There is only one definitive standard - ISO 32000-1:2008. You can get it from Adobe's website.
Leonard On 2/16/12 2:00 PM, "AJ Weber" <awe...@comcast.net> wrote: >Absolutely fantastic! Thank you very much! > >BTW: Is there a specific section of the PDF Reference (or some online >resource) that describes what each of those "operators" is? I would >love to refer to that as well. > >Thanks again!!! > >-AJ > > >On 2/16/2012 1:40 PM, iText Info wrote: >> Op 16/02/2012 18:57, AJ Weber schreef: >>> Would I: >>> 1) Open existing PDF in PdfReader; >> Yes. >> >>> 2) Use similar classes to OCGParser/Remover to operate on the reader; >> Yes. >> >>> 3) Create a PdfCopy or PdfStamper to then simply copy the reader to a >>> new output PDF (and I assume the changes made to the reader-interface >>> would be applied to the output)? >> PdfStamper, NOT PdfCopy. >> >> For instance: >> >> public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException, >> DocumentException { >> PdfReader reader = new PdfReader("original.pdf"); >> MyParser parser = new MyParser(args[0]); >> PdfDictionary page; >> for (int i = 1; i<= reader.getNumberOfPages(); i++) { >> page = reader.getPageN(i); >> PRStream stream = >>(PRStream)page.getAsStream(PdfName.CONTENTS); >> PdfDictionary resources = >>page.getAsDict(PdfName.RESOURCES); >> parser.parse(stream, resources); >> } >> reader.removeUnusedObjects(); >> PdfStamper stamper = new PdfStamper(reader, new >> FileOutputStream("fixed.pdf")); >> stamper.close(); >> } >> >> MyParser parses and copies all PDF syntax, except for some particular >> part defined by args[0]. >> Note that this code snippet assumes that the /Contents element in the >> page dictionary is a stream. In your case it could be an array in which >> case the code will throw a ClassCastException. >> >> I suggest that you start by removing everything from the OCG parser >> keeping the dummy operator. >> This should result in code that makes a copy of the original file. >> Then you'd need to find out which operator is used to add the part you >> want to remove. >> Create a custom operator class that does exactly the same thing as the >> dummy operator, except when the part you don't want to copy is >>encountered. >> >> >>------------------------------------------------------------------------- >>----- >> Virtualization& Cloud Management Using Capacity Planning >> Cloud computing makes use of virtualization - but cloud computing >> also focuses on allowing computing to be delivered as a service. >> http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfnl/114/51521223/ >> _______________________________________________ >> iText-questions mailing list >> iText-questions@lists.sourceforge.net >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/itext-questions >> >> iText(R) is a registered trademark of 1T3XT BVBA. >> Many questions posted to this list can (and will) be answered with a >>reference to the iText book: http://www.itextpdf.com/book/ >> Please check the keywords list before you ask for examples: >>http://itextpdf.com/themes/keywords.php > >-------------------------------------------------------------------------- >---- >Virtualization & Cloud Management Using Capacity Planning >Cloud computing makes use of virtualization - but cloud computing >also focuses on allowing computing to be delivered as a service. >http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfnl/114/51521223/ >_______________________________________________ >iText-questions mailing list >iText-questions@lists.sourceforge.net >https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/itext-questions > >iText(R) is a registered trademark of 1T3XT BVBA. >Many questions posted to this list can (and will) be answered with a >reference to the iText book: http://www.itextpdf.com/book/ >Please check the keywords list before you ask for examples: >http://itextpdf.com/themes/keywords.php ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Virtualization & Cloud Management Using Capacity Planning Cloud computing makes use of virtualization - but cloud computing also focuses on allowing computing to be delivered as a service. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfnl/114/51521223/ _______________________________________________ iText-questions mailing list iText-questions@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/itext-questions iText(R) is a registered trademark of 1T3XT BVBA. Many questions posted to this list can (and will) be answered with a reference to the iText book: http://www.itextpdf.com/book/ Please check the keywords list before you ask for examples: http://itextpdf.com/themes/keywords.php