encryptPDF

This method allows to encrypt a PDF file. The final user will be prompted to introduce the password included in the $options array to access the contents of the resulting PDF file.

Parameters

source

Path to the PDF document that you want to encrypt.

target

Path to the resulting encrypted PDF document.

Code samples

Example #1

package examples.PDFUtilities.encryptPDF;

import com.javadocx.PDFUtilities;

public class Sample1 {
    public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
        PDFUtilities pdf = new PDFUtilities();
        
        pdf.encryptPDF("src/examples/files/Test.pdf", "example_encrypt_pdf_1.pdf", "javadocx");
    }
}

The resulting Word document looks like: