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

The following Java code example creates a PDF document named Loan.pdf. This PDF document is based on a form design named Loan.xdp and an XML data file named Loan.xml. The Loan.pdf is written to the C:\Adobe folder located on the J2EE application server hosting AEM Forms, not the client computer. (See Creating PDF 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. commons-codec-1.3.jar (required for SOAP mode)
     * 7. commons-collections-3.2.jar  (required for SOAP mode)
     * 8. commons-discovery.jar (required for SOAP mode)
     * 9. commons-logging.jar (required for SOAP mode)
     * 10. dom3-xml-apis-2.5.0.jar (required for SOAP mode)
     * 11. jaxen-1.1-beta-9.jar (required for SOAP mode)
     * 12. jaxrpc.jar (required for SOAP mode)
     * 13. log4j.jar (required for SOAP mode)
     * 14. mail.jar (required for SOAP mode)
     * 15. saaj.jar (required for SOAP mode)
     * 16. wsdl4j.jar (required for SOAP mode)
     * 17. xalan.jar (required for SOAP mode)
     * 18. xbean.jar (required for SOAP mode)
     * 19. 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 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 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 AEM Forms 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 CreatePDFDocument {

     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, "https://'[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 form data
         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\Loan.pdf");

         //Set rendering run-time options
         RenderOptionsSpec pdfOptions = new RenderOptionsSpec();
         pdfOptions.setLinearizedPDF(true);
         pdfOptions.setAcrobatVersion(AcrobatVersion.Acrobat_9);

         //Create a PDF document
         OutputResult outputDocument = outClient.generatePDFOutput(
             TransformationFormat.PDF,
             "Loan.xdp",
             "C:\\Adobe",
             outputOptions,
             pdfOptions,
             inXMData
         );

         //Retrieve the results of the operation
         Document metaData = outputDocument.getStatusDoc();
         File myFile = new File("C:\\Adobe\Output.xml");
         metaData.copyToFile(myFile);
         }
         catch (Exception ee)
         {
             ee.printStackTrace();
         }
     }
 }