I'ts pretty easy: Each PDF document start with %PDF-<version number> for example %PDF-1.4. So you only have to compare the first 4 bytes of your document. On Fri, 2004-01-30 at 17:54, J.B. wrote: > Hi, > > > > I have a class which takes a list of filenames as argument. Before processing > > them, I want to make sure they are PDF files. Right now, what I do is to start > > processing and catch the associated exception, then I know it's not a valid PDF. > > > > But I'm convinced there's a better way of doing this. Is there a method > > such as isValidPDF(), or something similar, I can use to validate a document > > before starting to process it? > > > > What I want to do is simple: > > 1. loop through all files > > 2. if not PDF, print error message, discard file, move to next file > > 3. Process remaining (valid) files. > > > > Thx. > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > The SF.Net email is sponsored by EclipseCon 2004 > Premiere Conference on Open Tools Development and Integration > See the breadth of Eclipse activity. February 3-5 in Anaheim, CA. > http://www.eclipsecon.org/osdn > _______________________________________________ > iText-questions mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/itext-questions -- Christian Lauer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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