| Library / package |
License
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Description |
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Adobe Acrobat Reader for Java
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Freeware |
Read and display PDF documents. A viewer application and a JavaBean are available. Works with Java 1.1.8+. |
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Big Faceless PDF library
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Commercial |
Write PDF documents, with support for various advanced features. |
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ceTe Software
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Commercial |
DynamicPDF Generator to write, DynamicPDF Merger to read and write PDF files. |
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Etymon PJ
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GPL / Commercial |
Read and write PDF documents. There are two versions, classic and professional. Classic comes under the GPL and requires Java 1.1. Professional is commercial and requires Java 1.4. |
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FOP
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Apache License |
Write PDF documents, render them from XML/XSL sources. |
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gnujpdf
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GPL |
Write PDF documents. An extension of the retepPDF project. |
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iText
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LGPL |
Write PDF documents. Requires Java 1.2. |
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PDFGo
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Commercial |
Read PDF documents. Viewer (standalone application) and Java Bean available. |
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jPDFPrint
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Commercial (trial version available) |
Library to read and print PDF documents. |
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jPDFProcess
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Commercial (trial version available) |
Library to read, manipulate and save PDF documents. Manipulation operations include splitting, drawing, printing, encrypting and exporting as images. |
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jPDFViewer
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Commercial (trial version available) |
Java Bean to display PDF documents. |
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jPDFWriter
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Commercial (trial version available) |
Pure Java library to write PDF files. Library can be used like a Java printer job. Thus, existing Java code for printing can be reused to create PDF files. |
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JPedal
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GPL or site license or fixed fee
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Read PDF documents. This library can both extract content from PDFs and rasterize them. |
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jPDF
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Commercial (trial version available on request) |
Manipulation of PDF files, especially suited for the server side. Features include PDF generation from templates, splitting, merging, parsing and encryption. Written in pure Java (requires Java 1.3 or higher). |
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JustFormsPDF
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Commercial (trial version available) |
Pure Java library for filling and editing PDF documents with forms. Requires Java 1.2+. |
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Multivalent
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Special license
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Reads PDF and other document formats. Includes a browser to view all supported files. Provides various tools to manipulate PDF files: compress, uncompress, split, merge, encrypt, decrypt, info, validate, extract text, and full-text search (with Lucene). Source code available. |
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PDF stream writer
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Freeware |
Java library to convert XML to PDF files. |
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PDFBox
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BSD
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Library to access PDF files. A utility to convert to text is included. |
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PDFlib
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Commercial |
Read and write PDF documents. This is a C library which has Java JNI bindings. |
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PDFTextStream
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Commercial |
Read PDF documents. This library can extract text and metadata from PDF files. It supports PDF up to version 1.5 and comes with support for Lucene. |
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retepPDF
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GPL |
Write PDF documents. |
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Saffron Document Server
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Commercial |
Reads PostScript (.ps) documents and generates PDF, HTML, RTF, TIFF, and other formats. Configured as a server for concurrent document rendering. |
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SmartJPrint
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GPL-like |
Pure Java library to write PDF files. Generates PDF files from Swing GUI components, provides preview functionality. |
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Snowbound
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Commercial |
Read and write PDF files. |
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XMLMill
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Commercial, trial version available |
Create PDF documents from XML/XSL. |