com.itextpdf.text.pdf

Class PdfAWriter

java.lang.Object

com.itextpdf.text.DocWriter

com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfWriter

com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfAWriter

All Implemented Interfaces:

DocListener, ElementListener, PdfAnnotations, PdfDocumentActions, PdfEncryptionSettings, PdfPageActions, PdfRunDirection, PdfVersion, PdfViewerPreferences, EventListener

public class PdfAWriter
extends PdfWriter

Extension of PdfWriter that will attempt to create a PDF/A file instead of an ordinary PDF file.

See Also:

PdfWriter

Nested Class Summary

Nested classes/interfaces inherited from class com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfWriter

PdfWriter.PdfBody, PdfWriter.PdfTrailer

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
protected Counter	COUNTER
static String	MimeTypeOctetStream
static String	MimeTypePdf

Fields inherited from class com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfWriter

ALLOW_ASSEMBLY, ALLOW_COPY, ALLOW_DEGRADED_PRINTING, ALLOW_FILL_IN, ALLOW_MODIFY_ANNOTATIONS, ALLOW_MODIFY_CONTENTS, ALLOW_PRINTING, ALLOW_SCREENREADERS, AllowAssembly, AllowCopy, AllowDegradedPrinting, AllowFillIn, AllowModifyAnnotations, AllowModifyContents, AllowPrinting, AllowScreenReaders, body, CenterWindow, colorNumber, colorProfile, compressionLevel, crypto, currentPageNumber, currentPdfReaderInstance, defaultColorspace, DID_PRINT, DID_SAVE, directContent, directContentUnder, DirectionL2R, DirectionR2L, DisplayDocTitle, DO_NOT_ENCRYPT_METADATA, DOCUMENT_CLOSE, documentColors, documentExtGState, documentFonts, documentOCG, documentOCGorder, documentPatterns, documentProperties, documentShadingPatterns, documentShadings, documentSpotPatterns, EMBEDDED_FILES_ONLY, ENCRYPTION_AES_128, ENCRYPTION_AES_256, extraCatalog, FitWindow, fontNumber, formXObjects, formXObjectsCounter, fullCompression, GENERATION_MAX, group, HideMenubar, HideToolbar, HideWindowUI, imageDictionary, JBIG2Globals, markAll, markInlineElementsOnly, newBookmarks, NO_SPACE_CHAR_RATIO, NonFullScreenPageModeUseNone, NonFullScreenPageModeUseOC, NonFullScreenPageModeUseOutlines, NonFullScreenPageModeUseThumbs, OCGLocked, OCGRadioGroup, OCProperties, originalFileID, PAGE_CLOSE, PAGE_OPEN, pageDictEntries, PageLayoutOneColumn, PageLayoutSinglePage, PageLayoutTwoColumnLeft, PageLayoutTwoColumnRight, PageLayoutTwoPageLeft, PageLayoutTwoPageRight, PageModeFullScreen, PageModeUseAttachments, PageModeUseNone, PageModeUseOC, PageModeUseOutlines, PageModeUseThumbs, pageReferences, patternColorspaceCMYK, patternColorspaceGRAY, patternColorspaceRGB, patternNumber, pdf, pdf_version, PDF_VERSION_1_2, PDF_VERSION_1_3, PDF_VERSION_1_4, PDF_VERSION_1_5, PDF_VERSION_1_6, PDF_VERSION_1_7, pdfIsoConformance, PDFX1A2001, PDFX32002, PDFXNONE, prevxref, PrintScalingNone, readerInstances, root, RUN_DIRECTION_DEFAULT, RUN_DIRECTION_LTR, RUN_DIRECTION_NO_BIDI, RUN_DIRECTION_RTL, runDirection, SIGNATURE_APPEND_ONLY, SIGNATURE_EXISTS, SPACE_CHAR_RATIO_DEFAULT, STANDARD_ENCRYPTION_128, STANDARD_ENCRYPTION_40, STRENGTH128BITS, STRENGTH40BITS, structureTreeRoot, tabs, tagged, taggingMode, ttfUnicodeWriter, VERSION_1_2, VERSION_1_3, VERSION_1_4, VERSION_1_5, VERSION_1_6, VERSION_1_7, WILL_PRINT, WILL_SAVE, xmpMetadata, xmpWriter

