Author: tilman
Date: Sat Sep 19 10:55:44 2026
New Revision: 1938365
Log:
PDFBOX-6262: Consolidate command line options for tools in PDFBox and classes
for the tools, by Volker Kunert; closes #531
Modified:
pdfbox/branches/3.0/debugger/src/main/java/org/apache/pdfbox/debugger/PDFDebugger.java
pdfbox/branches/3.0/tools/src/main/java/org/apache/pdfbox/tools/DecompressObjectstreams.java
pdfbox/branches/3.0/tools/src/main/java/org/apache/pdfbox/tools/ExportFDF.java
pdfbox/branches/3.0/tools/src/main/java/org/apache/pdfbox/tools/ExportXFDF.java
pdfbox/branches/3.0/tools/src/main/java/org/apache/pdfbox/tools/ExtractImages.java
pdfbox/branches/3.0/tools/src/main/java/org/apache/pdfbox/tools/ExtractText.java
pdfbox/branches/3.0/tools/src/main/java/org/apache/pdfbox/tools/ExtractXMP.java
pdfbox/branches/3.0/tools/src/main/java/org/apache/pdfbox/tools/ImageToPDF.java
pdfbox/branches/3.0/tools/src/main/java/org/apache/pdfbox/tools/ImportFDF.java
pdfbox/branches/3.0/tools/src/main/java/org/apache/pdfbox/tools/ImportXFDF.java
pdfbox/branches/3.0/tools/src/main/java/org/apache/pdfbox/tools/OverlayPDF.java
pdfbox/branches/3.0/tools/src/main/java/org/apache/pdfbox/tools/PDFBox.java
pdfbox/branches/3.0/tools/src/main/java/org/apache/pdfbox/tools/PDFSplit.java
pdfbox/branches/3.0/tools/src/main/java/org/apache/pdfbox/tools/PDFToImage.java
pdfbox/branches/3.0/tools/src/main/java/org/apache/pdfbox/tools/TextToPDF.java
pdfbox/branches/3.0/tools/src/main/java/org/apache/pdfbox/tools/WriteDecodedDoc.java
Modified:
pdfbox/branches/3.0/debugger/src/main/java/org/apache/pdfbox/debugger/PDFDebugger.java
==============================================================================
---
pdfbox/branches/3.0/debugger/src/main/java/org/apache/pdfbox/debugger/PDFDebugger.java
Sat Sep 19 10:47:52 2026 (r1938364)
+++
pdfbox/branches/3.0/debugger/src/main/java/org/apache/pdfbox/debugger/PDFDebugger.java
Sat Sep 19 10:55:44 2026 (r1938365)
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ import picocli.CommandLine.Model.Command
* @author Khyrul Bashar
*/
@SuppressWarnings({ "serial", "squid:MaximumInheritanceDepth", "squid:S1948" })
-@Command(name = "pdfdebugger", description = "Analyzes and inspects the
internal structure of a PDF document")
+@Command(name = "debug", description = "Analyzes and inspects the internal
structure of a PDF document")
public class PDFDebugger extends JFrame implements Callable<Integer>,
HyperlinkListener
{
private static Log LOG; // needs late initialization
Modified:
pdfbox/branches/3.0/tools/src/main/java/org/apache/pdfbox/tools/DecompressObjectstreams.java
==============================================================================
---
pdfbox/branches/3.0/tools/src/main/java/org/apache/pdfbox/tools/DecompressObjectstreams.java
Sat Sep 19 10:47:52 2026 (r1938364)
+++
pdfbox/branches/3.0/tools/src/main/java/org/apache/pdfbox/tools/DecompressObjectstreams.java
Sat Sep 19 10:55:44 2026 (r1938365)
@@ -1,97 +1,97 @@
-/*
- * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
- * contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed with
- * this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
- * The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
- * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
- * the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
- *
- * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
- * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
- * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
- * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
- * limitations under the License.
