In Java, what library can I use to read pdf files?

5 1	I'm looking for a Java library that could help me read pdf files. Any suggestions? Thanks. java pdf asked Oct 22 '09 at 10:14 Domhz Sumhz 129●5 edited Oct 22 '09 at 10:59 Erol 1.3k●1●4●16

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6	I haven't personally had the need to read PDFs (always just writing them), but if I had to I'd probably try Apache PDFBox. link answered Oct 22 '09 at 10:22 Alistair A. Israel 3.1k●2●10

There's the venerable IText, and it's .NET port (ie IText Sharp)

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answered Oct 22 '09 at 11:33

bonskijr
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Isn't IText more suited for writing PDF files rather than reading them?

(Oct 22 '09 at 12:08) Erol

Yup, I think most pdf lib concentrate on writing, but it wouldn't be complete without reading. For IText it has the PdfReader class for that.

http://www.1t3xt.info/api/com/lowagie/text/pdf/PdfReader.html

(Oct 23 '09 at 01:54) bonskijr

2	A few years back I created a utility for reading PDFs, getting the ISBN and then organizing the PDFs based on the information retrieved from Amazon for that particular ISBN. iText did the trick. :) link answered Jan 27 '10 at 02:07 paul_sns 1.7k●1●17

I am not sure what you mean exactly by "reading PDF document".

IText can load PDF documents and do some manipulation on the documents.

But, have you looked at Qoppa Java PDF library products? It's a suite of java libraries to create, manipulate and also render PDF documents. So if by reading you meant render, you will find libraries to convert PDF documents to images, print them or display them in visual components.

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answered Sep 21 '12 at 04:51

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