Azure AI Formrecognizer Java

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Azure AI Document Intelligence SDK for Java (com.azure:azure-ai-documentintelligence). Use for extracting text, tables, key-value pairs from documents, receipts, invoices, IDs, or building custom document models. Triggers: "document intelligence java", "form recognizer java", "extract text from PDF java", "OCR document java", "analyze invoice receipt java", "custom document model java", "document classification java".

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The Azure AI Document Intelligence SDK for Java provides a programmatic interface for interacting with Azure's document analysis services. It enables developers to extract text, tables, and key-value pairs from various document types, including invoices, receipts, and identification documents. The SDK supports both prebuilt models for common document types and the creation of custom models for specialized data extraction, as well as document classification capabilities.

What it does

Extracts text, tables, and selection marks from documents using prebuilt models.
Parses structured data from specific document types like invoices, receipts, and ID cards.
Supports building and managing custom document models for specialized extraction needs.
Provides document classification functionality to categorize incoming files.
Offers both synchronous and asynchronous client implementations for flexible integration.
Includes administrative tools for managing model lifecycles and resource details.

When to use it

When you need to automate data extraction from PDF or image-based documents in a Java application.
When integrating Azure AI document analysis features into a backend service.
When you need to classify documents automatically based on their content.
When migrating from the legacy Azure AI Form Recognizer SDK to the current Document Intelligence SDK.

Advantages

Provides a unified API for both prebuilt and custom document analysis models.
Supports secure authentication via DefaultAzureCredential and managed identities.
Includes comprehensive support for document layout analysis, including table structure.
Facilitates easy migration from previous versions of the Azure Form Recognizer SDK.

Usage examples

“How do I extract layout information from a local PDF using the Java SDK?”: The agent provides code to initialize a DocumentIntelligenceClient, load a file into BinaryData, and use beginAnalyzeDocument with the prebuilt-layout model.
“Show me how to authenticate the Document Intelligence client in Java.”: The agent demonstrates using DefaultAzureCredentialBuilder to authenticate the client securely using environment variables.
“How can I classify documents using the Java SDK?”: The agent provides a code snippet for building a document classifier with specific document types and using the client to classify a document from a URL.
“What are the steps to build a custom document model in Java?”: The agent outlines using the DocumentIntelligenceAdministrationClient to call beginBuildDocumentModel with a specified Azure Blob storage training source.

Install

Download the skill as a ZIP:
https://mp-staging.autogineer.com/agent-skills/microsoft/azure-ai-formrecognizer-java/download

Unzip it into the cross-client skills folder of your project:

mkdir -p .agents/skills && unzip azure-ai-formrecognizer-java.zip -d .agents/skills

Documentation by Microsoft

Azure AI Document Intelligence SDK for Java

Rebranding: Azure AI Form Recognizer is now Azure AI Document Intelligence. New projects should use com.azure:azure-ai-documentintelligence. The legacy azure-ai-formrecognizer package targets API version 2023-07-31 only. See Migration Guide.

Before Implementation

Search microsoft-docs MCP for current API patterns:

Query: "azure-ai-documentintelligence Java SDK"
Verify: Parameters match installed SDK version (latest GA: 1.0.7)

Installation

<dependency>
    <groupId>com.azure</groupId>
    <artifactId>azure-ai-documentintelligence</artifactId>
    <version>1.0.0</version>
</dependency>

<!-- For DefaultAzureCredential -->
<dependency>
    <groupId>com.azure</groupId>
    <artifactId>azure-identity</artifactId>
    <version>1.14.2</version>
</dependency>

Environment Variables

DOCUMENT_INTELLIGENCE_ENDPOINT=https://<resource>.cognitiveservices.azure.com/ # Required for all auth methods
AZURE_TOKEN_CREDENTIALS=prod  # Required only if DefaultAzureCredential is used in production

Authentication

DefaultAzureCredential (Recommended)

import com.azure.ai.documentintelligence.DocumentIntelligenceClient;
import com.azure.ai.documentintelligence.DocumentIntelligenceClientBuilder;
import com.azure.core.credential.TokenCredential;
import com.azure.identity.AzureIdentityEnvVars;
import com.azure.identity.DefaultAzureCredentialBuilder;
import com.azure.identity.ManagedIdentityCredentialBuilder;

