Simple PDF Creation With IText

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        Simple class which illustrates usage of iText to create a PDF file.

package testrecorder;

import java.io.FileOutputStream;

import com.itextpdf.text.Anchor;
import com.itextpdf.text.Chapter;
import com.itextpdf.text.Document;
import com.itextpdf.text.DocumentException;
import com.itextpdf.text.Font;
import com.itextpdf.text.Paragraph;
import com.itextpdf.text.Section;
import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfWriter;

/**
 *
 * @author ditch182
 */
class createPDF {
	private static Font catFont = new Font(Font.FontFamily.HELVETICA, 18);
	private static Font redFont = new Font(Font.FontFamily.HELVETICA, 12);
	private static Font subFont = new Font(Font.FontFamily.HELVETICA, 16, Font.BOLD);
	private static Font smallBold = new Font(Font.FontFamily.HELVETICA, 12, Font.BOLD);
        private Object thistest;
    
        public createPDF(Test test) {
            try {

                        Document document = new Document();
			PdfWriter.getInstance(document, new FileOutputStream(test.getControlNo().toString() + ".pdf"));
			document.open();
			addMetaData(document, test);
			addContent(document, test);
			document.close();
		} catch (Exception e) {
			e.printStackTrace();
		}
    }

    private void addMetaData(Document document, Test thisTest) {
                document.addTitle(thisTest.getControlNo().toString());
		document.addSubject("Using iText");
		document.addKeywords("Java, PDF, iText");
		document.addAuthor("Richard Hibbitts");
		document.addCreator("Automated Test Recorder");
    }

    private void addContent(Document document, Test thisTest) 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  little list
		//createList(subCatPart);

		// Add a small table
		//createTable(subCatPart);
		// Now a small table



		// 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);
    }



}

Tags:
• iText
• java
• pdf