Package com.pdftools.documentassembly

Class DocumentAssembler

java.lang.Object

com.pdftools.internal.NativeBase

com.pdftools.internal.NativeObject

com.pdftools.documentassembly.DocumentAssembler

All Implemented Interfaces:

AutoCloseable

public class DocumentAssembler
extends NativeObject
implements AutoCloseable

The class for splitting or merging PDF documents

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
DocumentAssembler(Stream outStream)
DocumentAssembler(Stream outStream, OutputOptions outOptions)
DocumentAssembler(Stream outStream, OutputOptions outOptions, Conformance conformance)

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
void	append(Document inDoc)	This method copies document properties and a range of pages from inDoc.
void	append(Document inDoc, Integer firstPage)	This method copies document properties and a range of pages from inDoc.
void	append(Document inDoc, Integer firstPage, Integer lastPage)	This method copies document properties and a range of pages from inDoc.
void	append(Document inDoc, Integer firstPage, Integer lastPage, DocumentCopyOptions documentCopyOptions)	This method copies document properties and a range of pages from inDoc.
void	append(Document inDoc, Integer firstPage, Integer lastPage, DocumentCopyOptions documentCopyOptions, PageCopyOptions pageCopyOptions)	This method copies document properties and a range of pages from inDoc.
Document	assemble()	Assemble the input documents
void	close()	Close the object.

Methods inherited from class com.pdftools.internal.NativeObject

equals, hashCode

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

getClass, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Details

DocumentAssembler

public DocumentAssembler(Stream outStream)
                  throws IOException,
GenericException,
LicenseException

Parameters:

outStream - The stream to which the output PDF is written

Throws:

LicenseException - The license check has failed.

IllegalArgumentException - An invalid encryption was specified in

invalid @link

{@link com.pdftools.documentassembly.DocumentAssembler#

outOptions}.

IOException - Unable to write to the stream.

GenericException - A generic error occurred.

IllegalArgumentException - if outStream is null

DocumentAssembler

public DocumentAssembler(Stream outStream,
 OutputOptions outOptions)
                  throws IOException,
GenericException,
LicenseException

Parameters:

outStream - The stream to which the output PDF is written

outOptions - The PDF output options, e.g. to encrypt the output document.

Throws:

LicenseException - The license check has failed.

IllegalArgumentException - An invalid encryption was specified in

invalid @link

{@link com.pdftools.documentassembly.DocumentAssembler#

outOptions}.

IOException - Unable to write to the stream.

GenericException - A generic error occurred.

IllegalArgumentException - if outStream is null

DocumentAssembler

public DocumentAssembler(Stream outStream,
 OutputOptions outOptions,
 Conformance conformance)
                  throws IOException,
GenericException,
LicenseException

Parameters:

outStream - The stream to which the output PDF is written

outOptions - The PDF output options, e.g. to encrypt the output document.

conformance -

The required conformance level of the PDF document. Adding pages or content from incompatible documents or using incompatible features will lead to a conformance error.

When using null, the conformance is determined automatically, based on the conformance of the input documents used in the append(com.pdftools.pdf.Document) method and the requirements of the used features.

Throws:

LicenseException - The license check has failed.

IllegalArgumentException - An invalid encryption was specified in

invalid @link

{@link com.pdftools.documentassembly.DocumentAssembler#

outOptions}.

IOException - Unable to write to the stream.

GenericException - A generic error occurred.

IllegalArgumentException - if outStream is null

Method Details

append

public void append(Document inDoc)
            throws LicenseException,
ConformanceException,
ProcessingException

This method copies document properties and a range of pages from inDoc.

Parameters:

inDoc -

Throws:

LicenseException - The license check has failed.

IllegalArgumentException - The firstPage or lastPage are not in the allowed range.

