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Apache API Integration in Java Fundamentals

PDFBox and POI are Apache’s leading open source Java APIs for working with PDF documents and Microsoft documents. This course will teach you how to use Apache APIs with PDFs and Microsoft documents in a Java application of any scale.

Buddhini Samarakkody - Pluralsight course - Apache API Integration in Java Fundamentals
by Buddhini Samarakkody

What you'll learn

Being able to generate and manipulate PDF and Microsoft Office documents in a software application is a common requirement for a Java Developer. In this course, Apache API Integration in Java Fundamentals, you’ll learn to integrate Apache PDFBox and Apache POI APIs in a Java application for working with PDF and Microsoft documents respectively. First, you’ll explore the essential features and components of these two Apache libraries. Next, you’ll discover how they can be used to work with PDF and Microsoft documents in a Java application. Finally, you’ll learn how to achieve this by configuring the libraries in your own development environment, creating and manipulating PDFs and Microsoft documents in a sample Java project. When you’re finished with this course, you’ll have the skills and knowledge of integrating Apache PDFBox and POI APIs in Java, needed to work with PDF and Microsoft documents in an application of any scale.

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Buddhini Samarakkody - Pluralsight course - Apache API Integration in Java Fundamentals
Buddhini Samarakkody

Buddhini is a Senior Java Engineer with 11+ year of industry experience and an Independent Consultant for Kerk Solutions and a Visiting Lecture in IT at the CINEC campus Sri Lanka.

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