abstracts the internal implementation to provide unified properties and methods to access the internal document. Users can create a new document or load existing documents from disk file or a URL.

Documents cannot be created directly. Instead, use the static DocumentFactory methods to obtain a LEADDocument instance, as follows:

Member	Description
LoadFromFile	Loads a document from existing data stored in a disk file.
LoadFromUri	Loads a document from existing data stored in a remote URI.
LoadFromUriAsync	Loads a document asynchronously from an existing data stored in remote URI.
LoadFromStream	Loads a document from existing data stored in a stream.
Create	Creates a new empty virtual document.
MimeTypes	MIME type whitelisting support.
RasterCodecsTemplate	Global template used when loading and saving raster and SVG images.

These methods, when combined with the ObjectCache, provide the following extra functionality:

Member	Description
Cache	The global LEADTOOLS ObjectCache object responsible for managing cache items and expiration policies. The cache can be stored in this value (if the system requires the use of a single global cache) or a new instance is passed directly to the various uploading, loading and saving methods to use distinct or shared caches with each document.
Create	Creates a new empty document.
LoadFromCache	Loads a previously saved document from the cache.
DocumentFactory	Deletes a document from the cache.
GetDocumentCacheInfo	Retrieves information about a document in the cache.
BeginUpload, UploadDocument, UploadAnnotations and AbortUploadDocument	Supports uploading a document to the cache system used by the factory.
DownloadDocument and DownloadAnnotations	Supports uploading a document to the cache system used by the factory.
CloneDocument	Clones (creates a copy) of an existing document in the cache.

Example

using Leadtools; 
using Leadtools.Codecs; 
using Leadtools.Document.Writer; 
using Leadtools.Svg; 
using LeadtoolsExamples.Common; 
using Leadtools.Document; 
using Leadtools.Caching; 
using Leadtools.Annotations.Engine; 
using Leadtools.Ocr; 
using Leadtools.Barcode; 
using Leadtools.Document.Converter; 
 
public static void DocumentFactoryExample() 
{ 
   var options = new LoadDocumentOptions(); 
   using (var document = DocumentFactory.LoadFromFile(Path.Combine(ImagesPath.Path, "Leadtools.pdf"), options)) 
   { 
      PrintOutDocumentInfo(document); 
   } 
}

Imports Leadtools 
Imports Leadtools.Codecs 
Imports Leadtools.Document.Writer 
Imports Leadtools.Svg 
Imports Leadtools.Document 
Imports Leadtools.Caching 
Imports Leadtools.Annotations.Engine 
Imports Leadtools.Barcode 
Imports Leadtools.Ocr 
Imports LeadtoolsDocumentExamples.LeadtoolsExamples.Common 
Imports Leadtools.Document.Converter 
 
Public Sub DocumentFactoryExample() 
   Dim options As New LoadDocumentOptions() 
   Using document As Leadtools.Document.LEADDocument = DocumentFactory.LoadFromFile(Path.Combine(ImagesPath.Path, "Leadtools.pdf"), options) 
      PrintOutDocumentInfo(document) 
   End Using 
End Sub