- */
-
-package org.apache.pdfbox.tools;
-
-import java.io.File;
-import java.io.IOException;
-import java.io.PrintStream;
-import java.util.concurrent.Callable;
-
-import org.apache.pdfbox.Loader;
-import org.apache.pdfbox.pdfwriter.compress.CompressParameters;
-import org.apache.pdfbox.pdmodel.PDDocument;
-
-import picocli.CommandLine;
-import picocli.CommandLine.Command;
-import picocli.CommandLine.Option;
-
-/**
- * This program will just save the loaded pdf without any changes. As PDFBox
doesn't support writing compressed object
- * streams those streams are stripped and will be gone in the resulting file.
This is very helpful when trying to debug
- * problems as it'll make it possible to easily look through a PDF using a
text editor. It also exposes problems which
- * stem from objects inside object streams overwriting other objects.
- *
- * @author Adam Nichols
- */
-@Command(name = "DecompressObjectstreams", header = "Decompresses object
streams in a PDF file.")
-public final class DecompressObjectstreams implements Callable<Integer>
-{
- // Expected for CLI app to write to System.out/System.err
- @SuppressWarnings("squid:S106")
- private final PrintStream SYSERR;
-
- @Option(names = {"-h", "--help"}, usageHelp = true, description = "display
this help message")
- boolean usageHelpRequested;
-
- @Option(names = {"-i", "--input"}, description = "the PDF file to
decompress", required = true)
- private File infile;
-
- @Option(names = {"-o", "--output"}, description = "the decompressed PDF
file. If omitted the original file is overwritten.")
- private File outfile;
-
- /**
- * Constructor.
- */
- public DecompressObjectstreams()
- {
- SYSERR = System.err;
- }
-
- /**
- * This is the entry point for the application.
- *
- * @param args The command-line arguments.
- */
- public static void main(String[] args)
- {
- // suppress the Dock icon on OS X
- System.setProperty("apple.awt.UIElement", "true");
-
- int exitCode = new CommandLine(new
DecompressObjectstreams()).execute(args);
- System.exit(exitCode);
- }
-
- public Integer call()
- {
- try (PDDocument doc = Loader.loadPDF(infile))
- {
- // overwrite inputfile if no outputfile was specified
- if (outfile == null) {
- outfile = infile;
- }
-
- doc.save(outfile, CompressParameters.NO_COMPRESSION);
- }
- catch (IOException ioe)
- {
- SYSERR.println("Error processing file [" +
ioe.getClass().getSimpleName() + "]: " + ioe.getMessage());
- return 4;
- }
- return 0;
- }
-}
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ * contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed with
+ * this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+ * The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
+ * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+ * the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.apache.pdfbox.tools;
+
+import java.io.File;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.PrintStream;
+import java.util.concurrent.Callable;
+
+import org.apache.pdfbox.Loader;
+import org.apache.pdfbox.pdfwriter.compress.CompressParameters;
+import org.apache.pdfbox.pdmodel.PDDocument;
+
+import picocli.CommandLine;
+import picocli.CommandLine.Command;
+import picocli.CommandLine.Option;
+
+/**
+ * This program will just save the loaded pdf without any changes. As PDFBox
doesn't support writing compressed object
+ * streams those streams are stripped and will be gone in the resulting file.
This is very helpful when trying to debug
+ * problems as it'll make it possible to easily look through a PDF using a
text editor. It also exposes problems which
+ * stem from objects inside object streams overwriting other objects.
+ *
+ * @author Adam Nichols
+ */
+@Command(name = "decompress", header = "Decompresses object streams in a PDF
file.")
