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copied!<p>Using the example to generate a PDF with text and then reading that text with the tutorial in question</p> <pre><code>package com.mycompany.mavenproject; import java.io.File; import junit.framework.Test; import junit.framework.TestCase; import junit.framework.TestSuite; import org.apache.pdfbox.pdmodel.PDDocument; import org.apache.pdfbox.pdmodel.PDPage; import org.apache.pdfbox.pdmodel.edit.PDPageContentStream; import org.apache.pdfbox.pdmodel.font.PDFont; import org.apache.pdfbox.pdmodel.font.PDType1Font; import org.apache.pdfbox.util.PDFTextStripper; /** * Unit test for simple App. */ public class AppTest extends TestCase { public static Test suite() { return new TestSuite(AppTest.class); } public void test() throws Exception { final String fileName = "PDFWithText.pdf"; writeDocument(fileName); PDDocument pd = PDDocument.load(new File(fileName)); PDFTextStripper stripper = new PDFTextStripper(); String text = stripper.getText(pd); assertEquals("Hello from www.printmyfolders.com", text.trim()); } private void writeDocument(String fileName) throws Exception { PDDocument doc = new PDDocument(); PDPage page = new PDPage(); doc.addPage(page); PDFont font = PDType1Font.HELVETICA_BOLD; PDPageContentStream content = new PDPageContentStream(doc, page); content.beginText(); content.setFont(font, 12); content.moveTextPositionByAmount(100, 700); content.drawString("Hello from www.printmyfolders.com"); content.endText(); content.close(); doc.save(fileName); doc.close(); } } </code></pre> <p>works without exception. Considering the exception bubbles up from the load method, ensure the PDF is not malformed.</p>

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