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* see usage() for commandline * * @param args command line arguments * * @throws Exception If there is an error importing the FDF document. */ public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception { ExportFDF exporter = new ExportFDF(); exporter.exportFDF( args ); } private void exportFDF( String[] args ) throws Exception { PDDocument pdf = null; FDFDocument fdf = null; try { if( args.length != 1 && args.length != 2 ) { usage(); } else { pdf = PDDocument.load( args[0] ); PDAcroForm form = pdf.getDocumentCatalog().getAcroForm(); if( form == null ) { System.err.println( "Error: This PDF does not contain a form." ); } else { String fdfName = null; if( args.length == 2 ) { fdfName = args[1]; } else { if( args[0].length() > 4 ) { fdfName = args[0].substring( 0, args[0].length() -4 ) + ".fdf"; } } fdf = form.exportFDF(); fdf.save( fdfName ); } } } finally { close( fdf ); close( pdf ); } } /** * This will print out a message telling how to use this example. */ private static void usage() { System.err.println( "usage: org.pdfbox.ExortFDF [output-fdf-file]" ); System.err.println( " [output-fdf-file] - Default is pdf name, test.pdf->test.fdf" ); } /** * Close the document. * * @param doc The doc to close. * * @throws IOException If there is an error closing the document. */ public void close( FDFDocument doc ) throws IOException { if( doc != null ) { doc.close(); } } /** * Close the document. * * @param doc The doc to close. * * @throws IOException If there is an error closing the document. */ public void close( PDDocument doc ) throws IOException { if( doc != null ) { doc.close(); } } }