+public final class DecompressObjectstreams implements Callable<Integer>
+{
+ // Expected for CLI app to write to System.out/System.err
+ @SuppressWarnings("squid:S106")
+ private final PrintStream SYSERR;
+
+ @Option(names = {"-h", "--help"}, usageHelp = true, description = "display
this help message")
+ boolean usageHelpRequested;
+
+ @Option(names = {"-i", "--input"}, description = "the PDF file to
decompress", required = true)
+ private File infile;
+
+ @Option(names = {"-o", "--output"}, description = "the decompressed PDF
file. If omitted the original file is overwritten.")
+ private File outfile;
+
+ /**
+ * Constructor.
+ */
+ public DecompressObjectstreams()
+ {
+ SYSERR = System.err;
+ }
+
+ /**
+ * This is the entry point for the application.
+ *
+ * @param args The command-line arguments.
+ */
+ public static void main(String[] args)
+ {
+ // suppress the Dock icon on OS X
+ System.setProperty("apple.awt.UIElement", "true");
+
+ int exitCode = new CommandLine(new
DecompressObjectstreams()).execute(args);
+ System.exit(exitCode);
+ }
+
+ public Integer call()
+ {
+ try (PDDocument doc = Loader.loadPDF(infile))
+ {
+ // overwrite inputfile if no outputfile was specified
+ if (outfile == null) {
+ outfile = infile;
+ }
+
+ doc.save(outfile, CompressParameters.NO_COMPRESSION);
+ }
+ catch (IOException ioe)
+ {
+ SYSERR.println("Error processing file [" +
ioe.getClass().getSimpleName() + "]: " + ioe.getMessage());
+ return 4;
+ }
+ return 0;
+ }
+}
Modified:
pdfbox/branches/3.0/tools/src/main/java/org/apache/pdfbox/tools/ExportFDF.java
==============================================================================
---
pdfbox/branches/3.0/tools/src/main/java/org/apache/pdfbox/tools/ExportFDF.java
Sat Sep 19 10:47:52 2026 (r1938364)
+++
pdfbox/branches/3.0/tools/src/main/java/org/apache/pdfbox/tools/ExportFDF.java
Sat Sep 19 10:55:44 2026 (r1938365)
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ import picocli.CommandLine.Option;
*
* @author Ben Litchfield
*/
-@Command(name = "exportfdf", header = "Exports AcroForm form data to FDF",
versionProvider = Version.class, mixinStandardHelpOptions = true)
+@Command(name = "export:fdf", header = "Exports AcroForm form data to FDF",
versionProvider = Version.class, mixinStandardHelpOptions = true)
public final class ExportFDF implements Callable<Integer>
{
// Expected for CLI app to write to System.out/System.err
Modified:
pdfbox/branches/3.0/tools/src/main/java/org/apache/pdfbox/tools/ExportXFDF.java
==============================================================================
---
pdfbox/branches/3.0/tools/src/main/java/org/apache/pdfbox/tools/ExportXFDF.java
Sat Sep 19 10:47:52 2026 (r1938364)
+++
pdfbox/branches/3.0/tools/src/main/java/org/apache/pdfbox/tools/ExportXFDF.java
Sat Sep 19 10:55:44 2026 (r1938365)
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ import org.apache.pdfbox.pdmodel.fdf.FDF
*
* @author Ben Litchfield
*/
-@Command(name = "exportxfdf", header = "Exports AcroForm form data to XFDF",
versionProvider = Version.class, mixinStandardHelpOptions = true)
+@Command(name = "export:xfdf", header = "Exports AcroForm form data to XFDF",
versionProvider = Version.class, mixinStandardHelpOptions = true)
public final class ExportXFDF implements Callable<Integer>
{
// Expected for CLI app to write to System.out/System.err
Modified:
