Add Annotation : Annotation « PDF « Java Tutorial

1. Java Tutorial
2. PDF
3. Annotation

import java.io.FileOutputStream;
import java.util.HashMap;
import java.util.List;

import com.lowagie.text.PageSize;
import com.lowagie.text.Rectangle;
import com.lowagie.text.pdf.BaseFont;
import com.lowagie.text.pdf.PdfAnnotation;
import com.lowagie.text.pdf.PdfContentByte;
import com.lowagie.text.pdf.PdfReader;
import com.lowagie.text.pdf.PdfStamper;
import com.lowagie.text.pdf.SimpleBookmark;

public class MainClass {

  public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
    BaseFont bf = BaseFont.createFont(BaseFont.HELVETICA, BaseFont.WINANSI, BaseFont.NOT_EMBEDDED);
    PdfReader reader = new PdfReader("test.pdf");
    PdfStamper stamper = new PdfStamper(reader, new FileOutputStream("my.pdf"));
    stamper.insertPage(1, PageSize.A4);
    PdfContentByte cb = stamper.getOverContent(1);
    cb.beginText();
    cb.setFontAndSize(bf, 18);
    cb.setTextMatrix(36, 770);
    cb.showText("Inserted Title Page");
    cb.endText();
    stamper.addAnnotation(PdfAnnotation.createText(stamper.getWriter(), new Rectangle(30f, 750f,
        80f, 800f), "inserted page", "This page is the title page.", true, null), 1);

    stamper.close();
  }
}