TokenCredential credential = new DefaultAzureCredentialBuilder()
    .requireEnvVars(AzureIdentityEnvVars.AZURE_TOKEN_CREDENTIALS)
    .build();
// Or use a specific credential directly in production:
// See https://learn.microsoft.com/java/api/overview/azure/identity-readme?view=azure-java-stable#credential-classes
// TokenCredential credential = new ManagedIdentityCredentialBuilder().build();

DocumentIntelligenceClient client = new DocumentIntelligenceClientBuilder()
    .endpoint(System.getenv("DOCUMENT_INTELLIGENCE_ENDPOINT"))
    .credential(credential)
    .buildClient();

API Key

import com.azure.core.credential.AzureKeyCredential;

DocumentIntelligenceClient client = new DocumentIntelligenceClientBuilder()
    .endpoint(System.getenv("DOCUMENT_INTELLIGENCE_ENDPOINT"))
    .credential(new AzureKeyCredential(System.getenv("DOCUMENT_INTELLIGENCE_KEY")))
    .buildClient();

Administration Client

import com.azure.ai.documentintelligence.DocumentIntelligenceAdministrationClient;
import com.azure.ai.documentintelligence.DocumentIntelligenceAdministrationClientBuilder;
import com.azure.core.credential.TokenCredential;
import com.azure.identity.AzureIdentityEnvVars;
import com.azure.identity.DefaultAzureCredentialBuilder;
import com.azure.identity.ManagedIdentityCredentialBuilder;

TokenCredential credential = new DefaultAzureCredentialBuilder()
    .requireEnvVars(AzureIdentityEnvVars.AZURE_TOKEN_CREDENTIALS)
    .build();
// Or use a specific credential directly in production:
// See https://learn.microsoft.com/java/api/overview/azure/identity-readme?view=azure-java-stable#credential-classes
// TokenCredential credential = new ManagedIdentityCredentialBuilder().build();

DocumentIntelligenceAdministrationClient adminClient = new DocumentIntelligenceAdministrationClientBuilder()
    .endpoint(System.getenv("DOCUMENT_INTELLIGENCE_ENDPOINT"))
    .credential(credential)
    .buildClient();

Async Client

import com.azure.ai.documentintelligence.DocumentIntelligenceAsyncClient;
import com.azure.core.credential.TokenCredential;
import com.azure.identity.AzureIdentityEnvVars;
import com.azure.identity.DefaultAzureCredentialBuilder;
import com.azure.identity.ManagedIdentityCredentialBuilder;

TokenCredential credential = new DefaultAzureCredentialBuilder()
    .requireEnvVars(AzureIdentityEnvVars.AZURE_TOKEN_CREDENTIALS)
    .build();
// Or use a specific credential directly in production:
// See https://learn.microsoft.com/java/api/overview/azure/identity-readme?view=azure-java-stable#credential-classes
// TokenCredential credential = new ManagedIdentityCredentialBuilder().build();

DocumentIntelligenceAsyncClient asyncClient = new DocumentIntelligenceClientBuilder()
    .endpoint(System.getenv("DOCUMENT_INTELLIGENCE_ENDPOINT"))
    .credential(credential)
    .buildAsyncClient();

Prebuilt Models

Model ID	Purpose
`prebuilt-read`	Extract text, lines, words, languages
`prebuilt-layout`	Text, tables, selection marks, structure
`prebuilt-receipt`	Receipt data extraction
`prebuilt-invoice`	Invoice field extraction
`prebuilt-idDocument`	ID documents (passport, license)
`prebuilt-tax.us.w2`	US W2 tax forms
`prebuilt-healthInsuranceCard.us`	US health insurance cards
`prebuilt-contract`	Contract field extraction

Retired models: prebuilt-businessCard and prebuilt-document are retired in API version 2024-11-30. Use the legacy azure-ai-formrecognizer package for these.

