Package org.apache.pdfbox.pdmodel.encryption

Class ProtectionPolicy

java.lang.Object

org.apache.pdfbox.pdmodel.encryption.ProtectionPolicy

Direct Known Subclasses:

PublicKeyProtectionPolicy, StandardProtectionPolicy

public abstract class ProtectionPolicy
extends java.lang.Object

This class represents the protection policy to apply to a document. Objects implementing this abstract class can be passed to the protect method of PDDocument to protect a document.

Author:

Benoit Guillon (benoit.guillon@snv.jussieu.fr)

See Also:

PDDocument.protect(ProtectionPolicy)

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
ProtectionPolicy()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
int	getEncryptionKeyLength()	Get the length of the secrete key that will be used to encrypt document data.
void	setEncryptionKeyLength(int l)	set the length in (bits) of the secret key that will be used to encrypt document data.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

ProtectionPolicy

public ProtectionPolicy()

Method Detail

setEncryptionKeyLength

public void setEncryptionKeyLength(int l)

set the length in (bits) of the secret key that will be used to encrypt document data. The default value is 40 bits, which provides a low security level but is compatible with old versions of Acrobat Reader.

Parameters:

l - the length in bits (must be 40, 128 or 256)

getEncryptionKeyLength

public int getEncryptionKeyLength()

Get the length of the secrete key that will be used to encrypt document data.

Returns:

The length (in bits) of the encryption key.