converting PDF to xml using JasperReport or Apache FOP

[ks goh]

hi all

i got a PDF/RTF template with pictures, which i wan to convert to xml
so that i can use JapserReport or Apache FOP to generate
PDF.

can anyone help me how do i convert PDF to xml?
thanks
[ October 13, 2007: Message edited by: ks goh ]

[Ulf Dittmer]

PDF is -for the most part- a read-only format. While some limited alterations are possible, you can't extract the layout information. It's possible to extract the text they contain using libraries such as PDFBox and JPedal.

[marc weber]

This is a bit advanced for the beginners forum, so I'm promoting it to the intermediate forum.

[Peter Chase]

See this thread where the issue is discussed.

In short, what you want to do is probably near-impossible.