/** * This example was written by Bruno Lowagie in answer to the following question: * https://www.linkedin.com/groups/Script-Change-Author-Name-Comments-159987.S.5984062085800144899 */ package sandbox.interactive; import com.itextpdf.text.DocumentException; import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfArray; import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfDictionary; import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfName; import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfReader; import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfStamper; import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfString; import java.io.File; import java.io.FileOutputStream; import java.io.IOException; import sandbox.WrapToTest; @WrapToTest public class ChangeAuthor { public static final String SRC = "resources/pdfs/page229_annotations.pdf"; public static final String DEST = "results/interactive/page229_changed_author.pdf"; public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException, DocumentException { File file = new File(DEST); file.getParentFile().mkdirs(); new ChangeAuthor().manipulatePdf(SRC, DEST); } public void manipulatePdf(String src, String dest) throws IOException, DocumentException { PdfReader reader = new PdfReader(src); PdfDictionary pageDict = reader.getPageN(1); PdfArray annots = pageDict.getAsArray(PdfName.ANNOTS); if (annots != null) { PdfDictionary annot; for (int i = 0; i < annots.size(); i++) { changeAuthor(annots.getAsDict(i)); } } PdfStamper stamper = new PdfStamper(reader, new FileOutputStream(dest)); stamper.close(); } public void changeAuthor(PdfDictionary annot) { if (annot == null) return; PdfString t = annot.getAsString(PdfName.T); if (t == null) return; if ("iText".equals(t.toString())) annot.put(PdfName.T, new PdfString("Bruno Lowagie")); } }