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31 package org.pdfbox.examples.pdmodel;
32
33 import java.io.IOException JavaDoc;
34
35 import org.pdfbox.exceptions.COSVisitorException;
36
37 import org.pdfbox.pdmodel.PDDocument;
38 import org.pdfbox.pdmodel.PDPage;
39
40 /**
41  * This will create a blank PDF and write the contents to a file.
42  *
43  * usage: java org.pdfbox.examples.pdmodel.CreateBlankPDF <outputfile.pdf>
44  *
45  * @author <a HREF="mailto:ben@benlitchfield.com">Ben Litchfield</a>
46  * @version $Revision: 1.9 $
47  */
48 public class CreateBlankPDF
49 {
50
51     /**
52      * This will create a blank PDF and write the contents to a file.
53      *
54      * @param file The name of the file to write to.
55      *
56      * @throws IOException If there is an error writing the data.
57      * @throws COSVisitorException If there is an error while generating the document.
58      */
59     public void create( String JavaDoc file ) throws IOException JavaDoc, COSVisitorException
60     {
61         PDDocument document = null;
62         try
63         {
64             document = new PDDocument();
65             //Every document requires at least one page, so we will add one
66 //blank page.
67 PDPage blankPage = new PDPage();
68             document.addPage( blankPage );
69             document.save( file );
70         }
71         finally
72         {
73             if( document != null )
74             {
75                 document.close();
76             }
77         }
78     }
79
80     /**
81      * This will create a blank document.
82      *
83      * @param args The command line arguments.
84      *
85      * @throws IOException If there is an error writing the document data.
86      * @throws COSVisitorException If there is an error generating the data.
87      */
88     public static void main( String JavaDoc[] args ) throws IOException JavaDoc, COSVisitorException
89     {
90         if( args.length != 1 )
91         {
92             usage();
93         }
94         else
95         {
96             CreateBlankPDF creator = new CreateBlankPDF();
97             creator.create( args[0] );
98         }
99     }
100
101     /**
102      * This will print the usage of this class.
103      */
104     private static void usage()
105     {
106         System.err.println( "usage: java org.pdfbox.examples.pdmodel.CreateBlankPDF <outputfile.pdf>" );
107     }
108 }
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