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package org.pdfbox.examples.pdmodel;
import java.io.IOException;
import org.pdfbox.exceptions.COSVisitorException;
import org.pdfbox.pdmodel.PDDocument;
import org.pdfbox.pdmodel.PDPage;
/**
* This will create a blank PDF and write the contents to a file.
*
* usage: java org.pdfbox.examples.pdmodel.CreateBlankPDF <outputfile.pdf>
*
* @author <a href="mailto:ben@benlitchfield.com">Ben Litchfield</a>
* @version $Revision: 1.9 $
*/
public class CreateBlankPDF
{
/**
* This will create a blank PDF and write the contents to a file.
*
* @param file The name of the file to write to.
*
* @throws IOException If there is an error writing the data.
* @throws COSVisitorException If there is an error while generating the document.
*/
public void create( String file ) throws IOException, COSVisitorException
{
PDDocument document = null;
try
{
document = new PDDocument();
//Every document requires at least one page, so we will add one
//blank page.
PDPage blankPage = new PDPage();
document.addPage( blankPage );
document.save( file );
}
finally
{
if( document != null )
{
document.close();
}
}
}
/**
* This will create a blank document.
*
* @param args The command line arguments.
*
* @throws IOException If there is an error writing the document data.
* @throws COSVisitorException If there is an error generating the data.
*/
public static void main( String[] args ) throws IOException, COSVisitorException
{
if( args.length != 1 )
{
usage();
}
else
{
CreateBlankPDF creator = new CreateBlankPDF();
creator.create( args[0] );
}
}
/**
* This will print the usage of this class.
*/
private static void usage()
{
System.err.println( "usage: java org.pdfbox.examples.pdmodel.CreateBlankPDF <outputfile.pdf>" );
}
}