http://www.javaapionline.com/2011/06/create-pdf-document-using-java-pdfbox.html
An Extension to the earlier program.
Create 5 Rows of Data Cells
Here's how the code will look.
/*
* Author : Ajith Moni
* Date : June 6th 2011
*/
import java.io.IOException;
import org.apache.pdfbox.exceptions.COSVisitorException;
import org.apache.pdfbox.pdmodel.PDDocument;
import org.apache.pdfbox.pdmodel.PDPage;
import org.apache.pdfbox.pdmodel.edit.PDPageContentStream;
import org.apache.pdfbox.pdmodel.font.PDFont;
import org.apache.pdfbox.pdmodel.font.PDType1Font;
public class PDFTableSingleColumn {
public static void main(String[] args)
throws IOException, COSVisitorException {
// Create the PDF Document
PDDocument document =new PDDocument();
// Create a Page of the PDF Document
PDPage page1=new PDPage();
// Add the created page to the PDF Document
document.addPage( page1 );
// Set Font Type
PDFont font = PDType1Font.HELVETICA_BOLD;
// Create a Stream for the Document and page
PDPageContentStream contentStream = new PDPageContentStream(document, page1);
// Begin Text
contentStream.beginText();
// The X and Y co-ordinates start from the end of the page
// Use the following methods to get the results -
// might vary on your machine.
// 612.0
// 792.0
System.out.println(page1.getArtBox().getUpperRightX());
System.out.println(page1.getArtBox().getUpperRightY());
// Margin of the Document - X Value
int margin=50;
// Max val - 792 - Set Margin from top - Y Value
int y1=750;
int y2=750;
// Dimensions of the cell to draw
// length - length of the line
// breadth - height of the cell
int length=100;
int breadth=30;
// draw 5 cells having single column
for(int rows=0;rows<5;rows++)
{
// draw the horizontal lines
contentStream.drawLine(margin, y1, margin+length, y2);
// breadth
contentStream.drawLine(margin, y1, margin, y1-breadth);
contentStream.drawLine(margin+length, y1, margin+length, y2-breadth);
y2-=breadth;
y1=y2;
}
// Draw the closing of the Cell
contentStream.drawLine(margin, y1, margin+length, y2);
// Close the Text
contentStream.endText();
// Closing the Connection is Important
// especially when using multiple pages
contentStream.close();
document.save("D:\\Trash\\PDFTableSingleColumn.pdf");
document.close();
}
}
For Creating a Compelete Table with N Rows and N columns, See the Article :
http://www.javaapionline.com/2011/06/create-table-with-rows-and-columns-in.html
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