java-xml2pdf-example

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Example of how to use Apache FOP to create a PDF document in a simple Java application. The application converts a self-defined XML format using a XSL stylesheet into XSL-FO and then into PDF.

Features:

• Title page with embedded image
• Table of contents
• Bookmarks in PDF
• Embedded open type fonts
• Self-contained as an executable jar

Building and running

./mvnw clean verify
java -jar target/javaxml2pdf-1.0-SNAPSHOT-jar-with-dependencies.jar example/bigdoc.xml
open example/bigdoc.pdf

Examples

• Simple minimal document:
  • XML: example/mydoc.xml
  • PDF: example/mydoc.pdf
• Bigger document:
  • XML: example/bigdoc.xml
  • PDF: example/bigdoc.pdf

References

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XSLT
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XSL_Formatting_Objects
• https://www.w3.org/TR/xsl11/
• https://xmlgraphics.apache.org/fop/
• http://savannah.gnu.org/projects/freefont/
• https://loremipsum.io

License

Apache License, Version 2.0