IllegalArgumentException - If the method has already been called with any of the following properties set to true:

• DocumentCopyOptions.getCopyMetadata()
• DocumentCopyOptions.getCopyViewerSettings()
• DocumentCopyOptions.getCopyOutputIntent()

ConformanceException - The conformance level of the input document is not compatible with the conformance level of the output document.

ConformanceException - The explicitly requested conformance level is PDF/A Level A (

invalid reference

pdftools.pdf.Conformance.PDF_A1_A

,

invalid reference

pdftools.pdf.Conformance.PDF_A2_A

, or

invalid reference

pdftools.pdf.Conformance.PDF_A3_A

) and the copy option PageCopyOptions.getCopyLogicalStructure() is set to false.

IllegalStateException - If assemble() has already been called.

ProcessingException - The processing has failed.

IllegalArgumentException - if inDoc is null

append

public void append(Document inDoc,
 Integer firstPage)
            throws LicenseException,
ConformanceException,
ProcessingException

This method copies document properties and a range of pages from inDoc.

Parameters:

inDoc -

firstPage -

Optional parameter denoting the index of the first page to be copied. This index is one-based. If set, the number must be in the range of 1 (first page) to pdftools.pdf.Document.getPageCount (last page).

If not set, 1 is used.

Throws:

LicenseException - The license check has failed.

IllegalArgumentException - The firstPage or lastPage are not in the allowed range.

IllegalArgumentException - If the method has already been called with any of the following properties set to true:

• DocumentCopyOptions.getCopyMetadata()
• DocumentCopyOptions.getCopyViewerSettings()
• DocumentCopyOptions.getCopyOutputIntent()

ConformanceException - The conformance level of the input document is not compatible with the conformance level of the output document.

ConformanceException - The explicitly requested conformance level is PDF/A Level A (

invalid reference

pdftools.pdf.Conformance.PDF_A1_A

,

invalid reference

pdftools.pdf.Conformance.PDF_A2_A

, or

invalid reference

pdftools.pdf.Conformance.PDF_A3_A

) and the copy option PageCopyOptions.getCopyLogicalStructure() is set to false.

IllegalStateException - If assemble() has already been called.

ProcessingException - The processing has failed.

IllegalArgumentException - if inDoc is null

append

public void append(Document inDoc,
 Integer firstPage,
 Integer lastPage)
            throws LicenseException,
ConformanceException,
ProcessingException

This method copies document properties and a range of pages from inDoc.

Parameters:

inDoc -

firstPage -

Optional parameter denoting the index of the first page to be copied. This index is one-based. If set, the number must be in the range of 1 (first page) to pdftools.pdf.Document.getPageCount (last page).

If not set, 1 is used.

lastPage -

Optional parameter denoting the index of the last page to be copied. This index is one-based. If set, the number must be in the range of 1 (first page) to pdftools.pdf.Document.getPageCount (last page).

If not set, pdftools.pdf.Document.getPageCount is used.

Throws:

LicenseException - The license check has failed.

IllegalArgumentException - The firstPage or lastPage are not in the allowed range.

IllegalArgumentException - If the method has already been called with any of the following properties set to true:

• DocumentCopyOptions.getCopyMetadata()
• DocumentCopyOptions.getCopyViewerSettings()
• DocumentCopyOptions.getCopyOutputIntent()

ConformanceException - The conformance level of the input document is not compatible with the conformance level of the output document.

ConformanceException - The explicitly requested conformance level is PDF/A Level A (

invalid reference

pdftools.pdf.Conformance.PDF_A1_A

,

invalid reference

pdftools.pdf.Conformance.PDF_A2_A

, or

invalid reference

pdftools.pdf.Conformance.PDF_A3_A

) and the copy option PageCopyOptions.getCopyLogicalStructure() is set to false.

IllegalStateException - If assemble() has already been called.

ProcessingException - The processing has failed.

IllegalArgumentException - if inDoc is null

append

public void append(Document inDoc,
 Integer firstPage,
 Integer lastPage,
 DocumentCopyOptions documentCopyOptions)
            throws LicenseException,
ConformanceException,
ProcessingException

This method copies document properties and a range of pages from inDoc.

