import org.apache.pdfbox.exceptions.*;
import org.apache.pdfbox.pdmodel.PDDocument;
import org.apache.pdfbox.pdmodel.PDPage;
* This will create a blank PDF and write the contents to a file.
public class CreateBlankPDF
* This will create a blank PDF and write the contents to a file.
* @param file The name of the file to write to.
* @throws IOException If there is an error writing the data.
* @throws COSVisitorException If there is an error while generating the document.
public void create( String file ) throws IOException, COSVisitorException
PDDocument document = null;
document = new PDDocument();
//Every document requires at least one page, so we will add one
//blank page.
PDPage blankPage = new PDPage();
document.addPage( blankPage );
document.save( file );
finally
if( document != null )
document.close();
* This will create a blank document.
* @param args The command line arguments.
* @throws IOException If there is an error writing the document data.
* @throws COSVisitorException If there is an error generating the data.
public static void main( String[] args ) throws IOException, COSVisitorException
if( args.length != 1 )
usage();
CreateBlankPDF creator = new CreateBlankPDF();
creator.create( args[0] );
