Find and Replace Text, Phrase & Words in PDF Documents using Java

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FindTextAndHideInPdf.java

// Find text in PDF and hide it by drawing rectangle over it using Java
final Redactor redactor  = new Redactor("path/document.pdf");
redactor.apply(new ExactPhraseRedaction("John Doe", true, new ReplacementOptions(java.awt.Color.BLACK)));
redactor.save();

ReplaceExactPhraseInPdf.java

// Find exact phrase in PDF and replace it with some other text using Java
final Redactor redactor  = new Redactor("path/document.pdf");
redactor.apply(new ExactPhraseRedaction("John Doe", new ReplacementOptions("[censored]")));
// Save the redacted file at different location with diferent name.
FileOutputStream stream = new FileOutputStream("path/exactPhrase.pdf");
RasterizationOptions rasterOptions = new RasterizationOptions();
rasterOptions.setEnabled(false);
redactor.save(stream, rasterOptions);

ReplaceExactPhraseInPdfCaseSensitive.java

// Find exact phrase in PDF (case-sensitive) and replace it with some other text using Java
final Redactor redactor  = new Redactor("path/document.pdf");
redactor.apply(new ExactPhraseRedaction("John Doe", true /*isCaseSensitive*/, new ReplacementOptions("[censored]")));
redactor.save();

ReplaceTextInPdfWithRegEx.java

// Find text in PDF using regular expression and replace it with some other text using Java
final Redactor redactor  = new Redactor("path/document.pdf");
redactor.apply(new RegexRedaction("\\d{2}\\s*\\d{2}[^\\d]*\\d{6}", new ReplacementOptions("[censored]")));
redactor.save();