If you are having trouble handling a great many PDF files, you might want to merge all of those files into one. Combining multiple files into one PDF lets you store, share and review them more easily. In this article, you will learn how to merge PDF documents in Java by using Spire.PDF for Java.
Install Spire.PDF for Java
First, you're required to add the Spire.Pdf.jar file as a dependency in your Java program. The JAR file can be downloaded from this link. If you use Maven, you can easily import the JAR file in your application by adding the following code to your project's pom.xml file.
<repositories>
<repository>
<id>com.e-iceblue</id>
<name>e-iceblue</name>
<url>https://repo.e-iceblue.com/nexus/content/groups/public/</url>
</repository>
</repositories>
<dependencies>
<dependency>
<groupId>e-iceblue</groupId>
<artifactId>spire.pdf</artifactId>
<version>10.4.4</version>
</dependency>
</dependencies>
Merge Multiple PDFs into a Single PDF
Spire.PDF for Java offers the PdfDocument.mergeFiles() method to merge multiple PDF documents into a single document. The detailed steps are as follows.
- Get the paths of the documents to be merged and store them in a String array.
- Call PdfDocument.mergeFiles() method to merge these files. This method also accepts an array of InputStream as the parameter.
- Save the result to a PDF document using PdfDocumentBase.save() method.
- Java
import com.spire.pdf.FileFormat;
import com.spire.pdf.PdfDocument;
import com.spire.pdf.PdfDocumentBase;
public class MergePdfs {
public static void main(String[] args) {
//Get the paths of the documents to be merged
String[] files = new String[] {
"C:\\Users\\Administrator\\Desktop\\PDFs\\sample-1.pdf",
"C:\\Users\\Administrator\\Desktop\\PDFs\\sample-2.pdf",
"C:\\Users\\Administrator\\Desktop\\PDFs\\sample-3.pdf"};
//Merge these documents and return an object of PdfDocumentBase
PdfDocumentBase doc = PdfDocument.mergeFiles(files);
//Save the result to a PDF file
doc.save("output.pdf", FileFormat.PDF);
}
}
Merge the Selected Pages of Different PDFs into One PDF
Spire.PDF for Java offers the PdfDocument.insertPage() method and the PdfDocument.insertPageRange() method to import a page or a page range from one PDF document to another. The following are the steps to combine the selected pages of different PDF documents into a new PDF document.
- Get the paths of the source documents and store them in a String array.
- Create an array of PdfDocument, and load each source document to a separate PdfDocument object.
- Create another PdfDocument object for generating a new document.
- Insert the selected page or page range of the source documents to the new document using PdfDocument.insertPage() method and PdfDocument.insertPageRange() method.
- Save the new document to a PDF file using PdfDocument.saveToFile() method.
- Java
import com.spire.pdf.PdfDocument;
public class MergeSelectedPages {
public static void main(String[] args) {
//Get the paths of the documents to be merged
String[] files = new String[] {
"C:\\Users\\Administrator\\Desktop\\PDFs\\sample-1.pdf",
"C:\\Users\\Administrator\\Desktop\\PDFs\\sample-2.pdf",
"C:\\Users\\Administrator\\Desktop\\PDFs\\sample-3.pdf"};
//Create an array of PdfDocument
PdfDocument[] docs = new PdfDocument[files.length];
//Loop through the documents
for (int i = 0; i < files.length; i++)
{
//Load a specific document
docs[i] = new PdfDocument(files[i]);
}
//Create a PdfDocument object for generating a new PDF document
PdfDocument doc = new PdfDocument();
//Insert the selected pages from different documents to the new document
doc.insertPage(docs[0], 0);
doc.insertPageRange(docs[1], 1,3);
doc.insertPage(docs[2], 0);
//Save the document to a PDF file
doc.saveToFile("output.pdf");
}
}
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