com.itext.test.FirstPdf.java Source code

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package com.itext.test;

import java.io.FileOutputStream;

import com.lowagie.text.BadElementException;
import com.lowagie.text.Chapter;
import com.lowagie.text.Document;
import com.lowagie.text.DocumentException;
import com.lowagie.text.Element;
import com.lowagie.text.Font;
import com.lowagie.text.List;
import com.lowagie.text.ListItem;
import com.lowagie.text.Paragraph;
import com.lowagie.text.Phrase;
import com.lowagie.text.Section;
import com.lowagie.text.pdf.PdfPCell;
import com.lowagie.text.pdf.PdfPTable;
import com.lowagie.text.pdf.PdfWriter;

public class FirstPdf {
    private static String FILE = "D:/FirstPdf.pdf";
    private static Font catFont = new Font(Font.BOLD);
    private static Font redFont = new Font(Font.NORMAL);
    private static Font subFont = new Font(Font.BOLD);
    private static Font smallBold = new Font(Font.BOLD);

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        try {
            Document document = new Document();
            PdfWriter.getInstance(document, new FileOutputStream(FILE));
            document.open();
            addMetaData(document);
            addTitlePage(document);
            addContent(document);
            document.close();
        } catch (Exception e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
    }

    // iText allows to add metadata to the PDF which can be viewed in your Adobe
    // Reader
    // under File -> Properties
    private static void addMetaData(Document document) {
        document.addTitle("My first PDF");
        document.addSubject("Using iText");
        document.addKeywords("Java, PDF, iText");
        document.addAuthor("Lars Vogel");
        document.addCreator("Lars Vogel");
    }

    private static void addTitlePage(Document document) throws DocumentException {
        Paragraph preface = new Paragraph();
        // ?
        addEmptyLine(preface, 1);
        // 
        preface.add(new Paragraph("Title of the document", catFont));
        //?
        addEmptyLine(preface, 1);
        // ?: Report generated by: _name, _date
        preface.add(new Paragraph(
                "Report generated by: " + System.getProperty("user.name") + ", " + new java.util.Date(), //$NON-NLS-1$ //$NON-NLS-2$ //$NON-NLS-3$
                smallBold));
        addEmptyLine(preface, 3);
        preface.add(new Paragraph("This document describes something which is very important ", smallBold));
        //?8
        addEmptyLine(preface, 8);
        //??
        preface.add(new Paragraph(
                "This document is a preliminary version and not subject to your license agreement or any other agreement with vogella.com ;-).",
                redFont));
        //?document
        document.add(preface);
        //
        document.newPage();
    }

    //PDF
    private static void addContent(Document document) throws DocumentException {
        //
        //   Anchor anchor = new Anchor();
        //
        //anchor.setName("First Chapter");
        // Second parameter is the number of the chapter
        Chapter catPart = new Chapter(new Paragraph(), 1);

        Paragraph subPara = new Paragraph("Subcategory 1", subFont);
        Section subCatPart = catPart.addSection(subPara);
        subCatPart.add(new Paragraph("Hello"));

        subPara = new Paragraph("Subcategory 2", subFont);
        subCatPart = catPart.addSection(subPara);
        subCatPart.add(new Paragraph("Paragraph 1"));
        subCatPart.add(new Paragraph("Paragraph 2"));
        subCatPart.add(new Paragraph("Paragraph 3"));

        //List
        createList(subCatPart);
        Paragraph paragraph = new Paragraph();
        addEmptyLine(paragraph, 5);
        subCatPart.add(paragraph);

        // Table
        createTable(subCatPart);

        // document
        document.add(catPart);

        // Next section

        // Second parameter is the number of the chapter
        catPart = new Chapter(new Paragraph("a"), 1);

        subPara = new Paragraph("Subcategory", subFont);
        subCatPart = catPart.addSection(subPara);
        subCatPart.add(new Paragraph("This is a very important message"));

        // now add all this to the document
        document.add(catPart);

    }

    //Table
    private static void createTable(Section subCatPart) throws BadElementException {
        //PdfPTable
        PdfPTable table = new PdfPTable(3);
        //PdfPTable
        // t.setBorderColor(BaseColor.GRAY);
        // t.setPadding(4);
        // t.setSpacing(4);
        // t.setBorderWidth(1);
        //PDFPCell
        PdfPCell c1 = new PdfPCell(new Phrase("Table Header 1"));
        //PdfPCellHorizontalAlignment?
        c1.setHorizontalAlignment(Element.ALIGN_CENTER);
        //celltable
        table.addCell(c1);
        //PDFPCell
        c1 = new PdfPCell(new Phrase("Table Header 2"));
        c1.setHorizontalAlignment(Element.ALIGN_CENTER);
        table.addCell(c1);

        c1 = new PdfPCell(new Phrase("Table Header 3"));
        c1.setHorizontalAlignment(Element.ALIGN_CENTER);
        table.addCell(c1);
        table.setHeaderRows(1);

        table.addCell("1.0");
        table.addCell("1.1");
        table.addCell("1.2");
        table.addCell("2.1");
        table.addCell("2.2");
        table.addCell("2.3");

        subCatPart.add(table);

    }

    //List
    private static void createList(Section subCatPart) {
        List list = new List(true, false, 10);
        list.add(new ListItem("First point"));
        list.add(new ListItem("Second point"));
        list.add(new ListItem("Third point"));
        subCatPart.add(list);
    }

    //??
    private static void addEmptyLine(Paragraph paragraph, int number) {
        for (int i = 0; i < number; i++) {
            paragraph.add(new Paragraph(" "));
        }
    }
}