Demonstrate the use of an XMP extension schema as defined in PDF/A-1.
Create a PDF/A document and use the "metadata" option of begin_document() to supply an XMP file containing an XMP extension schema.
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* PDF/A extension schema:
* Demonstrate the use of an XMP extension schema as defined in PDF/A-1
*
* Create a PDF/A document and use the "metadata" option of begin_document() to
* supply an XMP file containing an XMP extension schema.
*
* Required software: PDFlib/PDFlib+PDI/PPS 7.0.3
* Required data: XMP file
*/
package com.pdflib.cookbook.pdflib.pdf_flavors;
import com.pdflib.pdflib;
import com.pdflib.PDFlibException;
public class pdfa_extension_schema
{
public static void main (String argv[])
{
/* This is where the data files are. Adjust as necessary. */
String searchpath = "../input";
String outfile = "pdfa_extension_schema.pdf";
String title = "PDF/A Extension Schema";
pdflib p = null;
/* Required minimum PDFlib version */
final double requiredversion = 703;
final String requiredvstr = "7.0.3";
String xmpfile = "machine_extension_schema_1.xmp";
int font;
try {
p = new pdflib();
p.set_parameter("SearchPath", searchpath);
/* This means we must check return values of load_font() etc. */
p.set_parameter("errorpolicy", "return");
/* Check whether the required minimum PDFlib version is available */
double major = p.get_value("major", 0);
double minor = p.get_value("minor", 0);
double revision = p.get_value("revision", 0);
if (major*100 + minor*10 + revision < requiredversion)
throw new Exception("Error: PDFlib " + requiredvstr +
" or above is required");
/* Start a PDF/A document with an XMP file supplied, containing an XMP
* extension schema. The XMP metadata will be read from the file and
* embedded in the document. PDFlib will merge several internally
* generated entries into the user-supplied XMP, e.g. xmp:CreateDate.
*/
if (p.begin_document(outfile,
"pdfa=PDF/A-1b:2005 metadata={filename=" + xmpfile + "}") == -1)
throw new Exception("Error: " + p.get_errmsg());
p.set_info("Creator", "PDFlib Cookbook");
p.set_info("Title", title + " $Revision: 1.4 $");
p.begin_page_ext(0, 0, "width=a4.height height=a4.width");
/* Font embedding is required for PDF/A */
font = p.load_font("LuciduxSans-Oblique", "unicode", "embedding");
if (font == -1)
throw new Exception("Error: " + p.get_errmsg());
p.setfont(font, 12);
p.fit_textline("An XMP extension schema is read from an XMP file and " +
"the XMP metadata is embedded in the document.", 50, 400, "");
p.end_page_ext("");
p.end_document("");
} catch (PDFlibException e) {
System.err.print("PDFlib exception occurred:\n");
System.err.print("[" + e.get_errnum() + "] " + e.get_apiname() +
": " + e.get_errmsg() + "\n");
} catch (Exception e) {
System.err.println(e.getMessage());
} finally {
if (p != null) {
p.delete();
}
}
}
}