Paragraphs

OpenPDF Tutorial

Paragraphs example with OpenPDF: Paragraphs.java

/**
 * Demonstrates some Paragraph functionality.
 */

public class Paragraphs {

    /**
     * Demonstrates some Paragraph functionality.
     * 
     * @param args
     *            no arguments needed here
     */
    public static void main(String[] args) {

        System.out.println("the Paragraph object");

        // step 1: creation of a document-object
        Document document = new Document();
        try {
            // step 2:
            // we create a writer that listens to the document
            PdfWriter.getInstance(document, new FileOutputStream("Paragraphs.pdf"));

            // step 3: we open the document
            document.open();
            // step 4:
            Paragraph p1 = new Paragraph(new Chunk(
                    "This is my first paragraph. ",
                    FontFactory.getFont(FontFactory.HELVETICA, 10)));
            p1.add("The leading of this paragraph is calculated automagically. ");
            p1.add("The default leading is 1.5 times the fontsize. ");
            p1.add(new Chunk("You can add chunks "));
            p1.add(new Phrase("or you can add phrases. "));
            p1.add(new Phrase(
                "Unless you change the leading with the method setLeading, the leading doesn't change if you add text with another leading. This can lead to some problems.",
                FontFactory.getFont(FontFactory.HELVETICA, 18)));
            document.add(p1);
            Paragraph p2 = new Paragraph(new Phrase(
                    "This is my second paragraph. ", FontFactory.getFont(
                            FontFactory.HELVETICA, 12)));
            p2.add("As you can see, it started on a new line.");
            document.add(p2);
            Paragraph p3 = new Paragraph("This is my third paragraph.",
                    FontFactory.getFont(FontFactory.HELVETICA, 12));
            document.add(p3);
        } catch (DocumentException de) {
            System.err.println(de.getMessage());
        } catch (IOException ioe) {
            System.err.println(ioe.getMessage());
        }

        // step 5: we close the document
        document.close();
    }
}