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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.

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openpdf's Introduction

OpenPDF is a Java PDF library, forked from iText

OpenPDF version 1.0.1 released 2017-01-28##

Get version 1.0.1 here - https://github.com/LibrePDF/OpenPDF/releases/tag/1.0.1

Previous Versions

Version 1.0 released 2016-05-03

License

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/

Use OpenPDF as Maven dependency

Add this to your pom.xml file:

    <dependency>
        <groupId>com.github.librepdf</groupId>
        <artifactId>openpdf</artifactId>
        <version>1.0.1</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. The OpenPDF project is a fork of iText 4, with a LGPL and MPL open source license.

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