Aspose.Pdf for Java

What's new in Aspose.PDF Java V3.0.1?

• Support for TrueType font maps have been added
• Support for CCIFF encoding has been added
• TrueType fonts are now supported.

What's new in Aspose.PDF Java V2.8.0?
Aspose.Pdf for Java can now convert PCL files to PDF files. PCL (Printer Command Language) is a Hewlett-Packard printer language that has been developed to access standard printer features. In this version of Aspose.Pdf for Java you will be able to convert PCL5 files containing text, raster and vector graphics to PDF documents:

What's new in Aspose.PDF Java V2.7.0?

• New methods in the XMLDocument class have been added
• Image resources from a URL can now be added
• Performance of this release is 4x-6x times better than previous version when images are placed inside PDF sections or embedded as attachments.
• When using JDK 5 and JDK 6, the new version finds the system fonts folder automatically and there is no need to specify it manually as required with JDK 4.
• In order to improve Java interface, following new overloaded methods are added to Pdf class: bindXML(InputStream) and save(OutputStream stream)

What's new in Aspose.PDF Java V2.5?

• PDF form fields
• PDF attachments
• PDF security  
• Foot note and end notes  
• Multiple columns
• Graphs including Arc, Curve, Rectangle, etc.
• Table of Contents, List of Tables and List of Figures  
• Rich text format including left hanging text, HTML tags in text, rich format list, etc.
• Creating nested tables

What's new in Aspose.PDF Java V2.4?

• HeaderFooter class has been rewritten to provide more flexibility
• Various page, table, header, footer's borders are supported
• Getting Image's width and height is now supported
• Most replaceable symbols are supported in Text

What's new in Aspose.PDF Java V2.x?

• Document Object Model (DOM) is supported like the .Net version
• XML is supported like the .Net version
• Truetype fonts are supported

Rich Content - With the help of Aspose.Pdf for Java, you can create PDF documents, having rich content, quickly and efficiently. Aspose.Pdf for Java allows the creation of PDF documents, while providing the support for, texts, tables, graphs, images, hyperlinks, headings, attachments, addition of Watermarks, creation of Bookmarks, adding Footnotes & Endnotes, creating List Of Contents, adding Form Fields, adding Floating Box, creating multiple column documents, support for adding different Graphs & Shapes and the capability of document compression. TrueType fonts, PostScripts Type1 fonts, Unicode, custom encoding and other PDF Core Fonts are also supported, as well as Font Embedding. You have the option of including replaceable symbols to change the corresponding text contents at runtime.

Ease of Use - Aspose.Pdf for Java allows for the creation of PDF documents in many different ways. You have the option of either creating PDF documents via XML or through the API or by using both XML and API.

File Format Conversion - Aspose.Pdf for Java also allows you to create your PDF document by converting an existing file to PDF. The conversion of XML to PDF is supported. It also offers the capability to convert Image files into PDF format, either it's referenced by a static or a relative path. Aspose.Pdf for Java also supports the conversion of MS Excel (requires Aspose.Cells for Java) to PDF.

Security - With the help of Aspose.Pdf for Java you can encrypt your PDF documents with 40-bits or 128-bits security. You can also set Master and User passwords for PDF encryption. In addition to this, content modification, copying content, printing, form filling, degraded printing, annotation modification, PDF documents assembling and screen readers of the PDF documents can be restricted.

Tables - Aspose.Pdf for Java enables you to add great looking tables to your PDF document. You have the option of setting border style, Background Color, margin and padding of a table. The columns width, spanning and row splitting of a table can be controlled and the support for creating nested tables. In addition to this, default cell formatting can be applied on all table cells; rows and columns can be formatted; and nested tables are allowed. 

PDF/A - The PDF/A formats specified in the ISO 19005 standard strive to provide a consistent and robust subset of PDF which can safely be archived over a long period of time, or used for reliable data exchange in enterprise and government environments. There are two flavors of PDF/A-1: PDF/A-1b (formally ISO 19005-1 Level B) ensures that the visual appearance of a document is preserved even after the long time, whereas PDF/A-1a (formally ISO 19005-1 Level A) is based on level B, and adds some additional properties: it adds structure information and reliable text semantics in order to preserve the document's logical structure and natural reading order.