This tutorial shows how to create a Java application that creates a new PDF document and adds the first pages from each PDF in a directory to the newly created PDF.
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Summary | This tutorial covers how to create a new PDF document and add pages to it using SVG in a Java Console application |
Completion Time | 30 minutes |
Eclipse Project | Download tutorial project (2 KB) |
Platform | Java Application |
IDE | Eclipse |
Development License | Download LEADTOOLS |
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Get familiar with the basic steps of creating a project by reviewing the Add References and Set a License tutorial, before working on the Create Documents with Document Writers - Java tutorial.
Start with a copy of the project created in the Add References and Set a License tutorial. If that project is unavailable, follow the steps in that tutorial to create the project.
The references needed depend upon the purpose of the project. References can be added by local .jar
files located at <INSTALL_DIR>\LEADTOOLS21\Bin\Java
.
For this project, the following references are needed:
leadtools.jar
leadtools.document.jar
leadtools.document.writer.jar
leadtools.codecs.jar
leadtools.pdf.jar
leadtools.svg.jar
This tutorial uses LEADTOOLS Document library support. For a complete list of which JAR files are required for your application, refer to Files to be Included with your Java Application
The License unlocks the features needed for the project. It must be set before any toolkit function is called. For details, including tutorials for different platforms, refer to Setting a Runtime License.
There are two types of runtime licenses:
Note
Adding LEADTOOLS references and setting a license are covered in more detail in the Add References and Set a License tutorial.
With the project created, the references added, and the license set, coding can begin.
In the Project Explorer, open _Main.java
class. Add the following statements to the import
block at the top.
// Add to import block
import java.io.*;
import java.nio.file.*;
import java.util.*;
import leadtools.*;
import leadtools.codecs.*;
import leadtools.document.writer.*;
In the main()
method make sure to include the following code above SetLicense();
.
Platform.setLibPath("C:\\LEADTOOLS21\\Bin\\CDLL\\x64");
Platform.loadLibrary(LTLibrary.LEADTOOLS);
Platform.loadLibrary(LTLibrary.CODECS);
Platform.loadLibrary(LTLibrary.DOCUMENT_WRITER);
Add a new method called CreatePdfDocument()
and call it inside the Main()
method after the SetLicense();
call. Add the below code to create a new PDF file and add the first page of each PDF in a given directory to the new PDF.
static void CreatePdfDocument()
{
RasterCodecs codecs = new RasterCodecs();
String dir = "C:\\LEADTOOLS21\\Resources\\Images";
int pageNumber = 1;
String[] pdfFiles = GetFiles(dir, "*.pdf");
DocumentFormat format = DocumentFormat.PDF;
String outFile = PathCombine(dir, "DocumentWriters." + DocumentWriter.getFormatFileExtension(format));
codecs.getOptions().getRasterizeDocument().getLoad().setResolution(300);
DocumentWriter docWriter = new DocumentWriter();
PdfDocumentOptions pdfOptions = (PdfDocumentOptions) docWriter.getOptions(format);
pdfOptions.setDocumentType(PdfDocumentType.PDFA);
pdfOptions.setImageOverText(true);
docWriter.setOptions(format, pdfOptions);
// Begin a new PDF document
docWriter.beginDocument(outFile,format);
// Add the pages
for (String file : pdfFiles)
{
DocumentWriterSvgPage page = new DocumentWriterSvgPage();
page.setSvgDocument(codecs.loadSvg(file, pageNumber, null));
if (pdfOptions.getImageOverText())
{
// If we are using image/text, then load the overlay raster image
page.setImage(codecs.load(file, pageNumber));
}
// Add the page to the created PDF document
docWriter.addPage(page);System.out.println("Added page " + pageNumber + " from " + file.substring(file.lastIndexOf("\\") + 1, file.lastIndexOf(".")) + "\n");
// Dispose of resources
if (page.getSvgDocument() != null)
page.getSvgDocument().dispose();
if (page.getImage() != null)
page.getImage().dispose();
}
// Finalized document to disk
docWriter.endDocument();
System.out.println("PDF document saved successfully!");
}
Add a new GetFiles(String path, String searchPattern)
method, which will be called by inside the CreatePdfDocument()
method as shown above.
static String[] GetFiles(String path, String searchPattern)
{
// Split the searchPattern incase we have directories in there
ArrayList<String> pattern = new ArrayList<>(Arrays.asList(searchPattern.split("/")));
// Take the last element out from the array, as this will be the file pattern
String filePattern = pattern.remove(pattern.size() - 1);
// Insert the base path into the remaining list
pattern.add(0, path);
// Now lets concat the lot to create a base path
path = PathCombine(pattern.toArray(new String[pattern.size()]));
final Pattern regEx = Pattern.compile(filePattern.replace("*", ".*").replace("?", ".?"));
File directory = new File(path);
File[] matchingFiles = directory.listFiles(new FilenameFilter() {
@Override
public boolean accept(File dir, String filename) {
return new File(dir, filename).isFile() && regEx.matcher(filename).matches();
}
});
ArrayList<String> files = new ArrayList<>();
assert matchingFiles != null;
for (File file : matchingFiles) {
files.add(file.getAbsolutePath());
}
return files.toArray(new String[files.size()]);
}
static String PathCombine(String... paths)
{
File file = new File(paths[0]);
for (int i = 1; i < paths.length ; i++) {
file = new File(file, paths[i]);
}
return file.getPath();
}
Run the project by pressing Ctrl + F11, or by selecting Run -> Run.
If the steps were followed correctly, the application creates a new PDF file that includes the first page of each PDF file in a given directory using SVG and Document Writers.
This tutorial showed how to create documents using the Document Writers. Also, it covered how to use the DocumentWriter
, PdfDocumentOptions
, DocumentWriterSvgPage
, and RasterCodecs
classes.