package com.qhdstar.java.pdf;
import java.awt.Color;
import java.io.FileOutputStream;
import com.lowagie.text.Chapter;
import com.lowagie.text.Document;
import com.lowagie.text.Font;
import com.lowagie.text.FontFactory;
import com.lowagie.text.PageSize;
import com.lowagie.text.Paragraph;
import com.lowagie.text.Section;
import com.lowagie.text.pdf.PdfWriter;
public class GeneratePDF {
public static void main(String[] args) {
//The first method is called to generate a file named ITextTest. PDF to disk C
try {
writeSimplePdf();
}
catch (Exception e) { e.printStackTrace(); }
//The second method is called to add a section to the file named ITextTest. PDF on disk C.
try {
writeCharpter();
}
catch (Exception e) { e.printStackTrace(); }
}
public static void writeSimplePdf() throws Exception {
//1. Create a new document object
//The first parameter is the page size. The next parameters are left, right, top, and bottom margins.
Document document = new Document(PageSize.A4, 50, 50, 50, 50);
//2. Create a Writer to associate with the document object, through which documents can be written to disk.
//The first parameter to create a PdfWriter object is a reference to the document object, and the second parameter is the actual name of the file, in which the output path is also given.
PdfWriter writer = PdfWriter.getInstance(document, new FileOutputStream("C:\ITextTest.pdf"));
//Open the document
document.open();
//4. Add content to the document
//Through the com. Lowagie. Text. Com.lowagie.text.paragraph to add text. You can create a default paragraph with the text and its default font, color, size, and so on
document.add(new Paragraph("First page of the document."));
document.add(new Paragraph("Some more text on the first page with different color and font type.", FontFactory.getFont(FontFactory.COURIER, 14, Font.BOLD, new Color(255, 150, 200))));
//Close the document
document.close();
}
public static void writeCharpter() throws Exception {
// new document object The first parameter is the page size. The next parameters are left, right, top, and bottom margins.
Document document = new Document(PageSize.A4, 20, 20, 20, 20);
//Creates a Writer associated with the document object that writes documents to disk.
PdfWriter writer = PdfWriter.getInstance(document, new FileOutputStream("c:\ITextTest.pdf"));
//Open the file
document.open();
//The title
document.addTitle("Hello mingri example");
//The author
document.addAuthor("wolf");
//The theme
document.addSubject("This example explains how to add metadata.");
document.addKeywords("iText, Hello mingri");
document.addCreator("My program using iText");
// document.newPage();
//Add content to the document
document.add(new Paragraph("n"));
document.add(new Paragraph("n"));
document.add(new Paragraph("n"));
document.add(new Paragraph("n"));
document.add(new Paragraph("n"));
document.add(new Paragraph("First page of the document."));
document.add(new Paragraph("First page of the document."));
document.add(new Paragraph("First page of the document."));
document.add(new Paragraph("First page of the document."));
document.add(new Paragraph("Some more text on the first page with different color and font type.", FontFactory.getFont(FontFactory.defaultEncoding, 10, Font.BOLD, new Color(0, 0, 0))));
Paragraph title1 = new Paragraph("Chapter 1", FontFactory.getFont(FontFactory.HELVETICA, 18, Font.BOLDITALIC, new Color(0, 0, 255)));
//A new chapter
Chapter chapter1 = new Chapter(title1, 1);
chapter1.setNumberDepth(0);
Paragraph title11 = new Paragraph("This is Section 1 in Chapter 1", FontFactory.getFont(FontFactory.HELVETICA, 16, Font.BOLD, new Color(255, 0, 0)));
Section section1 = chapter1.addSection(title11);
Paragraph someSectionText = new Paragraph("This text comes as part of section 1 of chapter 1.");
section1.add(someSectionText);
someSectionText = new Paragraph("Following is a 3 X 2 table.");
section1.add(someSectionText);
document.add(chapter1);
//Close the document
document.close();
}
}