Clip a region : PdfContentByte « PDF « Java Tutorial

1. Java Tutorial
2. PDF
3. PdfContentByte

import java.io.FileOutputStream;

import com.lowagie.text.Document;
import com.lowagie.text.Image;
import com.lowagie.text.pdf.PdfContentByte;
import com.lowagie.text.pdf.PdfWriter;

public class MainClass {
  public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
    Document document = new Document();
    PdfWriter writer = PdfWriter.getInstance(document, new FileOutputStream("clipping_path.pdf"));
    document.open();
    Image img = Image.getInstance("dog.jpg");
    float w = img.scaledWidth();
    float h = img.scaledHeight();
    PdfContentByte cb = writer.getDirectContent();
    cb.saveState();
    cb.circle(260, 700, 70);
    cb.clip();
    cb.newPath();
    cb.addImage(img, w, 0, 0, h, 36, 620);
    cb.restoreState();



    document.close();
  }
}