Remove watermarks from PDF File and other documents in Java

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RemoveAllWatermark.java

// Remove the watermarks from PDF & other Documents in Java
Watermarker watermarker = new Watermarker("filepath/document-with-watermarks.pdf");

PossibleWatermarkCollection possibleWatermarks = watermarker.search();
for (int i = 0 ; i < watermarks.getCount(); i++)
{
    // Remove every watermark by mentioning the index within the document.
    possibleWatermarks.removeAt(i);
}
watermarker.save("filepath/no-watermarks.pdf");
watermarker.close();

RemoveHyperlinkWatermarks.java

// Remove Hyperlink watermarks from PDF in Java
Watermarker watermarker = new Watermarker("path/watermark-document.pdf");

PossibleWatermarkCollection watermarks = watermarker.search(new TextSearchCriteria(Pattern.compile("someurl.com")));
for (int i = 0 ; i < watermarks.getCount(); i++)
{
    if (HyperlinkPossibleWatermark.class.isInstance(watermarks.get_Item(i)))
    {
        System.out.println(watermarks.get_Item(i).getText());
        watermarks.removeAt(i);
    }
}
watermarker.save("path/no-hyperlink-watermarks.pdf");

RemoveWatermarkWithFormatting.java

// Remove watermarks with specific text formatting from a PDF in Java
Watermarker watermarker = new Watermarker("path/watermarks.pdf");

TextFormattingSearchCriteria criteria = new TextFormattingSearchCriteria();
criteria.setForegroundColorRange(new ColorRange());
criteria.getForegroundColorRange().setMinHue(-5);
criteria.getForegroundColorRange().setMaxHue(10);
criteria.getForegroundColorRange().setMinBrightness(0.01f);
criteria.getForegroundColorRange().setMaxBrightness(0.99f);
criteria.setBackgroundColorRange(new ColorRange());
criteria.getBackgroundColorRange().setEmpty(true);
criteria.setFontName("Arial");
criteria.setMinFontSize(19);
criteria.setMaxFontSize(42);
criteria.setFontBold(true);

PossibleWatermarkCollection watermarks = watermarker.search(criteria);
watermarks.clear();
watermarker.save("path/removed-watermarks.pdf");
watermarker.close();