Pdflib Java api

Question

Hello,

Does somebody knows a high level Java API that wraps the pdflib (horrible) Java API that is actually easy to use.

To clarify, I have to use pdflib (my company uses it), so I need a wrapping API, not other alternatives.

Thanks

Tal

Answer 1

I don't know anything about pdflib but for a nice Java PDF API have a look at iText.

Answer 2

There are a few PDF libraries for Java that I know of.

• iText - http://www.lowagie.com/iText/. I have used this one quite a bit and it is very powerful. They have a great section of tutorials that will help you if you are just getting started.

• PDFBox - http://incubator.apache.org/pdfbox/. I've heard good things about this one as well but have not used it myself.

If you have a specific example of what you are trying to do it that would help.