Core Patterns

Analyze from File

import com.azure.ai.documentintelligence.models.*;
import com.azure.core.util.BinaryData;
import com.azure.core.util.polling.SyncPoller;
import java.io.File;

File document = new File("document.pdf");
BinaryData documentData = BinaryData.fromFile(document.toPath(), (int) document.length());

SyncPoller<AnalyzeOperationDetails, AnalyzeResult> poller =
    client.beginAnalyzeDocument("prebuilt-layout",
        new AnalyzeDocumentOptions(documentData));

AnalyzeResult result = poller.getFinalResult();

Analyze from URL

String documentUrl = "https://example.com/invoice.pdf";

SyncPoller<AnalyzeOperationDetails, AnalyzeResult> poller =
    client.beginAnalyzeDocument("prebuilt-invoice",
        new AnalyzeDocumentOptions(documentUrl));

AnalyzeResult result = poller.getFinalResult();

Extract Layout

AnalyzeResult result = poller.getFinalResult();

for (DocumentPage page : result.getPages()) {
    System.out.printf("Page has width: %.2f and height: %.2f, measured with unit: %s%n",
        page.getWidth(), page.getHeight(), page.getUnit());

    // Lines
    for (DocumentLine line : page.getLines()) {
        System.out.printf("Line '%s' is within bounding box %s.%n",
            line.getContent(), line.getPolygon());
    }

    // Selection marks
    for (DocumentSelectionMark mark : page.getSelectionMarks()) {
        System.out.printf("Selection mark is '%s' with confidence %.2f.%n",
            mark.getState(), mark.getConfidence());
    }
}

// Tables
for (DocumentTable table : result.getTables()) {
    System.out.printf("Table: %d rows x %d columns%n",
        table.getRowCount(), table.getColumnCount());
    for (DocumentTableCell cell : table.getCells()) {
        System.out.printf("Cell[%d,%d]: %s%n",
            cell.getRowIndex(), cell.getColumnIndex(), cell.getContent());
    }
}

Extract Document Fields

SyncPoller<AnalyzeOperationDetails, AnalyzeResult> poller =
    client.beginAnalyzeDocument("prebuilt-receipt",
        new AnalyzeDocumentOptions(receiptUrl));

AnalyzeResult result = poller.getFinalResult();

for (AnalyzedDocument doc : result.getDocuments()) {
    Map<String, DocumentField> fields = doc.getFields();

    DocumentField merchantName = fields.get("MerchantName");
    if (merchantName != null && merchantName.getType() == DocumentFieldType.STRING) {
        System.out.printf("Merchant: %s (confidence: %.2f)%n",
            merchantName.getValueString(), merchantName.getConfidence());
    }

    DocumentField transactionDate = fields.get("TransactionDate");
    if (transactionDate != null && transactionDate.getType() == DocumentFieldType.DATE) {
        System.out.printf("Date: %s%n", transactionDate.getValueDate());
    }
}

Analyze with Options

SyncPoller<AnalyzeOperationDetails, AnalyzeResult> poller =
    client.beginAnalyzeDocument("my-custom-model",
        new AnalyzeDocumentOptions(documentUrl)
            .setPages(Collections.singletonList("1-3"))
            .setLocale("en-US")
            .setDocumentAnalysisFeatures(Arrays.asList(DocumentAnalysisFeature.LANGUAGES))
            .setOutputContentFormat(DocumentContentFormat.TEXT));

Custom Models

Build Custom Model

String blobContainerUrl = "{SAS_URL_of_training_data}";

SyncPoller<DocumentModelBuildOperationDetails, DocumentModelDetails> poller =
    adminClient.beginBuildDocumentModel(
        new BuildDocumentModelOptions("my-custom-model", DocumentBuildMode.TEMPLATE)
            .setAzureBlobSource(new AzureBlobContentSource(blobContainerUrl)));

DocumentModelDetails model = poller.getFinalResult();
System.out.printf("Model ID: %s%n", model.getModelId());
System.out.printf("Created: %s%n", model.getCreatedOn());

model.getDocumentTypes().forEach((docType, details) -> {
    details.getFieldSchema().forEach((field, schema) -> {
        System.out.printf("Field: %s (%s)%n", field, schema.getType());
    });
});

