/** * Example written by Bruno Lowagie in answer to: * http://stackoverflow.com/questions/21617218/itext-or-itextsharp-rudimentary-text-edit * * This is only a partial answer. It's a quick and dirty method showing how to * change a stream inside a PDF. Obviously, you'll have to detect words that are * stored in Form XObjects too, and you can seriously screw up the layout when * you manipulate the content stream as is done in this example. */ package sandbox.stamper; import com.itextpdf.text.DocumentException; import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PRStream; import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfDictionary; import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfName; import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfObject; import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfReader; import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfStamper; import java.io.File; import java.io.FileOutputStream; import java.io.IOException; import sandbox.WrapToTest; @WrapToTest public class ReplaceStream { public static final String SRC = "resources/pdfs/hello.pdf"; public static final String DEST = "results/stamper/hello_changed.pdf"; public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException, DocumentException { File file = new File(DEST); file.getParentFile().mkdirs(); new ReplaceStream().manipulatePdf(SRC, DEST); } public void manipulatePdf(String src, String dest) throws IOException, DocumentException { PdfReader reader = new PdfReader(src); PdfDictionary dict = reader.getPageN(1); PdfObject object = dict.getDirectObject(PdfName.CONTENTS); if (object instanceof PRStream) { PRStream stream = (PRStream)object; byte[] data = PdfReader.getStreamBytes(stream); stream.setData(new String(data).replace("Hello World", "HELLO WORLD").getBytes()); } PdfStamper stamper = new PdfStamper(reader, new FileOutputStream(dest)); stamper.close(); reader.close(); } }