org.apache.pdfbox.pdmodel.encryption
Class PDEncryptionManager

java.lang.Object
  org.apache.pdfbox.pdmodel.encryption.PDEncryptionManager

Deprecated. Made deprecated by the new security layer of PDFBox. Use SecurityHandlers instead.

public class PDEncryptionManager
extends Object

This class will handle loading of the different security handlers. See PDF Reference 1.4 section "3.5 Encryption"

Version:

$Revision: 1.7 $

Author:

Ben Litchfield

Method Summary

static PDEncryptionDictionary	getEncryptionDictionary(COSDictionary dictionary) Deprecated. This will get the correct security handler for the encryption dictionary.
static void	registerSecurityHandler(String filterName, Class handlerClass) Deprecated. This will allow the user to register new security handlers when unencrypting a document.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Method Detail

registerSecurityHandler

public static void registerSecurityHandler(String filterName,
                                           Class handlerClass)

Deprecated.

This will allow the user to register new security handlers when unencrypting a document.

Parameters:

filterName - As described in the encryption dictionary.

handlerClass - A subclass of PDEncryptionDictionary that has a constructor that takes a COSDictionary.

getEncryptionDictionary

public static PDEncryptionDictionary getEncryptionDictionary(COSDictionary dictionary)
                                                      throws IOException

Deprecated.

This will get the correct security handler for the encryption dictionary.

Parameters:

dictionary - The encryption dictionary.

Returns:

An implementation of PDEncryptionDictionary(PDStandardEncryption for most cases).

Throws:

IOException - If a security handler could not be found.