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import java.io.File;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.OutputStream;
import org.apache.pdfbox.cos.COSBase;
import org.apache.pdfbox.cos.COSName;
import org.apache.pdfbox.cos.COSObject;
import org.apache.pdfbox.cos.COSStream;
import org.apache.pdfbox.pdmodel.PDDocument;
import org.apache.pdfbox.pdmodel.common.PDStream;

/**
 * A simple command line utility for reducing the size of the ref-guide PDF.
 * <p>
 * Currently this script focuses on using {@link COSName#FLATE_DECODE} to compress the (decoded) Objects 
 * in the source PDF, but other improvements may be possible in the future.
 * </p>
 * <p>
 * This code is originally based on the <code>WriteDecodedDoc</code> example provided with <a href="https://pdfbox.apache.org/">Apache PDFBox</a>.
 * </p>
 * <p>
 * <b>NOTE:</b> This class should <em>NOT</em> be considered a general purpose tool for reducing the size of 
 * <em>any</em> PDF.  
 * Decisions made in this code can and will be focused explicitly on serving the purpose of reducing the size of the 
 * Solr Reference Guide PDF, as originally produced by asciidoctor, and may not be generally useful for all PDFs 
 * "in the wild".
 * </p>
 */
public class ReducePDFSize {

    public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException {
        if (2 != args.length) {
            throw new RuntimeException("arg0 must be input file, org1 must be output file");
        }
        String in = args[0];
        String out = args[1];
        PDDocument doc = null;

        try {
            doc = PDDocument.load(new File(in));
            doc.setAllSecurityToBeRemoved(true);
            for (COSObject cosObject : doc.getDocument().getObjects()) {
                COSBase base = cosObject.getObject();
                // if it's a stream: decode it, then re-write it using FLATE_DECODE
                if (base instanceof COSStream) {
                    COSStream stream = (COSStream) base;
                    byte[] bytes;
                    try {
                        bytes = new PDStream(stream).toByteArray();
                    } catch (IOException ex) {
                        // NOTE: original example code from PDFBox just logged & "continue;"d here, 'skipping' this stream.
                        // If this type of failure ever happens, we can (perhaps) consider (re)ignoring this type of failure?
                        //
                        // IIUC then that will leave the original (non-decoded / non-flated) stream in place?
                        throw new RuntimeException("can't serialize byte[] from: " + cosObject.getObjectNumber()
                                + " " + cosObject.getGenerationNumber() + " obj: " + ex.getMessage(), ex);
                    }
                    stream.removeItem(COSName.FILTER);
                    OutputStream streamOut = stream.createOutputStream(COSName.FLATE_DECODE);
                    streamOut.write(bytes);
                    streamOut.close();
                }
            }
            doc.getDocumentCatalog();
            doc.save(out);
        } finally {
            if (doc != null) {
                doc.close();
            }
        }
    }
}