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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 questions.objects;

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

import com.lowagie.text.Document;
import com.lowagie.text.DocumentException;
import com.lowagie.text.List;
import com.lowagie.text.ListItem;
import com.lowagie.text.pdf.PdfWriter;

public class NestedList {

    public static final String RESULT = "results/questions/objects/nested_list.pdf";

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        Document document = new Document();
        try {
            PdfWriter.getInstance(document, new FileOutputStream(RESULT));
            document.open();
            List list;
            ListItem listItem;
            List sublist;
            list = new List(true);
            list.setPreSymbol("Chapter ");
            list.setPostSymbol(": ");
            listItem = new ListItem("Isaac Asimov");
            list.add(listItem);
            sublist = new List(true);
            sublist.setIndentationLeft(10);
            sublist.setPreSymbol("1.");
            sublist.add("The Foundation Trilogy");
            sublist.add("The Complete Robot");
            sublist.add("Caves of Steel");
            sublist.add("The Naked Sun");
            list.add(sublist);
            listItem = new ListItem("John Irving");
            list.add(listItem);
            sublist = new List(true);
            sublist.setIndentationLeft(10);
            sublist.setPreSymbol("Section 2.");
            sublist.add("The World according to Garp");
            sublist.add("Hotel New Hampshire");
            sublist.add("A prayer for Owen Meany");
            sublist.add("Widow for a year");
            list.add(sublist);
            listItem = new ListItem("Kurt Vonnegut");
            list.add(listItem);
            sublist = new List(true);
            sublist.setIndentationLeft(10);
            sublist.setPreSymbol("3.");
            sublist.setPostSymbol("# ");
            sublist.add("Slaughterhouse 5");
            sublist.add("Welcome to the Monkey House");
            sublist.add("The great pianola");
            sublist.add("Galapagos");
            list.add(sublist);
            document.add(list);
        } catch (DocumentException de) {
            System.err.println(de.getMessage());
        } catch (IOException ioe) {
            System.err.println(ioe.getMessage());
        }
        document.close();
    }
}