Fields inherited from class com.itextpdf.text.DocWriter

closeStream, document, EQUALS, FORWARD, GT, LT, NEWLINE, open, os, pageSize, pause, QUOTE, SPACE, TAB

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Modifier	Constructor and Description
protected	PdfAWriter(PdfAConformanceLevel conformanceLevel)
protected	PdfAWriter(PdfDocument document, OutputStream os, PdfAConformanceLevel conformanceLevel) Constructs a PdfAWriter.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
void	addFileAttachment(String description, byte[] fileStore, String file, String fileDisplay) Use this method to add a file attachment at the document level.
void	addFileAttachment(String description, byte[] fileStore, String file, String fileDisplay, PdfName afRelationshipValue) Use this method to add a file attachment at the document level.
PdfFileSpecification	addFileAttachment(String description, byte[] fileStore, String file, String fileDisplay, String mimeType, PdfName afRelationshipValue) Use this method to add a file attachment at the document level.
PdfFileSpecification	addFileAttachment(String description, byte[] fileStore, String file, String fileDisplay, String mimeType, PdfName afRelationshipValue, PdfDictionary fileParameter) Use this method to add a file attachment at the document level.
void	addPdfAttachment(String description, byte[] fileStore, String file, String fileDisplay) Use this method to add a file attachment at the document level.
void	addPdfAttachment(String description, byte[] fileStore, String file, String fileDisplay, PdfName afRelationshipValue) Use this method to add a file attachment at the document level.
protected void	cacheObject(PdfIndirectObject iobj) Use this method for caching objects.
void	close() Signals that the Document was closed and that no other Elements will be added.
PdfAnnotation	createAnnotation(float llx, float lly, float urx, float ury, PdfAction action, PdfName subtype) A wrapper around PdfAnnotation constructor.
PdfAnnotation	createAnnotation(float llx, float lly, float urx, float ury, PdfString title, PdfString content, PdfName subtype) A wrapper around PdfAnnotation constructor.
PdfAnnotation	createAnnotation(Rectangle rect, PdfName subtype) A wrapper around PdfAnnotation constructor.
protected XmpWriter	createXmpWriter(ByteArrayOutputStream baos, HashMap<String,String> info)
protected XmpWriter	createXmpWriter(ByteArrayOutputStream baos, PdfDictionary info)
protected Counter	getCounter()
static PdfAWriter	getInstance(Document document, OutputStream os, DocListener listener, PdfAConformanceLevel conformanceLevel) Use this method to get an instance of the PdfWriter.
static PdfAWriter	getInstance(Document document, OutputStream os, PdfAConformanceLevel conformanceLevel) Use this method to get an instance of the PdfWriter.
protected TtfUnicodeWriter	getTtfUnicodeWriter()
protected PdfIsoConformance	initPdfIsoConformance()
boolean	setOutputIntents(PdfReader reader, boolean checkExistence) Copies the output intent dictionary from other document to this one.
void	setOutputIntents(String outputConditionIdentifier, String outputCondition, String registryName, String info, ICC_Profile colorProfile) Sets the values of the output intent dictionary.
static void	setPdfVersion(PdfWriter writer, PdfAConformanceLevel conformanceLevel) Sets the Confomance level.
void	setPDFXConformance(int pdfx) Always throws an exception since PDF/X conformance level cannot be set for PDF/A conformant documents.
void	useExternalCacheForPdfA(TempFileCache fileCache)

Methods inherited from class com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfWriter

