Example usage for com.itextpdf.text.html.simpleparser HTMLWorker parseToList

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In this page you can find the example usage for com.itextpdf.text.html.simpleparser HTMLWorker parseToList.

Prototype

public static List<Element> parseToList(final Reader reader, final StyleSheet style,
        final HashMap<String, Object> providers) throws IOException 

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Parses an HTML source to a List of Element objects

Usage

From source file:net.sf.texprinter.generators.PDFGenerator.java

License:Open Source License

/**
 * Parses the HTML text to a list of elements.
 * /*from w  ww.  java2 s .  c o  m*/
 * @param text The text.
 * @return A list of elements.
 * @throws IOException Throws an IOException if the StringReader couldn't
 * get the string provided.
 */
private static List<Element> getPostText(String text) throws IOException {

    // set the text to a snippet
    String snippet = text;

    // full code tag is not supported
    snippet = snippet.replaceAll("<pre><code>", "<pre>");
    snippet = snippet.replaceAll("<pre class=.*\"><code>", "<pre>");
    snippet = snippet.replaceAll("</code></pre>", "</pre>");

    // code tag is not supported
    snippet = snippet.replaceAll("<code>", "<font face=\"Courier\">");
    snippet = snippet.replaceAll("</code>", "</font>");

    // add new lines
    snippet = snippet.replaceAll("\n", "<br/>");

    // create a new stylesheet
    StyleSheet styles = new StyleSheet();

    // configure lists
    styles.loadTagStyle("ul", "indent", "10");
    styles.loadTagStyle("li", "leading", "14");

    // configure hyperlinks
    styles.loadTagStyle("a", "color", "blue");

    // create a map of providers
    HashMap providers = new HashMap();

    // set the image provider
    providers.put("img_provider", new TeXImageFactory());

    // parse the HTML to a list
    List<Element> objects = HTMLWorker.parseToList(new StringReader(snippet), styles, providers);

    // return the new list
    return objects;
}

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