Example usage for com.itextpdf.text.pdf PdfAnnotation createFreeText

Introduction

In this page you can find the example usage for com.itextpdf.text.pdf PdfAnnotation createFreeText.

Prototype

public static PdfAnnotation createFreeText(PdfWriter writer, Rectangle rect, String contents,
        PdfContentByte defaultAppearance) 

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Document

Add some free text to the document.

Usage

From source file:com.ots.jsp1.itext.ADAStamper.java

License:Open Source License

public void addADAAsWatermark(InputStream inStream, OutputStream outputStream, String ADA)
        throws DocumentException, IOException {
    PdfStamper stamper = null;//from  www . j a v a  2  s . c  o  m
    PdfReader reader = null;
    try {

        reader = new PdfReader(inStream);
        //The zero byte means we dont want to change the version number of the PDF file.
        //true->not to change any of the original bytes
        stamper = new PdfStamper(reader, outputStream, '\0', true);
        int numberOfPages = reader.getNumberOfPages();

        for (int currentPage = 1; currentPage <= numberOfPages; currentPage++) {

            PdfAppearance canvas = PdfAppearance.createAppearance(stamper.getWriter(), 100, 30);
            canvas.setFontAndSize(
                    BaseFont.createFont(fontFilePath, BaseFont.IDENTITY_H, BaseFont.NOT_EMBEDDED, true), 11);
            Rectangle pageSize = reader.getPageSizeWithRotation(currentPage);
            Rectangle watermarkPosition = new Rectangle(pageSize.getRight() - 150, pageSize.getTop() - 30,
                    pageSize.getRight() - 50, pageSize.getTop() - 10, 0);
            PdfAnnotation annotation = PdfAnnotation.createFreeText(stamper.getWriter(), watermarkPosition, ADA,
                    canvas);
            annotation.put(PdfName.F, new PdfNumber(PdfAnnotation.FLAGS_READONLY));

            //  annotation.put(PdfName.FONT, canvas);
            //  PdfAnnotation annotation = PdfAnnotation.createText(stamper.getWriter(), watermarkPosition, "", ADA, true, "Key");
            // 

            PdfBorderDictionary borderDictionary = new PdfBorderDictionary(0, PdfBorderDictionary.STYLE_SOLID);

            annotation.setBorderStyle(borderDictionary);
            stamper.addAnnotation(annotation, currentPage);
        }
    } finally {
        stamper.close();
        reader.close();
    }

}

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