PDF to byte array and vice versa

Question

I need to convert pdf to byte array and vice versa.

Can any one help me?

This is how I am converting to byte array

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Answer 1

The problem is that you are calling toString() on the InputStream object itself. This will return a String representation of the InputStream object not the actual PDF document.

You want to read the PDF only as bytes as PDF is a binary format. You will then be able to write out that same byte array and it will be a valid PDF as it has not been modified.

e.g. to read a file as bytes

File file = new File(sourcePath);
InputStream inputStream = new FileInputStream(file); 
byte[] bytes = new byte[file.length()];
inputStream.read(bytes);