docx4j component
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News
docx4j v2.2.1 is out.
Purpose
docx4j is our library for unzipping a docx "package", and parsing the WordprocessingML XML to create an in-memory representation in Java.
It is available under the Apache License (v2).
This library is used by the plutext collaboration server, and the docx4all editor.
The library is designed to round trip docx files with 100% fidelity, and supports all WordML.
Getting started
We have a Getting Started guide, in HTML and PDF.
Download
A nightly build can be found here (built for Java 1.5+).
Otherwise, you can set up your own development environment from scratch.
See further
- FAQs
Requirements and Dependencies
You currently need to be using Java 1.5+. See here regarding issues with 1.4, which retrotranslator can reportedly solve.
docx4j relies on quite a few third party jar files (which are included in the nightly builds). We are grateful these are available. Please see here or better here for details.
Heritage
This library is based originally on OpenXML4J, and a number of its source files retain that project's copyright notice. We gratefully acknowledge OpenXML4J's work, and encourage you to use it directly or via Apache POI, especially if you are working with spreadsheets. Here is a stab at some of the differences.
Keywords
docx java, Office Open XML, OpenXML, ooxml, WordML, WordprocessingML
