Apache PDFBox: Difference between revisions

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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.

[[OhlohOpen Hub]] reports over 23,000 commits (since the start as an Apache project) by 17 contributors representing more than 100,000 lines of code. PDFBox has a well established, mature codebase maintained by an average size development team with increasing [[Year Over Year|Y-O-Y]] commits. Using the [[COCOMO]] model, it took an estimated 31 [[person-year]]s of effort. <ref>{{cite web|author=&nbsp;|url=https://www.ohlohopenhub.net/p/pdfbox/ |title=The Apache PDFBox Open Source Project on OhlohOpen Hub |publisher=Ohlohopenhub.net |date=20142015-0605-2513 |accessdate=20142015-0605-2513}}</ref>

Using the [[COCOMO]] model, it took an estimated 30 [[person-year]]s of effort.<ref>{{cite web|author=&nbsp; |url=https://www.ohloh.net/p/pdfbox/estimated_cost |title=Ohloh Estimated development cost |publisher=Ohloh.net |date=2014-06-25 |accessdate=2014-06-25}}</ref>

==Structure==

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* FontBox: handles font information

* JempBox: handles [[Extensible Metadata Platform|XMP metadata]]

* Preflight (optional): checks PDF files for [[PDF/A]]-1b conformity.

==History==

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Preflight was originally named PaDaF and developed by [[Atos|Atos worldline]], and donated to the project in 2011.<ref>[https://incubator.apache.org/ip-clearance/pdfbox-padaf.html PaDaF Preflight Codebase Intellectual Property (IP) Clearance Status]</ref>

In February 2015, Apache PDFBox was named an Open Source Partner Organization of the [[PDF Association]]. <ref>[http://www.pdfa.org/news/apache-pdfbox-named-an-open-source-partner-organization-of-the-pdf-association/ Apache™ PDFBox™ named an Open Source Partner Organization of the PDF Association], February 3, 2015</ref>

== See also ==