The pdf structure requires random access to the file, something that a
stream can't provide.
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> From: "s�bastien laforet" [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Friday, January 17, 2003 9:36
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> Subject: [iText-questions] pdfreader and byte[]
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>
> hello.
>
> i need to concat some pfd files, and these files are stored as blobs in
> an oracle database.
>
> to use pdfreader, you must initialize it with a filename or a byte[].
> with my first attempts, i used a byte[], but it seems i can have to
> merge very large size pdfs ( more bytes that can fit on an "int".) so
> i can't use anymore the constructor with a byte[].
>
iText doesn't work with pdf sizes larger that 2G (2147483647) bytes.
> but i don't want either to read entirely my blob, write it on hard
> disk, use pdfreader with the file, then destroy the temporary file. is
> it possible to use pdf reader with a stream that could be read at will,
> so the use of the JVM memory would not be too bad ?
>
The pdf structure requires random access to the file, something that
a stream can't provide.
Best Regards,
Paulo Soares
> if i got a 30Mo pdf, i surely don't want to write it down, then read
> it, if the pdfreader could read by 24ko blocks, asking oracle for more
> when at the end of the current block.
>
> i prefer not to try and patch i-text, as i don't really have the time
> and will to figure how it really works.
>
>
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> S�bastien LAFORET - Sully Group
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