The aim of this project is to convert the [PdfBox](https://github.com/apache/pdfbox) code to C# in order to provide a properly open source (i.e. no copyleft) solution for inspecting PDF documents. This uses the Apache 2.0 licence.
## Status ##
There is a lot left to do for this project, the initial minimum viable project when released to Alpha will provide:
+ Page counts and sizes (in points) for a document.
+ Access to the text contents of each page. Note that since PDF has no concept of a "word" it will be up to the consumer of the text to work out where the words are within the text.
+ (Possible) The locations and bounds of each letter on the page.
For the initial alpha release all files will be opened rather than streamed so this will not support large files.
Eventually the library should support all existing PdfBox operations such as accessing graphical elements, form elements as well as creating PDF documents.
## Usage ##
The initial public API will be as limited as possible to allow extensive refactoring to take place. The proposed usage is as follows:
using (PdfDocument document = PdfDocument.Open(@"C:\my-file.pdf"))
{
int pageCount = document.NumberOfPages;
Page page = document.GetPage(1);
decimal widthInPoints = page.Width;
decimal heightInPoints = page.Height;
string text = page.Text;
}
The ```PdfDocument``` will also support opening from byte arrays (as well as streams eventually):
