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package org.apache.pdfbox;
import org.apache.pdfbox.util.PDFMergerUtility;
/**
* This is the main program that will take a list of pdf documents and merge them,
* saving the result in a new document.
*
* @author <a href="mailto:ben@benlitchfield.com">Ben Litchfield</a>
* @version $Revision: 1.2 $
*/
public class PDFMerger
{
private PDFMerger()
{
}
/**
* Infamous main method.
*
* @param args Command line arguments, should be at least 3.
*
* @throws Exception If there is an error parsing the document.
*/
public static void main( String[] args ) throws Exception
{
PDFMerger merge = new PDFMerger();
merge.merge( args );
}
private void merge( String[] args ) throws Exception
{
String destinationFileName = "";
String sourceFileName = null;
if ( args.length < 3 )
{
usage();
}
PDFMergerUtility merger = new PDFMergerUtility();
for( int i=0; i<args.length-1; i++ )
{
sourceFileName = args[i];
merger.addSource(sourceFileName);
}
destinationFileName = args[args.length-1];
merger.setDestinationFileName(destinationFileName);
merger.mergeDocuments();
}
/**
* This will print the usage requirements and exit.
*/
private static void usage()
{
System.err.println( "Usage: java org.apache.pdfbox.PDFMerger <Source PDF File 2..n> <Destination PDF File>\n" +
" <Source PDF File 2..n> 2 or more source PDF documents to merge\n" +
" <Destination PDF File> The PDF document to save the merged documents to\n"
);
System.exit( 1 );
}
}