com.itextpdf.text.pdf
Class PdfConcatenate

java.lang.Object
  com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfConcatenate

public class PdfConcatenate
extends Object

Wrapper class for PdfCopy and PdfSmartCopy. Allows you to concatenate existing PDF documents with much less code.

Field Summary

protected PdfCopy	copy The actual PdfWriter
protected Document	document The Document object for PdfCopy.

Constructor Summary

PdfConcatenate(OutputStream os)
Creates an instance of the concatenation class.

PdfConcatenate(OutputStream os, boolean smart)
Creates an instance of the concatenation class.

Method Summary

int	addPages(PdfReader reader) Adds the pages from an existing PDF document.
void	close() We've finished writing the concatenated document.
PdfCopy	getWriter() Gets the PdfCopy instance so that you can add bookmarks or change preferences before you close PdfConcatenate.
void	open() Opens the document (if it isn't open already).

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

document

protected Document document

The Document object for PdfCopy.

copy

protected PdfCopy copy

The actual PdfWriter

Constructor Detail

PdfConcatenate

public PdfConcatenate(OutputStream os)
               throws DocumentException

Creates an instance of the concatenation class.

Parameters:

os - the OutputStream for the PDF document

Throws:

DocumentException

PdfConcatenate

public PdfConcatenate(OutputStream os,
                      boolean smart)
               throws DocumentException

Creates an instance of the concatenation class.

Parameters:

os - the OutputStream for the PDF document

smart - do we want PdfCopy to detect redundant content?

Throws:

DocumentException

Method Detail

addPages

public int addPages(PdfReader reader)
             throws DocumentException,
                    IOException

Adds the pages from an existing PDF document.

Parameters:

reader - the reader for the existing PDF document

Returns:

the number of pages that were added

Throws:

DocumentException

IOException

getWriter

public PdfCopy getWriter()

Gets the PdfCopy instance so that you can add bookmarks or change preferences before you close PdfConcatenate.

open

public void open()

Opens the document (if it isn't open already). Opening the document is done implicitly.

close

public void close()

We've finished writing the concatenated document.