PDFMerger.java

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package org.apache.pdfbox;

import org.apache.pdfbox.util.PDFMergerUtility;

/**
 * This is the main program that will take a list of pdf documents and merge them,
 * saving the result in a new document.
 *
 * @author <a href="mailto:ben@benlitchfield.com">Ben Litchfield</a>
 * @version $Revision: 1.2 $
 */
public class PDFMerger
{
    
    private PDFMerger()
    {
    }
    /**
     * Infamous main method.
     *
     * @param args Command line arguments, should be at least 3.
     *
     * @throws Exception If there is an error parsing the document.
     */
    public static void main( String[] args ) throws Exception
    {
        PDFMerger merge = new PDFMerger();
        merge.merge( args );
    }

    private void merge( String[] args ) throws Exception
    {
        String destinationFileName = "";
        String sourceFileName = null;

        if ( args.length < 3 )
        {
            usage();
        }

        PDFMergerUtility merger = new PDFMergerUtility();
        for( int i=0; i<args.length-1; i++ )
        {
            sourceFileName = args[i];
            merger.addSource(sourceFileName);
        }

        destinationFileName = args[args.length-1];

        merger.setDestinationFileName(destinationFileName);

        merger.mergeDocuments();
    }

    /**
     * This will print the usage requirements and exit.
     */
    private static void usage()
    {
        System.err.println( "Usage: java -jar pdfbox-app-x.y.z.jar PDFMerger <Source PDF File 2..n> <Destination PDF File>\n" +
            "  <Source PDF File 2..n>       2 or more source PDF documents to merge\n" +
            "  <Destination PDF File>       The PDF document to save the merged documents to\n"
            );
        System.exit( 1 );
    }
}