classroom.newspaper_a.Newspaper05.java Source code

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/*
 * This example was written by Bruno Lowagie, author of the book
 * 'iText in Action' by Manning Publications (ISBN: 1932394796).
 * You can use this example as inspiration for your own applications.
 * The following license applies:
 * http://www.1t3xt.com/about/copyright/index.php?page=MIT
 */

package classroom.newspaper_a;

import java.io.FileOutputStream;
import java.io.IOException;

import com.lowagie.text.DocumentException;
import com.lowagie.text.Element;
import com.lowagie.text.Phrase;
import com.lowagie.text.pdf.ColumnText;
import com.lowagie.text.pdf.PdfContentByte;
import com.lowagie.text.pdf.PdfReader;
import com.lowagie.text.pdf.PdfStamper;
import com.lowagie.text.pdf.PdfTemplate;

public class Newspaper05 extends Newspaper {

    public static final String RESULT = RESULTPATH + "newspaper05.pdf";

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        try {
            PdfReader reader = new PdfReader(NEWSPAPER);
            PdfStamper stamper = new PdfStamper(reader, new FileOutputStream(RESULT));
            PdfContentByte canvas = stamper.getOverContent(1);
            canvas.saveState();
            canvas.setRGBColorFill(0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF);
            canvas.rectangle(LLX1, LLY1, W1, H1);
            canvas.rectangle(LLX2, LLY2, W2, H2);
            canvas.fillStroke();
            canvas.restoreState();
            Phrase p = new Phrase(MESSAGE);
            putText(canvas, p, LLX1, LLY1, W1, H1);
            putText(canvas, p, LLX2, LLY2, W2, H2);
            stamper.close();
        } catch (IOException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        } catch (DocumentException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
    }

    public static void putText(PdfContentByte canvas, Phrase p, float llx, float lly, float w, float h)
            throws DocumentException {
        PdfTemplate template = canvas.createTemplate(h, w);
        ColumnText column = new ColumnText(template);
        column.setSimpleColumn(0, 0, h, w);
        column.setAlignment(Element.ALIGN_CENTER);
        column.setText(p);
        column.go(true);
        float offset = w - (column.getYLine() / 2f);
        column.setText(p);
        column.setYLine(offset);
        column.go();
        canvas.addTemplate(template, 0, 1, -1, 0, llx + w, lly);
    }
}