Manage Models

// Resource limits
DocumentIntelligenceResourceDetails resourceDetails = adminClient.getResourceDetails();
System.out.printf("Models: %d / %d%n",
    resourceDetails.getCustomDocumentModels().getCount(),
    resourceDetails.getCustomDocumentModels().getLimit());

// List models
PagedIterable<DocumentModelDetails> models = adminClient.listModels();
for (DocumentModelDetails model : models) {
    System.out.printf("Model: %s, Created: %s%n",
        model.getModelId(), model.getCreatedOn());
}

// Get model
DocumentModelDetails model = adminClient.getModel("model-id");

// Delete model
adminClient.deleteModel("model-id");

Document Classification

Build Classifier

Map<String, ClassifierDocumentTypeDetails> docTypes = new HashMap<>();
docTypes.put("invoice", new ClassifierDocumentTypeDetails()
    .setAzureBlobSource(new AzureBlobContentSource(containerUrl).setPrefix("invoices/")));
docTypes.put("receipt", new ClassifierDocumentTypeDetails()
    .setAzureBlobSource(new AzureBlobContentSource(containerUrl).setPrefix("receipts/")));

SyncPoller<DocumentClassifierBuildOperationDetails, DocumentClassifierDetails> poller =
    adminClient.beginBuildClassifier(
        new BuildDocumentClassifierOptions("my-classifier", docTypes));

DocumentClassifierDetails classifier = poller.getFinalResult();

Classify Document

SyncPoller<AnalyzeOperationDetails, AnalyzeResult> poller =
    client.beginClassifyDocument("my-classifier",
        new ClassifyDocumentOptions(documentUrl));

AnalyzeResult result = poller.getFinalResult();
for (AnalyzedDocument doc : result.getDocuments()) {
    System.out.printf("Classified as: %s (confidence: %.2f)%n",
        doc.getDocumentType(), doc.getConfidence());
}

Error Handling

import com.azure.core.exception.HttpResponseException;

try {
    client.beginAnalyzeDocument("prebuilt-receipt",
        new AnalyzeDocumentOptions("invalid-url"));
} catch (HttpResponseException e) {
    System.out.printf("Status: %d, Error: %s%n",
        e.getResponse().getStatusCode(), e.getMessage());
}

Migration from azure-ai-formrecognizer

Old (formrecognizer v4.x)	New (documentintelligence v1.x)
`DocumentAnalysisClient`	`DocumentIntelligenceClient`
`DocumentAnalysisClientBuilder`	`DocumentIntelligenceClientBuilder`
`DocumentModelAdministrationClient`	`DocumentIntelligenceAdministrationClient`
`beginAnalyzeDocumentFromUrl(modelId, url)`	`beginAnalyzeDocument(modelId, new AnalyzeDocumentOptions(url))`
`beginAnalyzeDocument(modelId, data)`	`beginAnalyzeDocument(modelId, new AnalyzeDocumentOptions(data))`
`SyncPoller<OperationResult, AnalyzeResult>`	`SyncPoller<AnalyzeOperationDetails, AnalyzeResult>`
`field.getValueAsString()`	`field.getValueString()`
`field.getValueAsDate()`	`field.getValueDate()`
`field.getValueAsDouble()`	`field.getValueNumber()`
`field.getValueAsList()`	`field.getValueList()`
`field.getValueAsMap()`	`field.getValueObject()`
`mark.getSelectionMarkState()`	`mark.getState()`
`adminClient.beginBuildDocumentModel(url, mode, prefix, options, ctx)`	`adminClient.beginBuildDocumentModel(new BuildDocumentModelOptions(id, mode).setAzureBlobSource(...))`
`adminClient.getResourceDetails()` → `.getCustomDocumentModelCount()`	`adminClient.getResourceDetails()` → `.getCustomDocumentModels().getCount()`
`FORM_RECOGNIZER_ENDPOINT`	`DOCUMENT_INTELLIGENCE_ENDPOINT`

Reference Files

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references/examples.md	Complete code examples for all scenarios

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