Apache PDFBox

Apache PDFBox is an open-source Java library for working with PDF documents. It provides capabilities for creating, manipulating, and extracting content from PDF files, including text extraction, form filling, and digital signatures. The library is designed to be lightweight and efficient, making it suitable for server-side and desktop applications.

Also known as: PDFBox, Apache PDFBox library, PDFBox Java, Apache PDFBox Java, PDFBox 2.0

Why learn Apache PDFBox?

Developers should learn Apache PDFBox when building Java applications that require PDF processing, such as generating reports, extracting data from PDFs for analysis, or automating form handling. It is particularly useful in enterprise environments for document management systems, e-commerce platforms for invoice generation, and data processing pipelines where PDFs are a common format.

Learning Resources

• docs: Apache PDFBox Official Documentation
• docs: Apache PDFBox GitHub Repository
• tutorial: Baeldung Tutorial: Introduction to Apache PDFBox
• tutorial: Apache PDFBox Cookbook
• video: YouTube: Apache PDFBox Tutorial by Java Brains