Apache PDFBox is an open source pure-Java library that can be used to create, render, print, split, merge, alter, verify and extract text and meta-data of PDF files.
Open Hub reports over 11,000 commits (since the start as an Apache project) by 18 contributors representing more than 140,000 lines of code. PDFBox has a well established, mature codebase maintained by an average size development team with increasing year-over-year commits. Using the COCOMO model, it took an estimated 46 person-years of effort.
Structure Apache PDFBox has these components: PDFBox: the main part FontBox: handles font information XmpBox: handles XMP metadata Preflight (optional): checks PDF files for PDF/A-1b conformity.
History PDFBox was started in 2002 in SourceForge by Ben Litchfield who wanted to be able to extract text of PDF files for Lucene.Apache PDFBox and FontBox 1.0.0 released, The H Open, 16 February 2010 It became an Apache Incubator project in 2008, and an Apache top level project in 2009.PDFBox Project Incubation Status
Preflight was originally named PaDaF and developed by Atos worldline, and donated to the project in 2011.PaDaF Preflight Codebase Intellectual Property (IP) Clearance Status
In February 2015, Apache PDFBox was named an Open Source Partner Organization of the PDF Association.Apache™ PDFBox™ named an Open Source Partner Organization of the PDF Association, February 3, 2015
See also
List of PDF software
References
External links Apache PDFBox Project