I've already read the iText FAQ and mail-archive, and
I suspect the answer to my question is no but I'd
like to make sure before deciding that iText can't
help me and look elsewhere:
Can iText be used to read/parse the bookmarks (outline
objects) out of an existing PDF file? I've tried to
come
Can iText be used to read/parse the bookmarks (outline
objects) out of an existing PDF file?
Yes it can - BUT you'll need to write all the bookmark
specific code yourself.
iText has all the PDF parsing and object management classes
that you'll need, but doesn't know anything