Package org.jpedal.tools

Class PdfMerge

java.lang.Object

org.jpedal.tools.PdfOptimizer

org.jpedal.tools.PdfMerge

public class PdfMerge
extends PdfOptimizer

Tool to merge PDF files together

Nested Class Summary

Nested Classes

Modifier and Type	Class	Description
static class	PdfMerge.XRefMerger	Class to track merged content reference changes

Nested classes/interfaces inherited from class org.jpedal.tools.PdfOptimizer

PdfOptimizer.Optimization

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
PdfMerge()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
static void	main(String[] args)	Merge two files together and save the merged content to a specified file.
void	merge(File[] files, File output, byte[][] passwords)	Merge an array of files together and save the merged content into the specified output file.
static void	mergeFiles(File[] inputFiles, File outputFile)	Merge the provided file array into a single document with the pages from files appearing in the order of the array.
static void	mergeFiles(File[] inputFiles, String[] passwords, File outputFile)	Merge the provided file array into a single document with the pages from files appearing in the order of the array.
static void	mergeFiles(File inputFile1, File inputFile2, File outputFile)	Merge the two provided files into a single document with the pages from inputFile1 appearing first.
static void	mergeFiles(File inputFile1, String password1, File inputFile2, String password2, File outputFile)	Merge the two provided files into a single document with the pages from inputFile1 appearing first.

Methods inherited from class org.jpedal.tools.PdfOptimizer

closePDF, getoptimizedFileAsBytes, loadFile, loadFile, loadFile, loadFile, optimizePDF, optimizePDF, optimizePDF, optimizePDF, refreshBuffer, removeUnusedObjects, writeoptimizedFileToStream

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Details

PdfMerge

public PdfMerge()

Method Details

main

public static void main(String[] args)
                 throws IOException

Merge two files together and save the merged content to a specified file.

Parameters:

args - Expects a String array of 3 values. The first being the filenames for two files to merge, and the third being the filename for the output

Throws:

IOException

merge

public void merge(File[] files,
 File output,
 byte[][] passwords)
           throws IOException

Merge an array of files together and save the merged content into the specified output file.

Parameters:

files - a File array for the files to be merged

output - a File object for the file to save the content to

passwords - a byte array for passwords for each file provided. The array must either be null or an array of equal length to the input files with any file not requiring a password containing either null or an empty array.

Throws:

IOException - Thrown if the file is corrupted or invalid in some way

mergeFiles

public static void mergeFiles(File inputFile1,
 File inputFile2,
 File outputFile)
                       throws IOException

Merge the two provided files into a single document with the pages from inputFile1 appearing first.

Parameters:

inputFile1 - A PDF file to add to a document and appear first in the page order

inputFile2 - A PDF file to add to a document and appear after inputFile1

outputFile - A PDF filename to save the merged content to

Throws:

IOException - thrown is there is a problem reading the provided files or outputing the content.

mergeFiles

public static void mergeFiles(File inputFile1,
 String password1,
 File inputFile2,
 String password2,
 File outputFile)
                       throws IOException

Merge the two provided files into a single document with the pages from inputFile1 appearing first.

Parameters:

inputFile1 - A PDF file to add to a document and appear first in the page order

password1 - A password for inputFile1. If no password is required an empty string or null should be provided

inputFile2 - A PDF file to add to a document and appear after inputFile1

password2 - A password for inputFile2. If no password is required an empty string or null should be provided

outputFile - A PDF filename to save the merged content to

Throws:

IOException - thrown is there is a problem reading the provided files or outputing the content.

mergeFiles

public static void mergeFiles(File[] inputFiles,
 File outputFile)
                       throws IOException

Merge the provided file array into a single document with the pages from files appearing in the order of the array.

Parameters:

inputFiles - A File array of PDF to merge into a single document

outputFile - A PDF filename to save the merged content to

Throws:

IOException - thrown is there is a problem reading the provided files or outputing the content.

mergeFiles

public static void mergeFiles(File[] inputFiles,
 String[] passwords,
 File outputFile)
                       throws IOException

Merge the provided file array into a single document with the pages from files appearing in the order of the array.

Parameters:

inputFiles - A File array of PDF to merge into a single document

passwords - A String array of passwords for the inputFiles. The file and password arrays must be in the same order so the password and file have the same index. If no password is required for a file an empty string or null should be provided

outputFile - A PDF filename to save the merged content to

Throws:

IOException - thrown is there is a problem reading the provided files or outputing the content.