Aspose.PDF FOSS
Aspose.PDF FOSS for Java
Developer Guide
Drawing Shapes

Drawing Shapes

Shape Drawing

Aspose.PDF FOSS for Java exposes geometric shapes primarily through the annotation layer. CircleAnnotation draws an ellipse at a given Rectangle on a page.

try (Document doc = new Document()) {
    Page page = doc.getPages().add();
    CircleAnnotation circle = new CircleAnnotation(page,
        new Rectangle(100, 100, 200, 200));
    circle.setColor(Color.fromRgb(0, 0, 1));
    page.getAnnotations().add(circle);
    doc.save("shapes.pdf");
}

Artifacts

The Artifact class models page decorations: headers, footers, watermarks, and background images. ArtifactCollection, accessible via page resources, allows enumeration and removal of existing artifact objects.

try (Document doc = new Document("input.pdf")) {
    Page page = doc.getPages().get(1);
    // Enumerate artifacts (watermarks, headers, footers)
    for (Artifact artifact : page.getArtifacts()) {
        System.out.println(artifact.getArtifactType());
    }
}

Use ArtifactCollection.delete(artifact) to remove specific artifacts without modifying the page content stream directly.

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