Quick Start (SOAP mode): Creating a PDF/A document using the Java API

The following Java code example creates a PDF/A document named LoanArchive.pdf . This PDF document is based on a form design named Loan.xdp and an XML data file named Loan.xml . The LoanArchive.pdf is written to the C:\Adobe folder located on the J2EE application server hosting AEM Forms, not the client computer. (See Creating PDF/A Documents.)

/* 
    * This Java Quick Start uses the SOAP mode and contains the following JAR files 
    * in the class path: 
    * 1. adobe-output-client.jar 
    * 2. adobe-livecycle-client.jar 
    * 3. adobe-usermanager-client.jar 
    * 4. activation.jar (required for SOAP mode) 
    * 5. axis.jar (required for SOAP mode) 
    * 6. axis.jar (required for SOAP mode) 
    * 7. commons-codec-1.3.jar (required for SOAP mode) 
    * 8. commons-collections-3.2.jar  (required for SOAP mode) 
    * 9. commons-discovery.jar (required for SOAP mode) 
    * 10. commons-logging.jar (required for SOAP mode) 
    * 11. dom3-xml-apis-2.5.0.jar (required for SOAP mode) 
    * 12. jaxen-1.1-beta-9.jar (required for SOAP mode) 
    * 13. jaxrpc.jar (required for SOAP mode) 
    * 14. log4j.jar (required for SOAP mode) 
    * 15. mail.jar (required for SOAP mode) 
    * 16. saaj.jar (required for SOAP mode) 
    * 17. wsdl4j.jar (required for SOAP mode) 
    * 18. xalan.jar (required for SOAP mode) 
    * 19. xbean.jar (required for SOAP mode) 
    * 20. xercesImpl.jar (required for SOAP mode) 
    *  
    *  The JBoss files must be kept in the jboss\client folder. You can copy the client folder to  
    *  your local development environment and then include the 3 JBoss JAR files in your class path 
    *   
    *  These JAR files are located in the following path: 
    * <install directory>/sdk/client-libs/common 
    *  
    *  
    * <install directory>/jboss/bin/client 
    *  
    * If you want to invoke a remote forms server instance and there is a 
    * firewall between the client application and the server, then it is  
    * recommended that you use the SOAP mode. When using the SOAP mode,  
    * you have to include additional JAR files located in the following  
    * path 
    * <install directory>/sdk/client-libs/thirdparty 
    *  
    * For information about the SOAP  
    * mode and the additional JAR files that need to be included,  
    * see "Setting connection properties" in Programming  
    * with AEM Forms 
    *  
    * For complete details about the location of the AEM Forms JAR files,  
    * see "Including LiveCycle Java library files" in Programming  
    * with AEM Forms 
    */ 
import com.adobe.livecycle.output.client.*; 
import java.util.*; 
import java.io.File; 
import java.io.FileInputStream; 
import com.adobe.idp.Document; 
import com.adobe.idp.dsc.clientsdk.ServiceClientFactory; 
import com.adobe.idp.dsc.clientsdk.ServiceClientFactoryProperties; 
 
public class CreatePDFADocument { 
 
    public static void main(String[] args) { 
         
    try{ 
        //Set connection properties required to invoke AEM Forms                                 
        Properties connectionProps = new Properties(); 
        connectionProps.setProperty(ServiceClientFactoryProperties.DSC_DEFAULT_SOAP_ENDPOINT, "jnp://[server]:[port]"); 
        connectionProps.setProperty(ServiceClientFactoryProperties.DSC_TRANSPORT_PROTOCOL,ServiceClientFactoryProperties.DSC_SOAP_PROTOCOL);           
        connectionProps.setProperty(ServiceClientFactoryProperties.DSC_SERVER_TYPE, "JBoss"); 
        connectionProps.setProperty(ServiceClientFactoryProperties.DSC_CREDENTIAL_USERNAME, "administrator"); 
        connectionProps.setProperty(ServiceClientFactoryProperties.DSC_CREDENTIAL_PASSWORD, "password"); 
                         
        //Create a ServiceClientFactory object 
        ServiceClientFactory myFactory = ServiceClientFactory.createInstance(connectionProps); 
                 
        //Create an OutputClient object 
        OutputClient outClient = new OutputClient(myFactory);  
                         
        //Reference an XML data source to merge with the form design                                 
        FileInputStream fileInputStream = new FileInputStream("C:\\Adobe\Loan.xml");     
        Document inXMData = new Document (fileInputStream); 
             
        //Set PDF run-time options     
        PDFOutputOptionsSpec outputOptions = new PDFOutputOptionsSpec(); 
        outputOptions.setFileURI("C:\\Adobe\LoanArchive.pdf"); 
                     
        //Set rendering run-time options     
        RenderOptionsSpec pdfAOptions = new RenderOptionsSpec();  
        pdfAOptions.setPDFAConformance(PDFAConformance.A); 
        pdfAOptions.setPDFARevisionNumber(PDFARevisionNumber.Revision_1); 
         
                 
        //Create a PDF/A document             
        OutputResult outputDocument = outClient.generatePDFOutput( 
            TransformationFormat.PDFA, 
            "Loan.xdp", 
            "C:\\Adobe", 
            outputOptions, 
            pdfAOptions, 
            inXMData 
        ); 
         
        //Write the results of the operation to OutputLog.xml 
        Document resultData = outputDocument.getStatusDoc(); 
        File myFile = new File("C:\\Adobe\OutputLog.xml"); 
        resultData.copyToFile(myFile); 
         
        }catch (Exception ee) 
        { 
            ee.printStackTrace(); 
        } 
    } 
} 

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