Java DOCX manipulator

All libs used are in the lib folder and will have their own licences and stuff so do some looking before throwing any of this into something important

• slf4j (api, simple) https://www.slf4j.org/
• Apache commons (codec, logging) https://commons.apache.org/
• httpcore, httpclient https://hc.apache.org/index.html
• JODConverter (https://github.com/sbraconnier/jodconverter)
• GSON (https://github.com/google/gson)
• Openoffice uno (http://www.openoffice.org/udk/)
• libreoffice unoil (https://www.libreoffice.org/)

full example usage

import com.fearricepudding.Docman;
import java.util.*;

public class example{
	public static void main(String[] args){
		Map<String, String> attributes = new HashMap<String, String>();
		attributes.put("number", "22");
		attributes.put("text", "Example text");
		
		try{
			String updateDoc = Docman.replacePlaceholders("template.docx", attributes);
			System.out.println("Created document from template: "+updateDoc);
		}catch(Exception e){
			System.out.println("An error create document from tempalte: "+ e);
		}

		try{
			String pdf = Docman.convertToPDF("updated.docx");
			System.out.println("Created PDF from docx: "+pdf);
		}catch(Exception e){
			System.out.println("An error converting to PDF: "+e);
		}
	}
}

Features

replace placeholders [placeholder] with information using a Map of attributes and generate an updated docx from a template

Map<String, String> attributes = new HashMap<String, String>();
attributes.put("number", "22");
attributes.put("text", "Example text");

try{
  String updateDoc = Docman.replacePlaceholders("template.docx", attributes);
  System.out.println("Created document from template: "+updateDoc);
}catch(Exception e){
  System.out.println("An error create document from tempalte: "+ e);
}

Convert docx to pdf using JODConverter library (https://github.com/sbraconnier/jodconverter)

try{
  String pdf = Docman.convertToPDF("updated.docx");
  System.out.println("Created PDF from docx: "+pdf);
}catch(Exception e){
  System.out.println("An error converting to PDF: "+e);
}

Running example

cd example
./run.sh