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[jira] [Updated] (PDFBOX-2450) RenderingHints of PageDrawer should be customizable

     [ https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/PDFBOX-2450?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:all-tabpanel ]

Pei-Tang Huang updated PDFBOX-2450:
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    Description: 
RenderingHints defaults are hard-coded in [PageDrawer|https://github.com/apache/pdfbox/blob/54037862e4c55ab45eb8aecc44b79afbfbcd8dd9/pdfbox/src/main/java/org/apache/pdfbox/rendering/PageDrawer.java#L143-L151] now.

However, the defaults are not always valid for every situation. For example, I have a PDF file containing barcodes, which will be printed out using a low resolution dot matrix printer. The {{RenderingHints.VALUE_ANTIALIAS_ON}}  default confuses all of our barcode reader!

A dirty workaround I had is to extend {{PDFPrinter}}, use reflection to set the {{protected}} but {{final}} {{super.renderer}} field with following extension:

{code:java}
@Override
public void renderPageToGraphics(int pageIndex, Graphics2D graphics, float scale) throws IOException {
    // proxy graphics, applying hints immediately, suppress all subsequent setRenderingHint request
    Graphics2D hintsAppliedGraphics = new HintsAppliedGraphics2D(graphics, hints);

    super.renderPageToGraphics(pageIndex, hintsAppliedGraphics, scale);
}
{code}

It will be nice if there exist a more elegant way to specify {{RenderHint}} s.

  was:
RenderingHints defaults are hard-coded in [PageDrawer|https://github.com/apache/pdfbox/blob/54037862e4c55ab45eb8aecc44b79afbfbcd8dd9/pdfbox/src/main/java/org/apache/pdfbox/rendering/PageDrawer.java#L143-L151] now.

However, the defaults are not always valid for every situation. For example, I have a PDF file containing barcodes, which will be printed out using a low resolution dot matrix printer. The {{RenderingHints.VALUE_ANTIALIAS_ON}}  default confuses all of our barcode reader!

A dirty workaround I had is to extend {{PDFPrinter}}, use reflection to set the {{protected}} but {{final}} {{super.renderer}} field with following extension:

{code:java}
@Override
public void renderPageToGraphics(int pageIndex, Graphics2D graphics, float scale)
        throws IOException {
    Graphics2D hintsAppliedGraphics = new HintsAppliedGraphics2D(graphics, hints);

    super.renderPageToGraphics(pageIndex, hintsAppliedGraphics, scale);
}
{code}

Where the HintsPredefinedGraphics2D is a proxy to the original Graphics2D, applying the given {{RenderingHints}} immediately and will suppress all subsequent {{setRenderingHints}} / {{setRenderingHint}} request from {{PageDrawer}}.

I will be appreciated if there is a more elegant way to specify {{RenderHint}} s.


> RenderingHints of PageDrawer should be customizable
> ---------------------------------------------------
>
>                 Key: PDFBOX-2450
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/PDFBOX-2450
>             Project: PDFBox
>          Issue Type: Improvement
>          Components: Rendering
>    Affects Versions: 2.0.0
>            Reporter: Pei-Tang Huang
>            Priority: Minor
>              Labels: PageDrawer, RenderingHints,
>
> RenderingHints defaults are hard-coded in [PageDrawer|https://github.com/apache/pdfbox/blob/54037862e4c55ab45eb8aecc44b79afbfbcd8dd9/pdfbox/src/main/java/org/apache/pdfbox/rendering/PageDrawer.java#L143-L151] now.
> However, the defaults are not always valid for every situation. For example, I have a PDF file containing barcodes, which will be printed out using a low resolution dot matrix printer. The {{RenderingHints.VALUE_ANTIALIAS_ON}}  default confuses all of our barcode reader!
> A dirty workaround I had is to extend {{PDFPrinter}}, use reflection to set the {{protected}} but {{final}} {{super.renderer}} field with following extension:
> {code:java}
> @Override
> public void renderPageToGraphics(int pageIndex, Graphics2D graphics, float scale) throws IOException {
>     // proxy graphics, applying hints immediately, suppress all subsequent setRenderingHint request
>     Graphics2D hintsAppliedGraphics = new HintsAppliedGraphics2D(graphics, hints);
>     super.renderPageToGraphics(pageIndex, hintsAppliedGraphics, scale);
> }
> {code}
> It will be nice if there exist a more elegant way to specify {{RenderHint}} s.



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