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Read pdf files in java

Navigate to the \ "Download iText \" link in the Resources section below and click on \ "Download iText-5.0.1.jar \". Remember the location of the \ ". Jar \" downloaded file.

Eclipse open. Go to \ "File \" \ "New, \" \ "Java Project, \" type \ "MyPdfReader \" as the project name and click \ "Finish. \"

Second, click on \ "MyPdfReader \" in Package Explorer (the toolbar on the left side) and select "Properties . \"

Click the \ "Java Build Path \" on the left and then under the \ "Libraries \" tab on the right, click the \ "Add external JARs ... \" button. Navigate to the \ ". Jar \" file that you downloaded in step 1 and click \ "OK \". The iText library has already been activated in your Java Project. We are going to use your PdfReader to read PDF files.

Second click on the MyPdfReader folder on the right and select \ "New, \" \ "Class. \" Call it \ "ReadPdf \" and select the \ "create public void method \" checkbox and click \ "To accept . \ "

Select the blank space above \ "ReadPdf public class {\" and enter the following code:

import java.io.FileOutputStream
IR
com.itextpdf.text import.

GO import com.itextpdf.text.pdf .;
Select the blank space in \ "main (String args []) public void {\" and type the following line:

PdfReader reader = new PdfReader (\ "HelloWorldPdf.pdf \")
GO
This line of code is read in the PDF is located inside the project folder (in this case, HelloWorldPdf.pdf is a test PDF file). After reading the PDF file, you have access to the PDF properties such as its height and width.

Under the line \ "PdfReader reader = new PdfReader (\" HelloWorldPdf.pdf \ "); \" enter the following code:

int n = reader.getNumberOfPages();
Rectangle psize = reader.getPageSize(1)

TO GO

float width = psize.height()

TO GO

float height = psize.width()

TO GO
The variable \ "n \" now contains the number of pages of the sample pdf and the variables \ "width \" and \ "height \" contain their dimensions.

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