Use the PdfReader constructor that has a RandomAccessFileOrArray. Paulo
----- Original Message ----- From: "Suresh" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <itext-questions@lists.sourceforge.net> Sent: Monday, February 12, 2007 7:26 PM Subject: [iText-questions] java.lang.OutOfMemoryError while creatingPDfReader > > Hello, > > We are using iText for some pdf manipulation in our application which runs > on IBM WebSphere Application server. I am getting > java.lang.OutOfMemoryError > error while trying to create a PdfReader instance with the following code: > > PdfReader pdfReader1 = new PdfReader(thisContent); > > where thisContent is a Instance of FileInputStream. The FileInputStream > was > created for a PDF file of 87MB size with 1529 pages. The PDF contains > scanned images of different documents. The code is trying to count the > number of pages using following command: > > pageCount = pdfReader1.getNumberOfPages(); > > Is there any alternate way to get the number of pages? Or is there another > way to create PdfReader which is less memory intensive? The JVM setting > for > WebSphere is configured to have max heap size equal to 1024M. The server > has > physical memory of 2GB. > > Can someone please point me to the right direction? I would really > appreciate any help. > > Thanks in advance! > Suresh > > -- > View this message in context: > http://www.nabble.com/java.lang.OutOfMemoryError-while-creating-PDfReader-tf3215944.html#a8930960 > Sent from the iText - General mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? > Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job > easier. > Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo > http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 > _______________________________________________ > iText-questions mailing list > iText-questions@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/itext-questions > Buy the iText book: http://itext.ugent.be/itext-in-action/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier. Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ iText-questions mailing list iText-questions@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/itext-questions Buy the iText book: http://itext.ugent.be/itext-in-action/
