OpenPDF is a Java PDF library, forked from the venerable iText

OpenPDF is a Java library for creating and editing PDF files with a MIT license.

OpenPDF version 1.0 released 2016-05-13##

Get version 1.0 here - https://github.com/rtfarte/OpenPDF/releases/tag/1.0

License

MIT License - http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php

Use OpenPDF as Maven dependency

Add this to your pom.xml file:

    <dependency>
        <groupId>com.github.bengolder</groupId>
        <artifactId>openpdf</artifactId>
        <version>1.0</version>
    </dependency>
    <dependency>
        <groupId>org.bouncycastle</groupId>
        <artifactId>bcprov-jdk15on</artifactId>
        <version>1.55</version>
    </dependency>

Background

Beginning with version 5.0 of iText, the developers have moved to the AGPL to improve their ability to sell commercial licenses. I fully respect the developers' wishes and rights. However, I also respect open-source software. The plan is to keep things free and open. One of the other intents is to boil this code down to the essentials. Anything outside of creating PDF documents will be moved to an extension library. This library is for core PDF needs and concerns.

Changes

This repo has the following changes from the old "original" 4.2.0 version:

compilation now also supports Java 8, but compatibility level in maven pom is set to Java 7
in the case of unexpected end of PDF file the IOException is thrown (not PDFNull)
merged patch from Steven to fix NPE in XFA Form (escapeSom method)
merged UnembedFontPdfSmartCopy functionality from Vicente Alencar
merged RTF Footer functionality from ubermichael
compatibility fix to support the newest (1.54) bouncy castle libraries based/inspired by flex-developments fixes
some NPE fixes and tweaked maven support

Contributing

Release the hounds! Please send all pull requests.

Dependencies

Required:

BouncyCastle: Provider PKIX/CMS

PDFRenderer

DOM4j

Optional:

JUnit 4 - for unit testing

JFreeChart: - for testing graphical examples JFreeChart JCommon Servlet

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