OpenPDF is a Java library for creating and editing PDF files with a LGPL and MPL open source license. OpenPDF is based on a fork of iText 4. We welcome contributions from other developers. Please feel free to submit pull-requests and bugreports to this GitHub repository.
Get version 1.0.1 here - https://github.com/LibrePDF/OpenPDF/releases/tag/1.0.1
- Version 1.0 released 2016-05-03
GNU General Lesser Public License (LGPL) version 3.0 - http://www.gnu.org/licenses/lgpl.html
Mozilla Public License Version 2.0 - http://www.mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/
Add this to your pom.xml file:
<dependency>
<groupId>com.github.librepdf</groupId>
<artifactId>openpdf</artifactId>
<version>1.0.1</version>
</dependency>
Beginning with version 5.0 of iText, the developers have moved to the AGPL to improve their ability to sell commercial licenses. The OpenPDF project is a fork of iText 4, with a LGPL and MPL open source license.
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
Release the hounds! Please send all pull requests.
BouncyCastle 1.56: Provider PKIX/CMS
PDFRenderer
DOM4j
JUnit 4 - for unit testing
JFreeChart: - for testing graphical examples JFreeChart JCommon Servlet