Parameters:

inDoc -

firstPage -

Optional parameter denoting the index of the first page to be copied. This index is one-based. If set, the number must be in the range of 1 (first page) to pdftools.pdf.Document.getPageCount (last page).

If not set, 1 is used.

lastPage -

Optional parameter denoting the index of the last page to be copied. This index is one-based. If set, the number must be in the range of 1 (first page) to pdftools.pdf.Document.getPageCount (last page).

If not set, pdftools.pdf.Document.getPageCount is used.

documentCopyOptions -

Throws:

LicenseException - The license check has failed.

IllegalArgumentException - The firstPage or lastPage are not in the allowed range.

IllegalArgumentException - If the method has already been called with any of the following properties set to true:

• DocumentCopyOptions.getCopyMetadata()
• DocumentCopyOptions.getCopyViewerSettings()
• DocumentCopyOptions.getCopyOutputIntent()

ConformanceException - The conformance level of the input document is not compatible with the conformance level of the output document.

ConformanceException - The explicitly requested conformance level is PDF/A Level A (

invalid reference

pdftools.pdf.Conformance.PDF_A1_A

,

invalid reference

pdftools.pdf.Conformance.PDF_A2_A

, or

invalid reference

pdftools.pdf.Conformance.PDF_A3_A

) and the copy option PageCopyOptions.getCopyLogicalStructure() is set to false.

IllegalStateException - If assemble() has already been called.

ProcessingException - The processing has failed.

IllegalArgumentException - if inDoc is null

append

public void append(Document inDoc,
 Integer firstPage,
 Integer lastPage,
 DocumentCopyOptions documentCopyOptions,
 PageCopyOptions pageCopyOptions)
            throws LicenseException,
ConformanceException,
ProcessingException

This method copies document properties and a range of pages from inDoc.

Parameters:

inDoc -

firstPage -

Optional parameter denoting the index of the first page to be copied. This index is one-based. If set, the number must be in the range of 1 (first page) to pdftools.pdf.Document.getPageCount (last page).

If not set, 1 is used.

lastPage -

Optional parameter denoting the index of the last page to be copied. This index is one-based. If set, the number must be in the range of 1 (first page) to pdftools.pdf.Document.getPageCount (last page).

If not set, pdftools.pdf.Document.getPageCount is used.

documentCopyOptions -

pageCopyOptions -

Throws:

LicenseException - The license check has failed.

IllegalArgumentException - The firstPage or lastPage are not in the allowed range.

IllegalArgumentException - If the method has already been called with any of the following properties set to true:

• DocumentCopyOptions.getCopyMetadata()
• DocumentCopyOptions.getCopyViewerSettings()
• DocumentCopyOptions.getCopyOutputIntent()

ConformanceException - The conformance level of the input document is not compatible with the conformance level of the output document.

ConformanceException - The explicitly requested conformance level is PDF/A Level A (

invalid reference

pdftools.pdf.Conformance.PDF_A1_A

,

invalid reference

pdftools.pdf.Conformance.PDF_A2_A

, or

invalid reference

pdftools.pdf.Conformance.PDF_A3_A

) and the copy option PageCopyOptions.getCopyLogicalStructure() is set to false.

IllegalStateException - If assemble() has already been called.

ProcessingException - The processing has failed.

IllegalArgumentException - if inDoc is null

assemble

public Document assemble()

Assemble the input documents

The input documents appended with append(com.pdftools.pdf.Document) are assembled into the output PDF.

Returns:

The assembled PDF, which can be used as a new input for further processing.

Throws:

IllegalStateException - If assemble() has already been called.

close

public void close()
           throws PdfToolsException,
IOException

Close the object.

Release all resources associated with the object.

Specified by:

close in interface AutoCloseable

Throws:

PdfToolsException - only explicitly stated in a superclass

IOException