Example usage for com.lowagie.text.pdf ColumnText addElement

Introduction

In this page you can find the example usage for com.lowagie.text.pdf ColumnText addElement.

Prototype

public void addElement(Element element)

Source Link

Document

Adds an element.

Usage

From source file:questions.stamppages.BookmarksToTOC2.java

@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
public static void main(String[] args) {
    ByteArrayOutputStream baos = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
    try {/*from   ww  w.  ja v  a  2 s  . c  om*/
        Document document = new Document();
        PdfWriter writer = PdfWriter.getInstance(document, baos);
        writer.setViewerPreferences(PdfWriter.PageModeUseOutlines);
        writer.setPageEvent(new ParagraphBookmarkEvents(true));
        document.open();
        BufferedReader reader = new BufferedReader(new FileReader(RESOURCE));
        String line;
        Paragraph p;
        while ((line = reader.readLine()) != null) {
            p = new Paragraph(line);
            p.setAlignment(Element.ALIGN_JUSTIFIED);
            document.add(p);
            document.add(Chunk.NEWLINE);
        }
        reader.close();
        document.close();
    } catch (IOException e) {
        e.printStackTrace();
    } catch (DocumentException e) {
        e.printStackTrace();
    }

    try {
        PdfReader reader = new PdfReader(baos.toByteArray());
        Rectangle rect = reader.getPageSizeWithRotation(1);
        PdfStamper stamper = new PdfStamper(reader, new FileOutputStream(RESULT));
        stamper.insertPage(1, rect);
        ColumnText column = new ColumnText(stamper.getOverContent(1));
        column.setSimpleColumn(rect.getLeft(36), rect.getBottom(36), rect.getRight(36), rect.getTop(36));
        column.addElement(new Paragraph("TABLE OF CONTENTS"));
        List<Map> list = SimpleBookmark.getBookmark(reader);
        Chunk link;
        String dest;
        for (Map<String, String> bookmark : list) {
            link = new Chunk(bookmark.get("Title"));
            dest = bookmark.get("Named");
            link.setAction(PdfAction.gotoLocalPage(dest, false));
            column.addElement(new Paragraph(link));
        }
        column.go();
        stamper.close();
    } catch (IOException e) {
        e.printStackTrace();
    } catch (DocumentException e) {
        e.printStackTrace();
    }

}

From source file:questions.tables.TableColumns.java

public static void main(String[] args) {
    Document document = new Document(PageSize.A4.rotate());
    try {//www  . j av a 2 s  .  co  m
        PdfWriter writer = PdfWriter.getInstance(document, new FileOutputStream(RESULT));

        document.open();

        // the content of the columns
        ColumnText content = new ColumnText(writer.getDirectContent());
        PdfPTable items = new PdfPTable(2);
        items.setWidthPercentage(100);
        for (int i = 0; i < 100; ++i) {
            items.addCell("item " + i);
            items.addCell("some item");
        }
        content.addElement(items);

        // adding the stuff to the document
        int column = 0;
        float height = 0;
        float[][] x = { { document.left(), document.left() + 380 },
                { document.right() - 380, document.right() } };
        int status = ColumnText.START_COLUMN;
        while (ColumnText.hasMoreText(status)) {
            if (column == 0) {
                PdfPTable table = new PdfPTable(1);
                table.setWidthPercentage(100);
                table.addCell("EmployeeSheets");
                table.addCell("Page " + writer.getPageNumber());
                document.add(table);
                height = table.getTotalHeight();
            }
            content.setSimpleColumn(x[column][0], document.bottom(), x[column][1],
                    document.top() - height - 10);
            status = content.go();
            if (++column >= x.length) {
                column = 0;
                document.newPage();
            }
        }
    } catch (DocumentException de) {
        System.err.println(de.getMessage());
    } catch (IOException ioe) {
        System.err.println(ioe.getMessage());
    }
    document.close();
}