Functional PDF Testing (Automate Testing of PDF Content)

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John Sonmez picture John Sonmez · Dec 17, 2009 · Viewed 14k times · Source

I am working on an application where I am writing some automation framework for testing a web application. I am using Watij / Watin for the framework, but have run into a problem with verifying the PDFs generated have the correct content.

I know I can use IText or a native PDF library to load up the PDF, but I am wondering if there is already an existing framework dedicated to testing PDF file content?

Answer

Mark Mayo picture Mark Mayo · Dec 18, 2009

it's an interesting problem, but thankfully like most out there, there's someone who has done it before you.

Take a look at http://jpdfunit.sourceforge.net/references/jpdfunit_aShortIntroduction.pdf for information on a PDF testing framework called JPdfUnit.

The program homepage is at http://jpdfunit.sourceforge.net/.

Hope that helps!

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