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Inheritance: java.lang.Object

All Implemented Interfaces: java.io.Closeable, com.groupdocs.redaction.integration.IPreviewable

public final class Redactor implements Closeable, IPreviewable

Represents a main class that controls document redaction process, allowing to open, redact and save documents.

Learn more

• More details about applying redactions: Redaction basics
• More advanced redaction topics: Advanced usage

public Redactor(String filePath)

Initializes a new instance of Redactor class using file path.

Parameters:

The following example demonstrates how to open a document for redaction.

  try (Redactor redactor = new Redactor("C:\\sample.pdf"))
 {
     // Here we can use document instance to perform redactions
 }
 
``` |

### Redactor(InputStream document) {#Redactor-java.io.InputStream-}

public Redactor(InputStream document)

Initializes a new instance of  Redactor  class using stream.

**Parameters:**
| Parameter | Type | Description |
| --- | --- | --- |
| document | java.io.InputStream | Source stream of the document

The following example demonstrates how to open a document from stream.

try (InputStream stream = new FileInputStream(“C:\sample.pdf”)) { try (Redactor redactor = new Redactor(stream)) { // Here we can use document instance to perform redactions } }

### Redactor(String filePath, LoadOptions loadOptions) {#Redactor-java.lang.String-com.groupdocs.redaction.options.LoadOptions-}

public Redactor(String filePath, LoadOptions loadOptions)

Initializes a new instance of  Redactor  class for a password-protected document using its path.

**Parameters:**
| Parameter | Type | Description |
| --- | --- | --- |
| filePath | java.lang.String | Path to file. |
| loadOptions | [LoadOptions](../../com.groupdocs.redaction.options/loadoptions) | Options, including password. |

### Redactor(String filePath, LoadOptions loadOptions, RedactorSettings settings) {#Redactor-java.lang.String-com.groupdocs.redaction.options.LoadOptions-com.groupdocs.redaction.options.RedactorSettings-}

public Redactor(String filePath, LoadOptions loadOptions, RedactorSettings settings)

Initializes a new instance of  Redactor  class for a password-protected document using its path and settings.

**Parameters:**
| Parameter | Type | Description |
| --- | --- | --- |
| filePath | java.lang.String | Path to file. |
| loadOptions | [LoadOptions](../../com.groupdocs.redaction.options/loadoptions) | File-dependent options, including password. |
| settings | [RedactorSettings](../../com.groupdocs.redaction.options/redactorsettings) | Default settings for redaction process. |

### Redactor(InputStream document, LoadOptions loadOptions) {#Redactor-java.io.InputStream-com.groupdocs.redaction.options.LoadOptions-}

public Redactor(InputStream document, LoadOptions loadOptions)

Initializes a new instance of  Redactor  class for a password-protected document using stream.

**Parameters:**
| Parameter | Type | Description |
| --- | --- | --- |
| document | java.io.InputStream | Source input stream. |
| loadOptions | [LoadOptions](../../com.groupdocs.redaction.options/loadoptions) | Options, including password. |

### Redactor(InputStream document, LoadOptions loadOptions, RedactorSettings settings) {#Redactor-java.io.InputStream-com.groupdocs.redaction.options.LoadOptions-com.groupdocs.redaction.options.RedactorSettings-}

public Redactor(InputStream document, LoadOptions loadOptions, RedactorSettings settings)

Initializes a new instance of  Redactor  class for a password-protected document using stream and settings.

**Parameters:**
| Parameter | Type | Description |
| --- | --- | --- |
| document | java.io.InputStream | Source input stream. |
| loadOptions | [LoadOptions](../../com.groupdocs.redaction.options/loadoptions) | Options, including password. |
| settings | [RedactorSettings](../../com.groupdocs.redaction.options/redactorsettings) | Default settings for redaction process. |

### close() {#close--}

public final void close()

Releases resources.

### apply(Redaction redaction) {#apply-com.groupdocs.redaction.Redaction-}

public final RedactorChangeLog apply(Redaction redaction)

Applies a redaction to the document.

**Parameters:**
| Parameter | Type | Description |
| --- | --- | --- |
| redaction | [Redaction](../../com.groupdocs.redaction/redaction) | An instance of  Redaction  to apply |

**Returns:**
[RedactorChangeLog](../../com.groupdocs.redaction/redactorchangelog) - Success or failure and error message in this case
### apply(Redaction[] redactions) {#apply-com.groupdocs.redaction.Redaction---}

public final RedactorChangeLog apply(Redaction[] redactions)

Applies a set of redactions to the document.

**Parameters:**
| Parameter | Type | Description |
| --- | --- | --- |
| redactions | [Redaction\[\]](../../com.groupdocs.redaction/redaction) | An array of redactions to apply |

**Returns:**
[RedactorChangeLog](../../com.groupdocs.redaction/redactorchangelog) - Success or failure and error message in this case
### apply(RedactionPolicy policy) {#apply-com.groupdocs.redaction.RedactionPolicy-}

public final RedactorChangeLog apply(RedactionPolicy policy)

Applies a redaction policy to the document.

**Parameters:**
| Parameter | Type | Description |
| --- | --- | --- |
| policy | [RedactionPolicy](../../com.groupdocs.redaction/redactionpolicy) | Redaction policy |

**Returns:**
[RedactorChangeLog](../../com.groupdocs.redaction/redactorchangelog) - Success or failure and error message in this case
### save() {#save--}

public final String save()

Saves the document to a file with the following options: AddSuffix = true, RasterizeToPDF = true.

**Returns:**
java.lang.String - Path to redacted document
### save(SaveOptions saveOptions) {#save-com.groupdocs.redaction.options.SaveOptions-}

public final String save(SaveOptions saveOptions)

Saves the document to a file.

**Parameters:**
| Parameter | Type | Description |
| --- | --- | --- |
| saveOptions | [SaveOptions](../../com.groupdocs.redaction.options/saveoptions) | Options to add suffix or rasterize |

**Returns:**
java.lang.String - Path to redacted document
### save(OutputStream document) {#save-java.io.OutputStream-}

public final void save(OutputStream document)

Saves the document to a stream.

**Parameters:**
| Parameter | Type | Description |
| --- | --- | --- |
| document | java.io.OutputStream | Target stream |

### save(OutputStream document, RasterizationOptions rasterizationOptions) {#save-java.io.OutputStream-com.groupdocs.redaction.options.RasterizationOptions-}

public final void save(OutputStream document, RasterizationOptions rasterizationOptions)

Saves the document to a stream, including custom location.

**Parameters:**
| Parameter | Type | Description |
| --- | --- | --- |
| document | java.io.OutputStream | Target stream |
| rasterizationOptions | [RasterizationOptions](../../com.groupdocs.redaction.options/rasterizationoptions) | Options to rasterize or not and to specify pages for rasterization |

### generatePreview(PreviewOptions previewOptions) {#generatePreview-com.groupdocs.redaction.options.PreviewOptions-}

public final void generatePreview(PreviewOptions previewOptions)

Generates preview images of specific pages in a given image format.

**Parameters:**
| Parameter | Type | Description |
| --- | --- | --- |
| previewOptions | [PreviewOptions](../../com.groupdocs.redaction.options/previewoptions) | Image properties and page range settings |

### getDocumentInfo() {#getDocumentInfo--}

public final IDocumentInfo getDocumentInfo()

Gets the general information about the document - size, page count, etc.

**Returns:**
[IDocumentInfo](../../com.groupdocs.redaction/idocumentinfo) - An instance of IDocumentInfo