Tuesday, March 20, 2012

Creating PDF document in JAVA using itext library

The java code to create a sample pdf document using itext.

Jar file required: itextpdf.jar

package itext;

import java.io.FileOutputStream;
import java.util.Date;

import com.itextpdf.text.*;
import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.*;

public class SamplePDF {
private static String FILE = "c:/temp/SamplePdf.pdf";
private static Font catFont = new Font(Font.FontFamily.TIMES_ROMAN, 18,
Font.BOLD);
private static Font redFont = new Font(Font.FontFamily.TIMES_ROMAN, 12,
Font.NORMAL, BaseColor.RED);
private static Font subFont = new Font(Font.FontFamily.TIMES_ROMAN, 16,
Font.BOLD);
private static Font smallBold = new Font(Font.FontFamily.TIMES_ROMAN, 12,
Font.BOLD);

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



private static void addTitlePage(Document document)
throws DocumentException {
Paragraph preface = new Paragraph();
addEmptyLine(preface, 1);
preface.add(new Paragraph("Sample Document", catFont));
addEmptyLine(preface, 1);
// File properties
preface.add(new Paragraph(
"Report generated by: " + System.getProperty("user.name") + ", " + new Date(), smallBold));
addEmptyLine(preface, 3);
preface.add(new Paragraph(
"This is a sample document ceated by itext ",
smallBold));

addEmptyLine(preface, 8);


document.add(preface);
// Start a new page
document.newPage();
}

private static void addContent(Document document) throws DocumentException {
Anchor anchor = new Anchor("First Chapter", catFont);
anchor.setName("First Chapter");

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

// Add a list
createList(subCatPart);
Paragraph paragraph = new Paragraph();
addEmptyLine(paragraph, 5);
subCatPart.add(paragraph);

// Add a table
createTable(subCatPart);

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

// Next section
anchor = new Anchor("Second Chapter", catFont);
anchor.setName("Second Chapter");

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

}

private static void createTable(Section subCatPart)
throws BadElementException {
PdfPTable table = new PdfPTable(3);


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

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);

}

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(" "));
}
}
}


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