The Java PDF Library is a suite of tools that is based in Java.

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How to Read PDF files in Java (Step-by-Step Guide)

TL;DR Java has no native PDF support, so you need a library. Apache PDFBox is free and adequate for basic extraction, and iText adds...
Jacob Collins
5 min read

How to remove unused objects from PDF file (Tutorial)

PDF files sometimes contain objects which are never used. This increases the file size and is wasteful. This tutorial shows you how to reduce...
Jacob Collins
1 min read

PDFBox Alternative: Why developers choose to pay for JPedal

Apache PDFBox and JPedal both date back to the early 2000s, when Ben Litchfield started writing PDFBox and Mark Stephens created the original version...
Jacob Collins
2 min read

How to extract Form data from PDF files in…

This tutorial shows you how to extract data from PDF AcroForms in simple steps using JPedal Java PDF library. JPedal is the best Java...
Mark Stephens
2 min read

How to extract text from PDF files in Java…

This tutorial shows you how to extract text from a PDF file in simple steps using JPedal Java PDF library. You can also read...
Mark Stephens
3 min read

Java PDF to Image conversion (Tutorial)

Do you need to convert your PDF files to images in Java? PDF files are not directly supported but you can solve this problem...
Mark Stephens
2 min read