com.pdfunit.tools

Class ExtractFieldInfo

java.lang.Object

com.pdfunit.tools.UtilityBase

com.pdfunit.tools.ExtractFieldInfo

@DoNotObfuscate
public class ExtractFieldInfo
extends UtilityBase

This utility extracts data about all formular fields inside a pdf document to a file in XML format. It uses the API of the PDFBox project, thanks to the developer team.

When you start the program without parameters, a usage message will show you the commandline parameters.

Since:

2016.05

Author:

Carsten Siedentop, March 2016

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class com.pdfunit.tools.UtilityBase

EMPTY_STRING, OUTPUT_PATH

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
ExtractFieldInfo(java.lang.String[] args) Extract all field information of a pdf document as XML to a file.

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
protected void	checkArguments(java.lang.String[] args)
static void	main(java.lang.String[] args) Extract all field information of a pdf document as XML to a file.
protected void	parseArguments(java.lang.String[] args)

Methods inherited from class com.pdfunit.tools.UtilityBase

appendTrailingSlash, assertIsDirectory, checkArguments, createSourceBaseName, createUTF8Writer, isDirectory, showUsage, writeToFile

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

ExtractFieldInfo

public ExtractFieldInfo(java.lang.String[] args)
                 throws java.lang.Exception

Extract all field information of a pdf document as XML to a file.

Parameters:

args - args[0] pdf-source, args[1] destination-directory, args[2] password

Throws:

java.lang.Exception

Method Detail

main

public static void main(java.lang.String[] args)
                 throws java.lang.Exception

Extract all field information of a pdf document as XML to a file.

The program does not use static fields, so you can invoke main() multiple times from a batch (unit tests).

Parameters:

args - args[0] pdf-source, args[1] destination-directory, args[2] password

Throws:

java.lang.Exception

checkArguments

protected void checkArguments(java.lang.String[] args)
                       throws PDFUnitInvalidProgramInvokeException

Specified by:

checkArguments in class UtilityBase

Throws:

PDFUnitInvalidProgramInvokeException

parseArguments

protected void parseArguments(java.lang.String[] args)
                       throws PDFUnitInvalidProgramInvokeException

Specified by:

parseArguments in class UtilityBase

Throws:

PDFUnitInvalidProgramInvokeException