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Sample Java code for using Apryse SDK to copy pages from one document to another, delete and rearrange pages, and use ImportPages() method for very efficient copy and merge operations. Learn more about our Java PDF Library and PDF Editing & Manipulation Library.

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//---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
// Copyright (c) 2001-2019 by PDFTron Systems Inc. All Rights Reserved.
// Consult legal.txt regarding legal and license information.
//---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

package com.pdftron.android.pdfnetsdksamples.samples;

import com.pdftron.android.pdfnetsdksamples.OutputListener;
import com.pdftron.android.pdfnetsdksamples.PDFNetSample;
import com.pdftron.android.pdfnetsdksamples.R;
import com.pdftron.android.pdfnetsdksamples.util.Utils;
import com.pdftron.pdf.PDFDoc;
import com.pdftron.pdf.Page;
import com.pdftron.pdf.PageIterator;
import com.pdftron.sdf.SDFDoc;

import java.util.ArrayList;

public class PDFPageTest extends PDFNetSample {

	private static OutputListener mOutputListener;

	private static ArrayList<String> mFileList = new ArrayList<>();

    public PDFPageTest() {
        setTitle(R.string.sample_pdfpage_title);
        setDescription(R.string.sample_pdfpage_description);
    }

	@Override
	public void run(OutputListener outputListener) {
		super.run(outputListener);
		mOutputListener = outputListener;
		mFileList.clear();
		printHeader(outputListener);

        // Sample 1 - Split a PDF document into multiple pages
        mOutputListener.println("_______________________________________________");
        mOutputListener.println("Sample 1 - Split a PDF document into multiple pages...");
        mOutputListener.println("Opening the input pdf...");
        try (PDFDoc in_doc = new PDFDoc(Utils.getAssetTempFile(INPUT_PATH + "newsletter.pdf").getAbsolutePath())) {
            in_doc.initSecurityHandler();

            int page_num = in_doc.getPageCount();
            for (int i = 1; i <= page_num; ++i) {
                try (PDFDoc new_doc = new PDFDoc()) {
                    new_doc.insertPages(0, in_doc, i, i, PDFDoc.InsertBookmarkMode.NONE, null);
                    String fname = "newsletter_split_page_" + i + ".pdf";
                    new_doc.save(Utils.createExternalFile(fname, mFileList).getAbsolutePath(), SDFDoc.SaveMode.REMOVE_UNUSED, null);
                    mOutputListener.println("Done. Result saved in newsletter_split_page_" + i + ".pdf");
                }
            }
        } catch (Exception e2) {
            mOutputListener.printError(e2.getStackTrace());
        }

        // Sample 2 - Merge several PDF documents into one
        mOutputListener.println("_______________________________________________");
        mOutputListener.println("Sample 2 - Merge several PDF documents into one...");
        try (PDFDoc new_doc = new PDFDoc()) {
            new_doc.initSecurityHandler();

            int page_num = 15;
            for (int i = 1; i <= page_num; ++i) {
                mOutputListener.println("Opening newsletter_split_page_" + i + ".pdf");
                String fname = "newsletter_split_page_" + i + ".pdf";
                try (PDFDoc in_doc = new PDFDoc(Utils.createExternalFile(fname, mFileList).getAbsolutePath())) {
                    new_doc.insertPages(i, in_doc, 1, in_doc.getPageCount(), PDFDoc.InsertBookmarkMode.NONE, null);
                }
            }
            new_doc.save(Utils.createExternalFile("newsletter_merge_pages.pdf", mFileList).getAbsolutePath(), SDFDoc.SaveMode.REMOVE_UNUSED, null);
            mOutputListener.println("Done. Result saved in newsletter_merge_pages.pdf");
        } catch (Exception e2) {
            mOutputListener.printError(e2.getStackTrace());
        }

        // Sample 3 - Delete every second page
        mOutputListener.println("_______________________________________________");
        mOutputListener.println("Sample 3 - Delete every second page...");
        mOutputListener.println("Opening the input pdf...");
        try (PDFDoc in_doc = new PDFDoc(Utils.getAssetTempFile(INPUT_PATH + "newsletter.pdf").getAbsolutePath())) {
            in_doc.initSecurityHandler();

            int page_num = in_doc.getPageCount();
            while (page_num >= 1) {
                PageIterator itr = in_doc.getPageIterator(page_num);
                in_doc.pageRemove(itr);
                page_num -= 2;
            }

            in_doc.save(Utils.createExternalFile("newsletter_page_remove.pdf", mFileList).getAbsolutePath(), SDFDoc.SaveMode.NO_FLAGS, null);
            mOutputListener.println("Done. Result saved in newsletter_page_remove.pdf...");

