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Split PDF Into Separate Files By Child Bookmarks

I am trying to split PDF file (book) to multiple files by child bookmarks in code
Use case: table of contents of a book is available for a user. User can select up to n sections (might be not sequential) to preview. Application need to extract this sections and merge into single preview PDF
I found few tools, while looking into the solution in internet: Aspose, Spire (E-IceBlue), etc.
All of them can split PDF by pages (top bookmarks), but I need to split PDF by child bookmarks. It means, that area to extract can be started and/or finished at the middle of the page.
Ideally to have abiliti to do this in java code, but if someone knows solution in any other programming language or CLI program - it also would be great

It depends whether you insist that the non-chosen content on a page be redacted or not. For example, if section 6.3.2 takes up the middle half of a page, do you care if the end of 6.3.1 and the beginning of 6.3.3 are shown in the output on the same page?
If you don't care, cpdf can do this easily. Just output the bookmark data as JSON:
cpdf -list-bookmarks-json -utf8 in.pdf > marks.json
Then you can parse this JSON to show the list of bookmarks, and choose which pages to extract based on child bookmark page numbers.
As for redaction, you could use -add-rectangle or -hard-box to clean up the output based on the coordinates from the JSON bookmarks file, but that's not real redaction -- it just removes the content from view.

jquery: load/include html code into html file without delay?

I'm working on a mobile-app that uses cordova, so it's basically a html-website runing in an app. And I have a lot of elements and html-code that has to be present on all pages, e.g. navigation but also popups and so on and so on.
While working on larger webprojects I usually wrap these kind of code-segments in php-files and use "php include" to create my html file. Here however I can't work with php since there is no server. So since I would like to avoid having countless copies of the same code in every html-file, I'm looking for a way to include html code into an html file using jquery maybe?
I did try it with:
$("#includeContent1").load( "mod_navigation.html" );
and
$.get('mod_navigation.html', function(data) { $('body').append(data);});
Both worked, not as great as php, but did the trick. Problem is, the additional content (in this case the navigation) is being loaded "after" the parent html file is shown, making the navigation just pop up with a slight delay. This looks just horrible, because the navigation at the bottom of the screen just keeps flickering while using the app.
Is there a way to avoid these delays? Maybe by jumping to the new page AFTER everything in the html file has been loaded ... or any other way?

could you just try to create the whole DOM in a variable, and when all the HTML code is saved in the variable append it to the body? Say
$("body").empty(); // clear all
var content = "";
/* start to create content here */
$("body").append(content);
Althoug I have no idea how fast this is...
Cheers

You cannot use JavaScript that's on your page to preprocess that page's HTML as it is part of the document and therefore by definition executed after the document has been loaded.
You could however use a callback function to only display the new page after it has fully been loaded.

Expandable list in pdf files

Can i create an expandable list in pdf files. Expandable list will be of the form :
+Item1
+Item2
-Item3
-Subitem3.1
-Subitem3.2
+Item4
-Item5
-Subitem5.1
-Subitem5.2
-Subitem5.3
Also I need to create the pdf file from Java(I was thinking of using iText, is another library better/easier?). Is this possible. Or is a report in some other standard format(not pdf or html) an easier way out.

First this: I'm the creator of iText, so forgive me for not pointing you to other solutions ;-)
Now for your question: you're asking for dynamic functionality (a tree structure that opens/closes upon user interaction) inside a PDF document.
The most obvious answer is: this isn't possible. When creating PDF, think of paper. Can you print a tree structure on paper that opens/closes when the end user touches the paper? No, you can't, therefore you're asking something that isn't possible in PDF.
The less obvious answer is: it depends. What type of PDF are we talking about?
If you're talking about an interactive XFA form, then you may be able to achieve what you want. The XML Forms Architecture (XFA) is an XML specification that can be used to define interactive forms. When you use XFA, the PDF is nothing more than a container for XML. This XML is rendered dynamically inside Adobe Reader. How to create an XFA form? I only know about two products: Adobe LiveCycle Designer and Avoka Smart Forms Designer.
If you're talking about 'regular PDF', then one option is to embed a swf file. In this case, the tree structure will be rendered by Flash player (which could be a disadvantage, because this might not work with all PDF viewers). Another disadvantage: the tree structure will be confined to a fixed rectangle on a fixed page.
Finally: you can have create such a structure in the bookmarks panel. In PDF terminology, those bookmarks are called Outlines. Obviously, the tree structure won't be a part of the printable content. It will be visible in a separate panel in your PDF viewer.

how to identify corresponding html object using label using java

I have html file and I have the label name now I need to identify the html object.
Can you please help me to identify the object.
I am using jsoup to parase,
I could not attaching the screen shot,
The page has top row with label below are html object
program, study, study status, study manager (all are labels and below html obj)
text box dropdown, drop down, text box (html objec)

When working with HTML, it pays to be aware of the structure of the HTML elements, and not how they are rendered on-screen. In your case, you will need to find a way to identify the elements you seek in the HTML code, and and then use one of the Document#getElement(s|)By(.+) methods to find it.

Struts : Generating HTML instead of a simple message?

In my ApplicationResource.properties file, I can things like "welcome.message="Welcome""
and I would generate that in my jsp page with...
<h3><bean:message key="welcome.message"/></h3>
But say for example, I have a lot of html to generate, such as a list and list items for that secion...
How would I do that?

Nothing to stop you from giving the entire HTML code in the property file. For example if you want the text to appear bold you can do <B>Bold Text</B> So for your select box you can put the entire set of HTML tags in a property and set it where you want to set it.
As for dynamic content you can get a list of your objects in the action class and then use the struts UI tags to create the list or whatever you want.