6

My aim is it to draw an uploaded image of which I do not know the dimensions on a PDF file with one empty page (DIN A4). For horizontal images I have a PDF file with one horizontal empty page and for vertical images I have a PDF file with one vertical page.

This is my code so far:

File image = convertMultipartFileToFile(file); //I get a MultipartFile from my RequestParam (Spring) - converting works fine
BufferedImage awtImage = ImageIO.read(image);

String path = "";

if (awtImage.getWidth() > awtImage.getHeight()) {
    path = MyController.class.getResource("/pdf4ImageUploadHorizontal.pdf").getPath();
} else {
    path = MyController.class.getResource("/pdf4ImageUploadVertical.pdf").getPath();
}

pdf = new File(path);
PDDocument doc = PDDocument.load(pdf);
PDPage page = doc.getPage(0);
int actualPDFWidth = 0;
int actualPDFHeight = 0;
if (awtImage.getWidth() > awtImage.getHeight()) {

    actualPDFWidth = (int) PDRectangle.A4.getHeight();
    actualPDFHeight = (int) PDRectangle.A4.getWidth();
} else {
    actualPDFWidth = (int) PDRectangle.A4.getWidth();
    actualPDFHeight = (int) PDRectangle.A4.getHeight();
}

// Add image to page
PDImageXObject pdImage = PDImageXObject.createFromFileByContent(image, doc);

Dimension scaledDim = getScaledDimension(new Dimension(pdImage.getWidth(), pdImage.getHeight()), new Dimension(actualPDFWidth, actualPDFHeight)); // I'm using this function: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/23223716/scaled-image-blurry-in-pdfbox

PDPageContentStream contentStream = new PDPageContentStream(doc, page);

contentStream.drawImage(pdImage, 0, 0, scaledDim.width, scaledDim.height);
contentStream.close();
doc.save("c:\\xyz\\pdf.pdf");

For vertical images everything works fine (I would prefer the images to be centered on the page but that'd be the next step).

Problem is with horizontal images: instead of my uploaded horizontal image filling the complete horizontal pdf page I get a horizontal pdf page with my image on the left being rotated 90° to the right and fitting from top to bottom (scaling worked but not the way I hoped for): enter image description here

My wish is to insert uploaded horizontal or vertical pictures correctly without rotation into to the intended PDF page.

Lea
  • 261
  • 5
  • 14
  • Concerning the recognition of the Exif metadata you can proceed like in [this answer](https://stackoverflow.com/a/48568754/1729265) (it is an answer in the context of iText but for the Exif metadata recognition a separate library is used.) – mkl Apr 19 '18 at 15:11
  • I now have another problem....I'll edit the post...but thanks – Lea Apr 20 '18 at 06:57
  • @mkl could you take a look at the post now? saw you commented on a previous pdfbox version with a somehow similar problem: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/16952710/filling-landscape-pdf-with-pdfbox – Lea Apr 20 '18 at 07:45
  • 1
    whats ``getScaledDimension`` does? – TuGordoBello Jul 29 '20 at 20:19

1 Answers1

8

I know found a solution...for sure it is not the most elegant one but it works. The result I get is my vertical or horizontal image if necessary scaled down to the A4 format and centered on the page. My code:

File image = convertMultipartFileToFile(file);
BufferedImage awtImage = ImageIO.read(image);

// check if horizontal or vertical
Boolean isHorizontal = false;
if (awtImage.getWidth() > awtImage.getHeight()) {
    isHorizontal = true;
}
String path = "";

// get actual height and width of pdf page 'cause pdfbox sees page always as vertical and only saves the rotation   
// ....-------------------
// ...|...................|
// ...|.........A4........|...0.x
// ...|......PDF.page.....|..0y-|----------------------------
// ...|......vertical.....|.....|............A4..............|
// ...|...._________......|.....|.........PDF.page...........|
// ...|...(.........).....|.....|........horizontal..........|
// ...|...(..image..).....|.....|...._______________.........|
// ...|...(.........).....|.....|...(...............)........|
// ...|...(.........).....|.....|...(....image......)........|
// ...|...(.........).....|.....|...(_______________)........|
// ...|...(_________).....|.....|----------------------------
// 0x-|-------------------
// ..0y
int actualPDFWidth = 0;
int actualPDFHeight = 0;
if (isHorizontal) {
    actualPDFWidth = (int) PDRectangle.A4.getHeight();
    actualPDFHeight = (int) PDRectangle.A4.getWidth();
    path = MyController.class.getResource("/pdf4ImageUploadHorizontal.pdf").getPath();
} else {
    actualPDFWidth = (int) PDRectangle.A4.getWidth();
    actualPDFHeight = (int) PDRectangle.A4.getHeight();
    path = MyController.class.getResource("/pdf4ImageUploadVertical.pdf").getPath();
}

pdf = new File(path);
PDDocument doc = PDDocument.load(pdf);
PDPage page = doc.getPage(0);

PDImageXObject pdImage = PDImageXObject.createFromFileByContent(image, doc);
PDPageContentStream contentStream = new PDPageContentStream(doc, page);

// scale image
Dimension scaledDim = getScaledDimension(new Dimension(pdImage.getWidth(), pdImage.getHeight()), new Dimension(actualPDFWidth, actualPDFHeight)); // I'm using this function: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/23223716/scaled-image-blurry-in-pdfbox

// if horizontal rotate 90°, calculate position and draw on page
if (isHorizontal) {
    int x = (int) PDRectangle.A4.getWidth() - (((int) PDRectangle.A4.getWidth() - scaledDim.height) /2);
    int y = ((int) PDRectangle.A4.getHeight() - scaledDim.width) / 2;
    AffineTransform at = new AffineTransform(scaledDim.getHeight(), 0, 0, scaledDim.getWidth(), x, y);
    at.rotate(Math.toRadians(90));
    Matrix m = new Matrix(at);
    contentStream.drawImage(pdImage, m);
} else {
    int x = ((int) PDRectangle.A4.getWidth() - scaledDim.width) / 2;
    int y = ((int) PDRectangle.A4.getHeight() - scaledDim.height) / 2;
    contentStream.drawImage(pdImage, x, y, scaledDim.width, scaledDim.height);
}

contentStream.close();
doc.save("c:\\xyz\\pdf.pdf");           
doc.close();

Please correct me if there's something wrong.

Lea
  • 261
  • 5
  • 14