pdfbox/branches/3.0/tools/src/main/java/org/apache/pdfbox/tools/ExtractImages.java
==============================================================================
---
pdfbox/branches/3.0/tools/src/main/java/org/apache/pdfbox/tools/ExtractImages.java
Sat Sep 19 10:47:52 2026 (r1938364)
+++
pdfbox/branches/3.0/tools/src/main/java/org/apache/pdfbox/tools/ExtractImages.java
Sat Sep 19 10:55:44 2026 (r1938365)
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ import picocli.CommandLine.Option;
*
* @author Ben Litchfield
*/
-@Command(name = "extractimages", header = "Extracts the images from a PDF
document", versionProvider = Version.class, mixinStandardHelpOptions = true)
+@Command(name = "export:images", header = "Extracts the images from a PDF
document", versionProvider = Version.class, mixinStandardHelpOptions = true)
public final class ExtractImages implements Callable<Integer>
{
// Expected for CLI app to write to System.out/System.err
Modified:
pdfbox/branches/3.0/tools/src/main/java/org/apache/pdfbox/tools/ExtractText.java
==============================================================================
---
pdfbox/branches/3.0/tools/src/main/java/org/apache/pdfbox/tools/ExtractText.java
Sat Sep 19 10:47:52 2026 (r1938364)
+++
pdfbox/branches/3.0/tools/src/main/java/org/apache/pdfbox/tools/ExtractText.java
Sat Sep 19 10:55:44 2026 (r1938365)
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ import picocli.CommandLine.Option;
* @author Ben Litchfield
* @author Tilman Hausherr
*/
-@Command(name = "extracttext", header = "Extracts the text from a PDF
document", versionProvider = Version.class, mixinStandardHelpOptions = true)
+@Command(name = "export:text", header = "Extracts the text from a PDF
document", versionProvider = Version.class, mixinStandardHelpOptions = true)
public final class ExtractText implements Callable<Integer>
{
private static final Log LOG = LogFactory.getLog(ExtractText.class);
Modified:
pdfbox/branches/3.0/tools/src/main/java/org/apache/pdfbox/tools/ExtractXMP.java
==============================================================================
---
pdfbox/branches/3.0/tools/src/main/java/org/apache/pdfbox/tools/ExtractXMP.java
Sat Sep 19 10:47:52 2026 (r1938364)
+++
pdfbox/branches/3.0/tools/src/main/java/org/apache/pdfbox/tools/ExtractXMP.java
Sat Sep 19 10:55:44 2026 (r1938365)
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ import picocli.CommandLine;
*
* @author Tilman Hausherr
*/
[email protected](name = "extractxmp", header = "Extracts the xmp stream
from a PDF document", versionProvider = Version.class, mixinStandardHelpOptions
= true)
[email protected](name = "extract:xmp", header = "Extracts the xmp stream
from a PDF document", versionProvider = Version.class, mixinStandardHelpOptions
= true)
public class ExtractXMP implements Callable<Integer>
{
// Expected for CLI app to write to System.out/System.err
Modified:
pdfbox/branches/3.0/tools/src/main/java/org/apache/pdfbox/tools/ImageToPDF.java
==============================================================================
---
pdfbox/branches/3.0/tools/src/main/java/org/apache/pdfbox/tools/ImageToPDF.java
Sat Sep 19 10:47:52 2026 (r1938364)
+++
pdfbox/branches/3.0/tools/src/main/java/org/apache/pdfbox/tools/ImageToPDF.java
Sat Sep 19 10:55:44 2026 (r1938365)
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ import picocli.CommandLine.Option;
/**
* Create a PDF document from images.