        } catch (Exception e2) {
            mOutputListener.printError(e2.getStackTrace());
        }

        // Sample 4 - Inserts a page from one document at different
        // locations within another document
        mOutputListener.println("_______________________________________________");
        mOutputListener.println("Sample 4 - Insert a page at different locations...");
        mOutputListener.println("Opening the input pdf...");
        try (PDFDoc in1_doc = new PDFDoc((Utils.getAssetTempFile(INPUT_PATH + "newsletter.pdf").getAbsolutePath()))) {
            in1_doc.initSecurityHandler();
            try (PDFDoc in2_doc = new PDFDoc((Utils.getAssetTempFile(INPUT_PATH + "fish.pdf").getAbsolutePath()))) {
                in2_doc.initSecurityHandler();

                PageIterator src_page_itr = in2_doc.getPageIterator();
                Page src_page = src_page_itr.next();
                PageIterator dst_page_itr = in1_doc.getPageIterator();
                int page_num = 1;
                while (dst_page_itr.hasNext()) {
                  if (page_num++ % 3 == 0) {
                    in1_doc.pageInsert(dst_page_itr, src_page);
                }
                dst_page_itr.next();
               }

               in1_doc.save(Utils.createExternalFile("newsletter_page_insert.pdf", mFileList).getAbsolutePath(), SDFDoc.SaveMode.NO_FLAGS, null);
               mOutputListener.println("Done. Result saved in newsletter_page_insert.pdf...");
            }
        } catch (Exception e) {
              mOutputListener.printError(e.getStackTrace());
        }

        // Sample 5 - Replicate pages within a single document
        mOutputListener.println("_______________________________________________");
        mOutputListener.println("Sample 5 - Replicate pages within a single document...");
        mOutputListener.println("Opening the input pdf...");
        try (PDFDoc doc = new PDFDoc((Utils.getAssetTempFile(INPUT_PATH + "newsletter.pdf").getAbsolutePath()))) {
            doc.initSecurityHandler();

            // Replicate the cover page three times (copy page #1 and place it before the
            // seventh page in the document page sequence)
            Page cover = doc.getPage(1);
            PageIterator p7 = doc.getPageIterator(7);
            doc.pageInsert(p7, cover);
            doc.pageInsert(p7, cover);
            doc.pageInsert(p7, cover);

            // Replicate the cover page two more times by placing it before and after
            // existing pages.
            doc.pagePushFront(cover);
            doc.pagePushBack(cover);

            doc.save(Utils.createExternalFile("newsletter_page_clone.pdf", mFileList).getAbsolutePath(), SDFDoc.SaveMode.NO_FLAGS, null);
            mOutputListener.println("Done. Result saved in newsletter_page_clone.pdf...");
            
        } catch (Exception e2) {
            mOutputListener.printError(e2.getStackTrace());
        }

        // Sample 6 - Use ImportPages() in order to copy multiple pages at once
        // in order to preserve shared resources between pages (e.g. images, fonts,
        // colorspaces, etc.)
        mOutputListener.println("_______________________________________________");
        mOutputListener.println("Sample 6 - Preserving shared resources using ImportPages...");
        mOutputListener.println("Opening the input pdf...");
        try (PDFDoc in_doc = new PDFDoc((Utils.getAssetTempFile(INPUT_PATH + "newsletter.pdf").getAbsolutePath()))) {
            in_doc.initSecurityHandler();

            try (PDFDoc new_doc = new PDFDoc()) {

                Page[] copy_pages = new Page[in_doc.getPageCount()];
                int j = 0;
                for (PageIterator itr = in_doc.getPageIterator(); itr.hasNext(); j++) {
                    copy_pages[j] = itr.next();
                }

                Page[] imported_pages = new_doc.importPages(copy_pages);
                for (int i = 0; i < imported_pages.length; ++i) {
                    new_doc.pagePushFront(imported_pages[i]); // Order pages in reverse order.
                    // Use pushBackPage() if you would like to preserve the same order.
                }

                new_doc.save(Utils.createExternalFile("newsletter_import_pages.pdf", mFileList).getAbsolutePath(), SDFDoc.SaveMode.NO_FLAGS, null);

                mOutputListener.println("Done. Result saved in newsletter_import_pages.pdf...");
                mOutputListener.println();
                mOutputListener.println("Note that the output file size is less than half the size");
                mOutputListener.println("of the file produced using individual page copy operations");
                mOutputListener.println("between two documents");
            }
        } catch (Exception e1) {
            mOutputListener.printError(e1.getStackTrace());
        }

		for (String file : mFileList) {
			addToFileList(file);
		}
		printFooter(outputListener);
	}

}