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'''Apache PDFBox''' is an open source pure-[[Java (software platform)|Java]] library that can be used to create, render, print, split, merge, alter, verify and extract text and meta-data of [[PDF]] files.
'''Apache PDFBox''' is an open source pure-[[Java (software platform)|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 decreasing [[wikt:year-over-year|year-over-year]] commits. Using the [[COCOMO]] model, it took an estimated 36 [[person-year]]s of effort.<ref>{{cite web|author=&nbsp;|url=https://www.openhub.net/p/pdfbox/ |title=The Apache PDFBox Open Source Project on Open Hub |publisher=openhub.net |date=2017-03-18 |accessdate=2017-03-18}}</ref>
[[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 [[wikt:year-over-year|year-over-year]] commits. Using the [[COCOMO]] model, it took an estimated 46 [[person-year]]s of effort.<ref>{{cite web|author=&nbsp;|url=https://www.openhub.net/p/pdfbox/ |title=The Apache PDFBox Open Source Project on Open Hub |publisher=openhub.net |date=2017-03-18 |accessdate=2017-03-18}}</ref>


==Structure==
==Structure==

Revision as of 17:29, 26 July 2018

PDFBox
Developer(s)Apache Software Foundation
Stable release
2.0.11 / June 29, 2018; 6 years ago (2018-06-29)
Repository
Written inJava
Operating systemCross-platform
TypePortable Document Format (PDF)
LicenseApache License 2.0
Websitehttps://pdfbox.apache.org

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.[1]

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.[2] It became an Apache Incubator project in 2008, and an Apache top level project in 2009.[3]

Preflight was originally named PaDaF and developed by Atos worldline, and donated to the project in 2011.[4]

In February 2015, Apache PDFBox was named an Open Source Partner Organization of the PDF Association.[5]

See also

References

  1. ^   (2017-03-18). "The Apache PDFBox Open Source Project on Open Hub". openhub.net. Retrieved 2017-03-18.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link)
  2. ^ Apache PDFBox and FontBox 1.0.0 released, The H Open, 16 February 2010
  3. ^ PDFBox Project Incubation Status
  4. ^ PaDaF Preflight Codebase Intellectual Property (IP) Clearance Status
  5. ^ Apache™ PDFBox™ named an Open Source Partner Organization of the PDF Association, February 3, 2015

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