Package gov.nasa.pds.tools.util

Class PDFUtil

java.lang.Object

gov.nasa.pds.tools.util.PDFUtil

public class PDFUtil
extends Object

A class that validate if a PDF file conforms to PDF/A standard.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
PDFUtil()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
String	getErrorMessage()	Returns error message from failed PDF/A validation, if one exists.
String	getExternalErrorFilename()	Returns the name of the external error filename.
boolean	validateFileStandardConformity(String baseDir, String pdfBase, URL parentURL, URL target)	Validate if a PDF file conforms to PDF/A standard.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

PDFUtil

public PDFUtil()

Method Detail

getExternalErrorFilename

public String getExternalErrorFilename()

Returns the name of the external error filename. Can be null.

validateFileStandardConformity

public boolean validateFileStandardConformity(String baseDir,
                                              String pdfBase,
                                              URL parentURL,
                                              URL target)
                                       throws Exception

Validate if a PDF file conforms to PDF/A standard.

Parameters:

pdfBase - The basename of the PDF file

parentURL - The URL of the parent of pdfBase.

Returns:

true if the PDF is PDF/A compliant, and false otherwise

Throws:

Exception

getErrorMessage

public String getErrorMessage()

Returns error message from failed PDF/A validation, if one exists. Otherwise returns null.

Returns:

errorMessage