add, addAnnotation, addCalculationOrder, addDeveloperExtension, addDirectImageSimple, addDirectImageSimple, addFileAttachment, addFileAttachment, addJavaScript, addJavaScript, addJavaScript, addJavaScript, addJavaScript, addJavaScript, addNamedDestination, addNamedDestinations, addOCGRadioGroup, addPageDictEntry, addSharedObjectsToBody, addToBody, addToBody, addToBody, addToBody, addToBody, addToBody, addViewerPreference, addXFormsToBody, buildStructTreeRootForTagged, checkElementRole, checkPdfIsoConformance, checkPdfIsoConformance, clearTextWrap, createXmpMetadata, fillOCProperties, flushAcroFields, flushTaggedObjects, freeReader, getAcroForm, getBoxSize, getBoxSize, getCatalog, getColorProfile, getCompressionLevel, getCurrentDocumentSize, getCurrentPageNumber, getDefaultColorspace, getDirectContent, getDirectContentUnder, getExtraCatalog, getGroup, getImportedPage, getIndirectReferenceNumber, getInfo, getInstance, getInstance, getNameString, getNewObjectNumber, getOCProperties, getOs, getPageDictEntries, getPageEvent, getPageNumber, getPageReference, getPageSize, getPdfIndirectReference, getPdfReaderInstance, getPDFXConformance, getReferenceJBIG2Globals, getRootOutline, getRunDirection, getSpaceCharRatio, getStandardStructElems, getStructureTreeRoot, getTabs, getVerticalPosition, getXmpWriter, isFullCompression, isPageEmpty, isPdfIso, isPdfX, isRgbTransparencyBlending, isStrictImageSequence, isTagged, isUserProperties, lockLayer, needToBeMarkedInContent, open, releaseTemplate, reorderPages, resetPageDictEntries, setAdditionalAction, setAtLeastPdfVersion, setBoxSize, setCollection, setCompressionLevel, setCropBoxSize, setDefaultColorspace, setDuration, setEncryption, setEncryption, setEncryption, setEncryption, setEncryption, setFullCompression, setGroup, setInitialLeading, setLanguage, setLinearPageMode, setOpenAction, setOpenAction, setOutlines, setOutputIntents, setPageAction, setPageEmpty, setPageEvent, setPageLabels, setPageViewport, setPageXmpMetadata, setPdfVersion, setPdfVersion, setRgbTransparencyBlending, setRunDirection, setSigFlags, setSpaceCharRatio, setStrictImageSequence, setTabs, setTagged, setTagged, setThumbnail, setTransition, setUserProperties, setUserunit, setViewerPreferences, setXmpMetadata, useExternalCacheForTagStructure, writeKeyInfo, writeOutlines

Methods inherited from class com.itextpdf.text.DocWriter

add, addTabs, flush, getISOBytes, isCloseStream, isPaused, newPage, pause, resetPageCount, resume, setCloseStream, setMarginMirroring, setMarginMirroringTopBottom, setMargins, setPageCount, setPageSize, write, write, writeEnd, writeEnd, writeMarkupAttributes, writeStart

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

MimeTypePdf

public static String MimeTypePdf

MimeTypeOctetStream

public static String MimeTypeOctetStream

COUNTER

protected Counter COUNTER

Constructor Detail

PdfAWriter

protected PdfAWriter(PdfAConformanceLevel conformanceLevel)

Parameters:

conformanceLevel - PDF/A conformance level of a new PDF document

PdfAWriter

protected PdfAWriter(PdfDocument document,
                     OutputStream os,
                     PdfAConformanceLevel conformanceLevel)

Constructs a PdfAWriter.

Remark: a PdfAWriter can only be constructed by calling the method getInstance(Document document, OutputStream os, PdfAconformanceLevel conformanceLevel).

Parameters:

document - the PdfDocument that has to be written

os - the OutputStream the writer has to write to

conformanceLevel - PDF/A conformance level of a new PDF document

Method Detail

getInstance

public static PdfAWriter getInstance(Document document,
                                     OutputStream os,
                                     PdfAConformanceLevel conformanceLevel)
                              throws DocumentException

Use this method to get an instance of the PdfWriter.

Parameters:

document - The Document that has to be written

os - The OutputStream the writer has to write to.

conformanceLevel - PDF/A conformance level of a new PDF document

Returns:

a new PdfWriter

Throws:

DocumentException - on error

getInstance

public static PdfAWriter getInstance(Document document,
                                     OutputStream os,
                                     DocListener listener,
                                     PdfAConformanceLevel conformanceLevel)
                              throws DocumentException

Use this method to get an instance of the PdfWriter.

Parameters:

document - The Document that has to be written

os - The OutputStream the writer has to write to.

listener - A DocListener to pass to the PdfDocument.

conformanceLevel - PDF/A conformance level of a new PDF document

Returns:

a new PdfWriter

Throws:

DocumentException - on error

setPdfVersion

public static void setPdfVersion(PdfWriter writer,
                                 PdfAConformanceLevel conformanceLevel)

Sets the Confomance level.

