docx4j use cases

Functionality supported in current release (v2, 21 July 2008)

• Open existing docx (from filesystem, SMB/CIFS, WebDAV using VFS)

• Create new docx

• Programmatically manipulate the docx document (of course)

• Template substitution; CustomXML binding

• Import a binary doc (uses Apache POI's HWPF)

• Produce/consume Word 2007's xmlPackage (pkg) format

• Save docx to filesystem as a docx (ie zipped), or to JCR (unzipped)

• Apply transforms, including common filters

• Export as HTML or PDF

• Diff/compare documents, paragraphs or sdt (content controls)

• Font support (font substitution, and use of any fonts embedded in the document)

• Use the power of JAXB to do stuff