import com.groupdocs.annotation.Annotator; import com.groupdocs.annotation.licenses.License; import com.groupdocs.annotation.models.Point; import com.groupdocs.annotation.models.Reply; import com.groupdocs.annotation.models.annotationmodels.HighlightAnnotation; import java.util.ArrayList; import java.util.Calendar; import java.util.List; public class HighlightTextinPDFusingJava { public static void main(String[] args) { // Set License to avoid the limitations of Annotation library License license = new License(); license.setLicense("Conholdate.Annotator.lic"); Annotator annotator = new Annotator("input.pdf"); try { // Create an instance of Reply class and add comments Reply reply1; reply1 = new Reply(); reply1.setComment("First comment"); reply1.setRepliedOn(Calendar.getInstance().getTime()); Reply reply2 = new Reply(); reply2.setComment("Second comment"); reply2.setRepliedOn(Calendar.getInstance().getTime()); java.util.List<Reply> replies = new ArrayList<Reply>(); replies.add(reply1); replies.add(reply2); Point point1 = new Point(80, 730); Point point2 = new Point(240, 730); Point point3 = new Point(80, 650); Point point4 = new Point(240, 650); List<Point> points = new ArrayList<Point>(); points.add(point1); points.add(point2); points.add(point3); points.add(point4); // Create an instance of HighlightAnnotation class and set options HighlightAnnotation highlight = new HighlightAnnotation(); highlight.setBackgroundColor(65535); highlight.setCreatedOn(Calendar.getInstance().getTime()); highlight.setFontColor(0); highlight.setMessage("This is highlight annotation"); highlight.setOpacity(0.5); highlight.setPageNumber(0); highlight.setPoints(points); highlight.setReplies(replies); // Add annotation and save to file annotator.add(highlight); // Save the final output PDF to disk annotator.save("result.pdf"); } finally { if (annotator != null) { annotator.dispose(); } } } }