Parameters:

writer -

conformanceLevel -

setOutputIntents

public void setOutputIntents(String outputConditionIdentifier,
                             String outputCondition,
                             String registryName,
                             String info,
                             ICC_Profile colorProfile)
                      throws IOException

Description copied from class: PdfWriter

Sets the values of the output intent dictionary. Null values are allowed to suppress any key.

Overrides:

setOutputIntents in class PdfWriter

Parameters:

outputConditionIdentifier - a value

outputCondition - a value

registryName - a value

info - a value

colorProfile - a value

Throws:

IOException - on error

See Also:

PdfWriter.setOutputIntents(String, String, String, String, ICC_Profile)

setOutputIntents

public boolean setOutputIntents(PdfReader reader,
                                boolean checkExistence)
                         throws IOException

Copies the output intent dictionary from other document to this one.

Overrides:

setOutputIntents in class PdfWriter

Parameters:

reader - the other document

checkExistence - true to just check for the existence of a valid output intent dictionary, false to insert the dictionary if it exists

Returns:

true if the output intent dictionary exists, false otherwise

Throws:

IOException - on error

setPDFXConformance

public void setPDFXConformance(int pdfx)

Always throws an exception since PDF/X conformance level cannot be set for PDF/A conformant documents.

Overrides:

setPDFXConformance in class PdfWriter

Parameters:

pdfx -

See Also:

PdfXConformance.setPDFXConformance(int)

getTtfUnicodeWriter

protected TtfUnicodeWriter getTtfUnicodeWriter()

Overrides:

getTtfUnicodeWriter in class PdfWriter

See Also:

PdfWriter.getTtfUnicodeWriter()

createXmpWriter

protected XmpWriter createXmpWriter(ByteArrayOutputStream baos,
                                    PdfDictionary info)
                             throws IOException

Overrides:

createXmpWriter in class PdfWriter

Throws:

IOException

See Also:

PdfWriter.createXmpWriter(java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream, com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfDictionary)

createXmpWriter

protected XmpWriter createXmpWriter(ByteArrayOutputStream baos,
                                    HashMap<String,String> info)
                             throws IOException

Overrides:

createXmpWriter in class PdfWriter

Throws:

IOException

initPdfIsoConformance

protected PdfIsoConformance initPdfIsoConformance()

Overrides:

initPdfIsoConformance in class PdfWriter

See Also:

PdfWriter.initPdfIsoConformance()

getCounter

protected Counter getCounter()

Overrides:

getCounter in class PdfWriter

cacheObject

protected void cacheObject(PdfIndirectObject iobj)

Description copied from class: PdfWriter

Use this method for caching objects.

Overrides:

cacheObject in class PdfWriter

Parameters:

iobj - @see PdfIndirectObject

addFileAttachment

public PdfFileSpecification addFileAttachment(String description,
                                              byte[] fileStore,
                                              String file,
                                              String fileDisplay,
                                              String mimeType,
                                              PdfName afRelationshipValue,
                                              PdfDictionary fileParameter)
                                       throws IOException

Use this method to add a file attachment at the document level.

Parameters:

description - the file description

fileStore - an array with the file. If it's null the file will be read from the disk

file - the path to the file. It will only be used if fileStore is not null

fileDisplay - the actual file name stored in the pdf

mimeType - mime type of the file

afRelationshipValue - AFRelationship key value, @see AFRelationshipValue. If null, @see AFRelationshipValue.Unspecified will be added.

fileParameter - the optional extra file parameters such as the creation or modification date

Returns:

the file specification

Throws:

IOException - on error

addFileAttachment

public PdfFileSpecification addFileAttachment(String description,
                                              byte[] fileStore,
                                              String file,
                                              String fileDisplay,
                                              String mimeType,
                                              PdfName afRelationshipValue)
                                       throws IOException

Use this method to add a file attachment at the document level.

Parameters:

description - the file description

fileStore - an array with the file. If it's null the file will be read from the disk

file - the path to the file. It will only be used if fileStore is not null

fileDisplay - the actual file name stored in the pdf

mimeType - mime type of the file

afRelationshipValue - AFRelationship key value, @see AFRelationshipValue. If null, @see AFRelationshipValue.Unspecified will be added.

