Security

Inheritance: java.lang.Object

public class Security

Provides PDF document security options.

The Security class encapsulates various settings and options that can be used to apply security measures to a PDF document in the GroupDocs.Viewer component. These options include password protection, permissions, and more.

Example usage:

 Security security = new Security();
 security.setDocumentOpenPassword("myPassword");
 security.setPermissions(Permissions.DENY_MODIFICATION);

 final PdfViewOptions pdfViewOptions = new PdfViewOptions();
 pdfViewOptions.setSecurity(security);

 try (Viewer viewer = new Viewer("document.pdf")) {
     viewer.view(pdfViewOptions);
     // Use the viewer object for further operations
 }
 

Constructors

Constructor	Description
Security()	Initializes a new instance of the Security class.

Methods

Method	Description
getDocumentOpenPassword()	Gets the password required to open the PDF document.
setDocumentOpenPassword(String value)	Sets the password required to open the PDF document.
getPermissionsPassword()	Gets the password required to change permission settings.
setPermissionsPassword(String value)	Sets the password required to change permission settings.
getPermissions()	Gets the PDF document permissions such as printing, modification, and data extraction.
setPermissions(int value)	Sets the PDF document permissions such as printing, modification, and data extraction.

Security()

public Security()

Initializes a new instance of the Security class.

getDocumentOpenPassword()

public final String getDocumentOpenPassword()

Gets the password required to open the PDF document.

Returns: java.lang.String - the document open password.

setDocumentOpenPassword(String value)

public final void setDocumentOpenPassword(String value)

Sets the password required to open the PDF document.

Parameters:

Parameter	Type	Description
value	java.lang.String	The document open password.

getPermissionsPassword()

public final String getPermissionsPassword()

Gets the password required to change permission settings.

Using a permissions password, you can restrict printing, modification, and data extraction.

Returns: java.lang.String - the permissions password.

setPermissionsPassword(String value)

public final void setPermissionsPassword(String value)

Sets the password required to change permission settings.

Using a permissions password, you can restrict printing, modification, and data extraction.

Parameters:

Parameter	Type	Description
value	java.lang.String	The permissions password.

getPermissions()

public final int getPermissions()

Gets the PDF document permissions such as printing, modification, and data extraction.

Returns: int - the PDF document permissions.

setPermissions(int value)

public final void setPermissions(int value)

Sets the PDF document permissions such as printing, modification, and data extraction.

Parameters:

Parameter	Type	Description
value	int	The PDF document permissions.