RemoveFirstPage.java

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package org.apache.pdfbox.examples.pdmodel;

import org.apache.pdfbox.Loader;
import org.apache.pdfbox.pdmodel.PDDocument;

import java.io.File;
import java.io.IOException;

/**
 * This is an example on how to remove pages from a PDF document. Do not use this tool if other
 * pages link to this one or if your document has a structure tree for accessibility unless you are
 * able to fix these as well. In such cases it is better to use the splitter() class which will do
 * these fixes.
 *
 * @author Ben Litchfield
 */
public final class RemoveFirstPage
{
    private RemoveFirstPage()
    {
        //utility class, should not be instantiated.
    }

    /**
     * This will print the documents data.
     *
     * @param args The command line arguments.
     *
     * @throws IOException If there is an error parsing the document.
     */
    public static void main( String[] args ) throws IOException
    {
        if( args.length != 2 )
        {
            usage();
        }
        else
        {
            try (PDDocument document = Loader.loadPDF(new File(args[0])))
            {
                if( document.isEncrypted() )
                {
                    throw new IOException( "Encrypted documents are not supported for this example" );
                }
                if( document.getNumberOfPages() <= 1 )
                {
                    throw new IOException( "Error: A PDF document must have at least one page, " +
                                           "cannot remove the last page!");
                }
                document.removePage( 0 );
                document.save( args[1] );
            }
        }
    }

    /**
     * This will print the usage for this document.
     */
    private static void usage()
    {
        System.err.println( "Usage: java " + RemoveFirstPage.class.getName() + " <input-pdf> <output-pdf>" );
    }
}