Package com.pdftools.pdfa.validation

Class Validator

java.lang.Object

com.pdftools.internal.NativeBase

com.pdftools.internal.NativeObject

com.pdftools.pdfa.validation.Validator

public class Validator
extends NativeObject

The class to validate the standard conformance of documents

Nested Class Summary

Nested Classes

Modifier and Type	Class	Description
class	Validator.Error	Report a validation issue found in analyze(com.pdftools.pdf.Document) or validate(com.pdftools.pdf.Document).
static interface	Validator.ErrorListener	Listener interface for the Validator.Error event.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
Validator()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
void	addErrorListener(Validator.ErrorListener listener)	Add a listener for the Validator.Error event.
AnalysisResult	analyze(Document document)	Analyze a PDF document in preparation for its conversion to PDF/A.
AnalysisResult	analyze(Document document, AnalysisOptions options)	Analyze a PDF document in preparation for its conversion to PDF/A.
void	removeErrorListener(Validator.ErrorListener listener)	Remove registered listener for the Validator.Error event.
ValidationResult	validate(Document document)	Validate the standards conformance of a PDF document.
ValidationResult	validate(Document document, ValidationOptions options)	Validate the standards conformance of a PDF document.

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

Validator

public Validator()

Method Details

addErrorListener

public void addErrorListener(Validator.ErrorListener listener)

Add a listener for the Validator.Error event.

Parameters:

listener - Listener for the Validator.Error event. If a listener is added that is already registered, it is ignored.

removeErrorListener

public void removeErrorListener(Validator.ErrorListener listener)

Remove registered listener for the Validator.Error event.

Parameters:

listener - Listener for the Validator.Error event that should be removed. If the listener is not registered, it is ignored.

validate

public ValidationResult validate(Document document)
                          throws LicenseException,
ProcessingException

Validate the standards conformance of a PDF document.

Parameters:

document - The document to check the quality of

Returns:

The result of the validation

Throws:

LicenseException - The license check has failed.

ProcessingException - The processing has failed.

IllegalArgumentException - if document is null

validate

public ValidationResult validate(Document document,
 ValidationOptions options)
                          throws LicenseException,
ProcessingException

Validate the standards conformance of a PDF document.

Parameters:

document - The document to check the quality of

options - The options or null for default validation options

Returns:

The result of the validation

Throws:

LicenseException - The license check has failed.

ProcessingException - The processing has failed.

IllegalArgumentException - if document is null

analyze

public AnalysisResult analyze(Document document)
                       throws LicenseException

Analyze a PDF document in preparation for its conversion to PDF/A.

This method validates the document's standards conformance like validate(com.pdftools.pdf.Document). In addition to that, certain additional checks can be performed. However, the main difference is that the analysis result can be used in pdftools.pdfa.conversion.Converter.convert to convert the PDF document to PDF/A.

Parameters:

document - The document to analyze

Returns:

The result of the analysis

Throws:

LicenseException - The license check has failed.

IllegalArgumentException - The conformance of the options argument is not PDF/A.

IllegalArgumentException - if document is null

analyze

public AnalysisResult analyze(Document document,
 AnalysisOptions options)
                       throws LicenseException

Analyze a PDF document in preparation for its conversion to PDF/A.

This method validates the document's standards conformance like validate(com.pdftools.pdf.Document). In addition to that, certain additional checks can be performed. However, the main difference is that the analysis result can be used in pdftools.pdfa.conversion.Converter.convert to convert the PDF document to PDF/A.

Parameters:

document - The document to analyze

options - The options or null for default analysis options

Returns:

The result of the analysis

Throws:

LicenseException - The license check has failed.

IllegalArgumentException - The conformance of the options argument is not PDF/A.

IllegalArgumentException - if document is null