Retrieve the document's XMP meta data.
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import java.io.IOException;
import com.pdflib.pCOS;
import com.pdflib.pCOSException;
import com.pdflib.cookbook.pcos.pcos_cookbook_example;
/**
* Retrieve the document's XMP meta data.
* <p>
* Required software: pCOS interface 3 (pCOS 2.x, PDFlib 7.x, TET 2.2,
* PLOP 3.x)<br>
* Required data: PDF document
*
* @version $Id: document_metadata.java,v 1.2 2007/09/19 09:29:33 stm Exp $
*/
public class document_metadata extends pcos_cookbook_example {
/* This is where the data files are. Adjust as necessary. */
private final static String SEARCH_PATH = "../input";
private final static String KEY = "/Root/Metadata";
public void example_code(pCOS p, String filename) throws pCOSException, Exception {
/* Open the PDF document */
int doc = p.open_document(filename, "");
if (doc == -1)
throw new Exception("Error: " + p.get_errmsg());
System.out.println("File name: " + p.get_string(doc, "filename"));
String objtype = p.get_string(doc, "type:" + KEY);
if (objtype.equals("stream")) {
byte[] contents = p.get_stream(doc, "", KEY);
if (contents != null && contents.length > 0) {
try {
System.out.write(contents);
}
catch (IOException e) {
System.err.println("IOException occurred:");
System.err.println(e.getMessage());
}
}
else {
System.out.println("Not found");
}
}
else {
System.out.println("Not found");
}
p.close_document(doc);
}
public document_metadata(String[] argv, String readable_name,
String search_path, String full_rcs_file_name, String revision) {
super(argv, readable_name, search_path, full_rcs_file_name, revision);
}
public static void main(String argv[]) {
document_metadata example = new document_metadata(argv,
"Document XMP metadata", SEARCH_PATH,
"$RCSfile: document_metadata.java,v $", "$Revision: 1.2 $");
example.execute();
}
}