Quick Start (SOAP mode): Converting a document to a PDF/A-2b document using the Java API

The following Java code example converts a PDF document named Loan.pdf to a PDF/A-2b document that is saved as a PDF file named LoanArchive.pdf. (See Converting Documents to PDF/A Documents.)

/* 
 * This Java Quick Start uses the SOAP mode and contains the following JAR files 
 * in the class path: 
 * 1. adobe-docconverter-client.jar 
 * 2. adobe-livecycle-client.jar 
 * 3. adobe-usermanager-client.jar 
 * 4. adobe-utilities.jar 
 * 5. jbossall-client.jar (use a different JAR file if LiveCycle ES4 is not deployed 
 * on JBoss) 
 * 
 *  These JAR files are located in the following path: 
 * <install directory>/Adobe/Adobe LiveCycle ES4/sdk/client-libs/common 
 * 
 * The adobe-utilities.jar file is located in the following path: 
 * <install directory>/Adobe/Adobe LiveCycle ES4/sdk/client-libs/jboss 
 * 
 * The jbossall-client.jar file is located in the following path: 
 * <install directory>/Adobe/Adobe LiveCycle ES4/jboss/client 
 * 
 * If you want to invoke a remote LiveCycle ES4 instance and there is a 
 * firewall between the client application and LiveCycle ES4, 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>/Adobe/Adobe LiveCycle ES4/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 LiveCycle ES4 
 * 
 * For complete details about the location of the LiveCycle ES4 JAR files, 
 * see "Including LiveCycle ES4 library files" in Programming 
 * with LiveCycle ES4 
 */ 
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; 
import com.adobe.livecycle.docconverter.client.DocConverterServiceClient; 
import com.adobe.livecycle.docconverter.client.PDFAConversionOptionSpec; 
import com.adobe.livecycle.docconverter.client.PDFAConversionResult; 
import com.adobe.livecycle.docconverter.client.PDFAConversionOptionSpec.Compliance; 
 
public class CreatePDFADocument { 
    
    public static void main(String[] args) { 
    try{ 
        //Set connection properties required to invoke LiveCycle ES4                                
        Properties connectionProps = new Properties(); 
        connectionProps.setProperty(ServiceClientFactoryProperties.DSC_DEFAULT_SOAP_ENDPOINT, "http://localhost:8080"); 
        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 instance 
        ServiceClientFactory myFactory = ServiceClientFactory.createInstance(connectionProps); 
        
        //Create a DocConverterServiceClient object 
        DocConverterServiceClient docConverter = new DocConverterServiceClient(myFactory); 
    
        //Reference a PDF document to convert to a PDF/A document 
        FileInputStream myPDF = new FileInputStream("C:\\Adobe\\Loan.pdf"); 
        Document inDoc = new Document(myPDF); 
        
        //Create a PDFAConversionOptionSpec object and set 
        //tracking information 
        PDFAConversionOptionSpec spec = new PDFAConversionOptionSpec(); 
        spec.setLogLevel("FINE"); 
        spec.setCompliance(Compliance.PDFA_2B); 
        
        //Convert the PDF document to a PDF/A document 
        PDFAConversionResult result =  docConverter.toPDFA(inDoc,spec);     
        
        //Save the PDF/A file 
        Document pdfADoc= result.getPDFADocument(); 
        File pdfAFile = new File("C:\\Adobe\\LoanArchive.pdf"); 
        pdfADoc.copyToFile(pdfAFile); 
   }catch (Exception e) { 
        e.printStackTrace(); 
    } 
  } 
}

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