Password Protection of PDF Files by Adding, Removing, and Changing Password in Java

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AddPasswordToPDF.java

/*
 * Add password protection to the PDF document in Java
 */
Merger merger = new Merger("path/document.pdf");
AddPasswordOptions addOptions = new AddPasswordOptions("mySECRETpassWORD");

merger.addPassword(addOptions);
merger.save("path/protected-document.pdf");

ChangePdfPassword.java

/*
 * Update password of the protected PDF document in Java
 */
LoadOptions loadOptions = new LoadOptions("mySECRETpassWORD");
UpdatePasswordOptions updateOptions = new UpdatePasswordOptions("TOPSECRET_pa22WORD");

Merger merger = new Merger("path/protected-document.pdf", loadOptions);
merger.updatePassword(updateOptions);
merger.save("path/pwd-changed-document.pdf");

RemovePdfPassword.java

/*
 * Remove password protection of PDF document in Java
 */
LoadOptions loadOptions = new LoadOptions("mySECRETpassWORD");

Merger merger = new Merger("path/protected-document.pdf", loadOptions);
merger.removePassword();
merger.save("path/no-pwd-document.pdf");