Ghost4J binds the Ghostscript C API to bring Ghostscript power to the Java world. It also provides a high-level API to handle PDF and Postscript documents with objects.

A simple example (PS to PDF conversion)

    //load PostScript document
    PSDocument document = new PSDocument();
    document.load(new File("input.ps"));

    //create OutputStream
    fos = new FileOutputStream(new File("rendition.pdf"));

    //create converter
    PDFConverter converter = new PDFConverter();

    //set options
    converter.setPDFSettings(PDFConverter.OPTION_PDFSETTINGS_PREPRESS);

    //convert
    converter.convert(document, fos);

Maven configuration

Ghost4J Maven artifact is available in a public repository for an easier integration in Maven projects.

If you do not wish to use Maven, binary distributions are available in the Downloads section.


<repositories>
	...
	<repository>
		<id>org.ghost4j.repository.releases</id>
		<name>Ghost4J releases</name>
		<url>http://repo.ghost4j.org/maven2/releases</url>
	</repository>
	<repository>
		<id>org.ghost4j.repository.snapshots</id>
		<name>Ghost4J snapshots</name>
		<url>http://repo.ghost4j.org/maven2/snapshots</url>
	</repository>
	...
</repositories>

<dependencies>
	...
	<dependency>
		<groupId>org.ghost4j</groupId>
		<artifactId>ghost4j</artifactId>
		<version>0.5.1</version>
	</dependency>
	
	... or
	
	<dependency>
		<groupId>org.ghost4j</groupId>
		<artifactId>ghost4j</artifactId>
		<version>0.5.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
	</dependency>
	...
</dependencies>

Where to go next ?

If you are interested into PS / PDF conversion or rendition have a look at the High level API samples.
If you already know Ghostscript and want to perform advanced operations on documents, have a look at the Core API samples.
If you plan to use Ghost4J in a highly concurrent environment (such as a web server), dont forget to read Thread safety and multi-threading.