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addxmptopage

JAVA

JAVA
/**
 * Example written by Bruno Lowagie in answer to:
 * http://stackoverflow.com/questions/28427100/how-do-i-add-xmp-metadata-to-each-page-of-an-existing-pdf-using-itextsharp
 */
package sandbox.stamper;

import com.itextpdf.text.DocumentException;
import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfDictionary;
import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfIndirectObject;
import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfName;
import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfReader;
import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfStamper;
import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfStream;
import com.itextpdf.text.xml.xmp.XmpWriter;

import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
import java.io.File;
import java.io.FileOutputStream;
import java.io.IOException;

public class AddXmpToPage {

    public static final String SRC = "resources/pdfs/hello.pdf";
    public static final String DEST = "results/stamper/hello_with_page_xmp.pdf";

    public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException, DocumentException {
        File file = new File(DEST);
        file.getParentFile().mkdirs();
        new AddXmpToPage().manipulatePdf(SRC, DEST);
    }

    public void manipulatePdf(String src, String dest) throws IOException, DocumentException {
        PdfReader reader = new PdfReader(src);
        PdfStamper stamper = new PdfStamper(reader, new FileOutputStream(dest));
        PdfDictionary page = reader.getPageN(1);
        ByteArrayOutputStream baos = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
        XmpWriter xmp = new XmpWriter(baos, new PdfDictionary());
        xmp.close();
        PdfIndirectObject ref = stamper.getWriter().addToBody(new PdfStream(baos.toByteArray()));
        page.put(PdfName.METADATA, ref.getIndirectReference());
        stamper.close();
        reader.close();
    }
}


changeinfodictionary

JAVA

JAVA
/**
 * Example written by Bruno Lowagie in answer to:
 * http://stackoverflow.com/questions/21607286/unicode-characters-in-document-info-dictionary-keys
 * 
 * A user wants to update a Document Info Dictionary (DID)
 * introducing a custom key with a Unicode character.
 */
package sandbox.stamper;

import com.itextpdf.text.DocumentException;
import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfReader;
import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfStamper;

import java.io.File;
import java.io.FileOutputStream;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.util.Map;

import sandbox.WrapToTest;

@WrapToTest
public class ChangeInfoDictionary {

    public static final String SRC = "resources/pdfs/hello.pdf";
    public static final String DEST = "results/stamper/unicode_in_did.pdf";

    public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException, DocumentException {
        File file = new File(DEST);
        file.getParentFile().mkdirs();
        new ChangeInfoDictionary().manipulatePdf(SRC, DEST);
    }

    public void manipulatePdf(String src, String dest) throws IOException, DocumentException {
        PdfReader reader = new PdfReader(src);
        PdfStamper stamper = new PdfStamper(reader, new FileOutputStream(dest));
        Map<String, String> info = reader.getInfo();
        info.put("Special Character: \u00e4", "\u00e4");
        StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
        sb.append((char) 0xc3);
        sb.append((char) 0xa4);
        info.put(sb.toString(), "\u00e4");
        stamper.setMoreInfo(info);
        stamper.close();
        reader.close();
    }
}


addlanguage

JAVA

JAVA
/**
 * Example written by Bruno Lowagie in answer to the following question:
 * http://stackoverflow.com/questions/24370273/set-initial-view-pdf-document-properties-using-itextsharp-with-c-sharp
 */
package sandbox.stamper;

import com.itextpdf.text.DocumentException;
import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfName;
import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfReader;
import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfStamper;
import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfString;

import java.io.File;
import java.io.FileOutputStream;
import java.io.IOException;
import sandbox.WrapToTest;

@WrapToTest
public class AddLanguage {

    public static final String SRC = "resources/pdfs/hello.pdf";
    public static final String DEST = "results/stamper/hello_english.pdf";
    public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException, DocumentException {
        File file = new File(DEST);
        file.getParentFile().mkdirs();
        new AddLanguage().manipulatePdf(SRC, DEST);
    }

    public void manipulatePdf(String src, String dest) throws IOException, DocumentException {
        PdfReader reader = new PdfReader(src);
        PdfStamper stamper = new PdfStamper(reader, new FileOutputStream(dest));
        stamper.getWriter().getExtraCatalog().put(PdfName.LANG, new PdfString("EN"));
        stamper.close();
        reader.close();
    }

}


changeversion

JAVA

JAVA
/**
 * Example written by Bruno Lowagie in answer to the following question:
 * http://stackoverflow.com/questions/23083220/how-to-set-pdf-version-using-itextsharp
 */
package sandbox.stamper;

import com.itextpdf.text.DocumentException;
import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfReader;
import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfStamper;

import java.io.File;
import java.io.FileOutputStream;
import java.io.IOException;
import sandbox.WrapToTest;

@WrapToTest
public class ChangeVersion {

    public static final String SRC = "resources/pdfs/OCR.pdf";
    public static final String DEST = "results/stamper/other_version.pdf";
    public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException, DocumentException {
        File file = new File(DEST);
        file.getParentFile().mkdirs();
        new ChangeVersion().manipulatePdf(SRC, DEST);
    }

    public void manipulatePdf(String src, String dest) throws IOException, DocumentException {
        PdfReader reader = new PdfReader(src);
        PdfStamper stamper = new PdfStamper(reader, new FileOutputStream(dest), '4');
        stamper.close();
        reader.close();
    }

}


changemetadata

JAVA

JAVA
/*
 * Example written by Bruno Lowagie in answer to a question on SO
 */
package sandbox.stamper;

import com.itextpdf.text.DocumentException;
import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfDate;
import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfName;
import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfReader;
import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfStamper;
import com.itextpdf.text.xml.xmp.XmpWriter;
import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
import java.io.File;
import java.io.FileOutputStream;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.util.Map;

/**
 * @author iText
 */
public class ChangeMetadata {

    public static final String SRC = "resources/pdfs/state.pdf";
    public static final String DEST = "results/stamper/state_metadata.pdf";

    public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException, DocumentException {
        File file = new File(DEST);
        file.getParentFile().mkdirs();
        new ChangeMetadata().manipulatePdf(SRC, DEST);
    }
       
    public void manipulatePdf(String src, String dest) throws IOException, DocumentException {
        PdfReader reader = new PdfReader(src);
        PdfStamper stamper = new PdfStamper(reader, new FileOutputStream(dest));
        Map info = reader.getInfo();
        info.put("Title", "New title");
        info.put("CreationDate", new PdfDate().toString());
        stamper.setMoreInfo(info);
        ByteArrayOutputStream baos = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
        XmpWriter xmp = new XmpWriter(baos, info);
        xmp.close();
        stamper.setXmpMetadata(baos.toByteArray());
        stamper.close();
        reader.close();
    }
}

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