*/
-@Command(name = "imagetopdf", header = "Creates a PDF document from images",
versionProvider = Version.class, mixinStandardHelpOptions = true)
+@Command(name = "fromimage", header = "Creates a PDF document from images",
versionProvider = Version.class, mixinStandardHelpOptions = true)
public final class ImageToPDF implements Callable<Integer>
{
private PDRectangle mediaBox = PDRectangle.LETTER;
Modified:
pdfbox/branches/3.0/tools/src/main/java/org/apache/pdfbox/tools/ImportFDF.java
==============================================================================
---
pdfbox/branches/3.0/tools/src/main/java/org/apache/pdfbox/tools/ImportFDF.java
Sat Sep 19 10:47:52 2026 (r1938364)
+++
pdfbox/branches/3.0/tools/src/main/java/org/apache/pdfbox/tools/ImportFDF.java
Sat Sep 19 10:55:44 2026 (r1938365)
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ import picocli.CommandLine.Option;
*
* @author Ben Litchfield
*/
-@Command(name = "importfdf", header = "Imports AcroForm form data from FDF",
versionProvider = Version.class, mixinStandardHelpOptions = true)
+@Command(name = "import:fdf", header = "Imports AcroForm form data from FDF",
versionProvider = Version.class, mixinStandardHelpOptions = true)
public class ImportFDF implements Callable<Integer>
{
// Expected for CLI app to write to System.out/System.err
Modified:
pdfbox/branches/3.0/tools/src/main/java/org/apache/pdfbox/tools/ImportXFDF.java
==============================================================================
---
pdfbox/branches/3.0/tools/src/main/java/org/apache/pdfbox/tools/ImportXFDF.java
Sat Sep 19 10:47:52 2026 (r1938364)
+++
pdfbox/branches/3.0/tools/src/main/java/org/apache/pdfbox/tools/ImportXFDF.java
Sat Sep 19 10:55:44 2026 (r1938365)
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ import java.util.concurrent.Callable;
*
* @author Ben Litchfield
*/
-@Command(name = "importxfdf", header = "Imports AcroForm form data from XFDF",
versionProvider = Version.class, mixinStandardHelpOptions = true)
+@Command(name = "import:xfdf", header = "Imports AcroForm form data from
XFDF", versionProvider = Version.class, mixinStandardHelpOptions = true)
public class ImportXFDF implements Callable<Integer>
{
// Expected for CLI app to write to System.out/System.err
Modified:
pdfbox/branches/3.0/tools/src/main/java/org/apache/pdfbox/tools/OverlayPDF.java
==============================================================================
---
pdfbox/branches/3.0/tools/src/main/java/org/apache/pdfbox/tools/OverlayPDF.java
Sat Sep 19 10:47:52 2026 (r1938364)
+++
pdfbox/branches/3.0/tools/src/main/java/org/apache/pdfbox/tools/OverlayPDF.java
Sat Sep 19 10:55:44 2026 (r1938365)
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ import picocli.CommandLine.Option;
* Based on code contributed by Balazs Jerk.
*
*/
-@Command(name = "overlaypdf", header = "Adds an overlay to a PDF document",
versionProvider = Version.class, mixinStandardHelpOptions = true)
+@Command(name = "overlay", header = "Adds an overlay to a PDF document",
versionProvider = Version.class, mixinStandardHelpOptions = true)
public final class OverlayPDF implements Callable<Integer>
{
// Expected for CLI app to write to System.out/System.err
Modified:
pdfbox/branches/3.0/tools/src/main/java/org/apache/pdfbox/tools/PDFBox.java
==============================================================================
--- pdfbox/branches/3.0/tools/src/main/java/org/apache/pdfbox/tools/PDFBox.java
Sat Sep 19 10:47:52 2026 (r1938364)
+++ pdfbox/branches/3.0/tools/src/main/java/org/apache/pdfbox/tools/PDFBox.java
Sat Sep 19 10:55:44 2026 (r1938365)
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ public final class PDFBox implements Run
commandLine.addSubcommand("decrypt", Decrypt.class);
commandLine.addSubcommand("encrypt", Encrypt.class);
commandLine.addSubcommand("decode", WriteDecodedDoc.class);
+ commandLine.addSubcommand("decompress", DecompressObjectstreams.class);