Returns:

the file specification

Throws:

IOException - on error

addFileAttachment

public void addFileAttachment(String description,
                              byte[] fileStore,
                              String file,
                              String fileDisplay,
                              PdfName afRelationshipValue)
                       throws IOException

Use this method to add a file attachment at the document level. Adds @see MimeTypeOctetStream as mime type.

Parameters:

description - the file description

fileStore - an array with the file. If it's null the file will be read from the disk

file - the path to the file. It will only be used if fileStore is not null

fileDisplay - the actual file name stored in the pdf

afRelationshipValue - AFRelationship key value, @see AFRelationshipValue. If null, @see AFRelationshipValue.Unspecified will be added.

Throws:

IOException - on error

addFileAttachment

public void addFileAttachment(String description,
                              byte[] fileStore,
                              String file,
                              String fileDisplay)
                       throws IOException

Use this method to add a file attachment at the document level. Adds @see MimeTypeOctetStream as mime type and @see AFRelationshipValue.Unspecified as AFRelationship.

Overrides:

addFileAttachment in class PdfWriter

Parameters:

description - the file description

fileStore - an array with the file. If it's null the file will be read from the disk

file - the path to the file. It will only be used if fileStore is not null

fileDisplay - the actual file name stored in the pdf

Throws:

IOException - on error

addPdfAttachment

public void addPdfAttachment(String description,
                             byte[] fileStore,
                             String file,
                             String fileDisplay)
                      throws IOException

Use this method to add a file attachment at the document level. Adds @see MimeTypePdf as mime type and @see AFRelationshipValue.Unspecified as AFRelationship.

Parameters:

description - the file description

fileStore - an array with the file. If it's null the file will be read from the disk

file - the path to the file. It will only be used if fileStore is not null

fileDisplay - the actual file name stored in the pdf

Throws:

IOException - on error

addPdfAttachment

public void addPdfAttachment(String description,
                             byte[] fileStore,
                             String file,
                             String fileDisplay,
                             PdfName afRelationshipValue)
                      throws IOException

Use this method to add a file attachment at the document level. Adds @see MimeTypePdf as mime type.

Parameters:

description - the file description

fileStore - an array with the file. If it's null the file will be read from the disk

file - the path to the file. It will only be used if fileStore is not null

fileDisplay - the actual file name stored in the pdf

afRelationshipValue - AFRelationship key value, AFRelationshipValue . If null, @see AFRelationshipValue.Unspecified will be added.

Throws:

IOException - on error

close

public void close()

Description copied from class: PdfWriter

Signals that the Document was closed and that no other Elements will be added.

The pages-tree is built and written to the outputstream. A Catalog is constructed, as well as an Info-object, the reference table is composed and everything is written to the outputstream embedded in a Trailer.

Specified by:

close in interface DocListener

Overrides:

close in class PdfWriter

See Also:

DocWriter.close()

createAnnotation

public PdfAnnotation createAnnotation(Rectangle rect,
                                      PdfName subtype)

Description copied from class: PdfWriter

A wrapper around PdfAnnotation constructor. It is recommended to use this wrapper instead of direct constructor as this is a convenient way to override PdfAnnotation construction when needed.

Overrides:

createAnnotation in class PdfWriter

Returns:

createAnnotation

public PdfAnnotation createAnnotation(float llx,
                                      float lly,
                                      float urx,
                                      float ury,
                                      PdfString title,
                                      PdfString content,
                                      PdfName subtype)

Description copied from class: PdfWriter

A wrapper around PdfAnnotation constructor. It is recommended to use this wrapper instead of direct constructor as this is a convenient way to override PdfAnnotation construction when needed.

Overrides:

createAnnotation in class PdfWriter

Returns:

createAnnotation

public PdfAnnotation createAnnotation(float llx,
                                      float lly,
                                      float urx,
                                      float ury,
                                      PdfAction action,
                                      PdfName subtype)

Description copied from class: PdfWriter

A wrapper around PdfAnnotation constructor. It is recommended to use this wrapper instead of direct constructor as this is a convenient way to override PdfAnnotation construction when needed.

Overrides:

createAnnotation in class PdfWriter

Returns:

useExternalCacheForPdfA

public void useExternalCacheForPdfA(TempFileCache fileCache)