Package com.ironsoftware.ironpdf.security

Class SecurityManager

java.lang.Object
com.ironsoftware.ironpdf.security.SecurityManager
public class SecurityManager extends Object
Allows the developer to control: user access passwords, encryption, and also who may edit, print and copy content from the PDF document.

See: PdfDocument.getAnnotation()

  • Constructor Details

  • Method Details

    • getOwnerPassword

      public final String getOwnerPassword()
      Gets the owner password and enables 128-bit encryption of PDF content.

      An owner password enables other security settings.
      OwnerPassword must be set to a non-empty string value for AllowUserCopyPasteContent, AllowUserAnnotation, AllowUserFormData, AllowUserPrinting, AllowUserEdits to be restricted.

    • setOwnerPassword

      public final void setOwnerPassword(String value)
      Sets the owner password and enables 128-bit encryption of PDF content.

      An owner password enables other security settings.
      OwnerPassword must be set to a non-empty string value for AllowUserCopyPasteContent, AllowUserAnnotation, AllowUserFormData, AllowUserPrinting, AllowUserEdits to be restricted.

    • getPassword

      public final String getPassword()
      Gets a Password used to protect and encrypt the PDF File.

      Setting a password will cause IronPDF to automatically protect the PDF file content using strong 128-bit encryption.

    • setPassword

      public final void setPassword(String value)
      Sets a Password used to protect and encrypt the PDF File.

      Setting a password will cause IronPDF to automatically protect the PDF file content using strong 128-bit encryption.

      Setting the password to null will remove any existing password.

    • removePasswordsAndEncryption

      public final void removePasswordsAndEncryption()
      Removes all user and owner password security for a PDF document. Also disables content encryption.

      If content is encrypted at 128 bit, copy and paste of content, annotations and form editing may be disabled.

    • makePdfDocumentReadOnly

      public void makePdfDocumentReadOnly(String ownerPassword)
      Makes this PDF document read only such that:

      - Content is encrypted at 128 bit.
      - Copy and paste of content is disallowed.
      - Annotations and form editing are disabled.

      Parameters:
      ownerPassword - The owner password for the PDF. A string for owner password is required to enable PDF encryption and all document security options.

    • setSecurityOptions

      public void setSecurityOptions(SecurityOptions securityOptions)
      Sets advanced security settings for the PDF.

      Allows the developer to control: user access passwords, encryption, and also who may edit, print and copy content from the PDF document

      Parameters:
      securityOptions - Advanced security settings for this PDF as an instance of SecurityOptions

    • getCurrentSecurityOptions

      public SecurityOptions getCurrentSecurityOptions()
      Gets the advanced security settings for this PDF document.

      Allows the developer to control: user access passwords, encryption, and also who may edit, print and copy content from the PDF document