API for reading/writing PDF in java

satish sathineni

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Hi
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I need help in finding API for reading/writing PDF documents using Java 2.0
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Lasse Koskela

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Hello "java_guy",
May I ask you to update your profile by changing your display name into something that complies with our naming policy?
Thanks, and welcome to the 'ranch!

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A quick googling gave me the following links within the first couple of pages:
http://www.lowagie.com/iText/index.html
http://big.faceless.org/products/pdf/
http://www.elegantjbeans.com/pdf/
http://retep.org/retep/pdf/home.do
http://www.andykhan.com/orinoco/
Finally, if you don't find any of these suitable for your needs, you can always make your application produce XSL-FO documents and run them through Apache FOP to get a PDF...

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Thanks,
Lasse Koskela
my requirement was to read the PDF documents using java and then convert it to xml file. If any such api is available .
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cool_kumar

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Look at http://www.adobe.com/products/acrviewer/acrvdnld.html?name=Accept#java and http://www.geocities.com/marcoschmidt.geo/java-libraries-pdf.html

Ashik Uzzaman
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