commandLine.addSubcommand("export:images", ExtractImages.class);
commandLine.addSubcommand("export:xmp", ExtractXMP.class);
commandLine.addSubcommand("export:text", ExtractText.class);
Modified:
pdfbox/branches/3.0/tools/src/main/java/org/apache/pdfbox/tools/PDFSplit.java
==============================================================================
---
pdfbox/branches/3.0/tools/src/main/java/org/apache/pdfbox/tools/PDFSplit.java
Sat Sep 19 10:47:52 2026 (r1938364)
+++
pdfbox/branches/3.0/tools/src/main/java/org/apache/pdfbox/tools/PDFSplit.java
Sat Sep 19 10:55:44 2026 (r1938365)
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ import picocli.CommandLine.Option;
*
* @author Ben Litchfield
*/
-@Command(name = "pdfsplit", header = "Splits a PDF document into number of new
documents", versionProvider = Version.class, mixinStandardHelpOptions = true)
+@Command(name = "split", header = "Splits a PDF document into number of new
documents", versionProvider = Version.class, mixinStandardHelpOptions = true)
public final class PDFSplit implements Callable<Integer>
{
// Expected for CLI app to write to System.out/System.err
Modified:
pdfbox/branches/3.0/tools/src/main/java/org/apache/pdfbox/tools/PDFToImage.java
==============================================================================
---
pdfbox/branches/3.0/tools/src/main/java/org/apache/pdfbox/tools/PDFToImage.java
Sat Sep 19 10:47:52 2026 (r1938364)
+++
pdfbox/branches/3.0/tools/src/main/java/org/apache/pdfbox/tools/PDFToImage.java
Sat Sep 19 10:55:44 2026 (r1938365)
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ import picocli.CommandLine.Option;
*
* @author Ben Litchfield
*/
-@Command(name = "pdftoimage", header = "Converts a PDF document to image(s)",
versionProvider = Version.class, mixinStandardHelpOptions = true)
+@Command(name = "render", header = "Converts a PDF document to image(s)",
versionProvider = Version.class, mixinStandardHelpOptions = true)
public final class PDFToImage implements Callable<Integer>
{
// Expected for CLI app to write to System.out/System.err
Modified:
pdfbox/branches/3.0/tools/src/main/java/org/apache/pdfbox/tools/TextToPDF.java
==============================================================================
---
pdfbox/branches/3.0/tools/src/main/java/org/apache/pdfbox/tools/TextToPDF.java
Sat Sep 19 10:47:52 2026 (r1938364)
+++
pdfbox/branches/3.0/tools/src/main/java/org/apache/pdfbox/tools/TextToPDF.java
Sat Sep 19 10:55:44 2026 (r1938365)
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ import picocli.CommandLine.Option;
*
* @author Ben Litchfield
*/
-@Command(name = "texttopdf", header = "Creates a PDF document from text",
versionProvider = Version.class, mixinStandardHelpOptions = true)
+@Command(name = "fromtext", header = "Creates a PDF document from text",
versionProvider = Version.class, mixinStandardHelpOptions = true)
public class TextToPDF implements Callable<Integer>
{
/**
Modified:
pdfbox/branches/3.0/tools/src/main/java/org/apache/pdfbox/tools/WriteDecodedDoc.java
==============================================================================
---
pdfbox/branches/3.0/tools/src/main/java/org/apache/pdfbox/tools/WriteDecodedDoc.java
Sat Sep 19 10:47:52 2026 (r1938364)
+++
pdfbox/branches/3.0/tools/src/main/java/org/apache/pdfbox/tools/WriteDecodedDoc.java
Sat Sep 19 10:55:44 2026 (r1938365)
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ import picocli.CommandLine.Parameters;
*
* @author Michael Traut
*/
-@Command(name = "writedecodeddoc", header = "Writes a PDF document with all
streams decoded", versionProvider = Version.class, mixinStandardHelpOptions =
true)
+@Command(name = "decode", header = "Writes a PDF document with all streams
decoded", versionProvider = Version.class, mixinStandardHelpOptions = true)
public class WriteDecodedDoc implements Callable<Integer>
{
// Expected for CLI app to write to System.out/System.err
