BE THE CODER > PDF > iTEXT Examples

iText is a free and open source library for creating and manipulating PDF documents in Java. The following example shows creating an anchor in a PDF document.

File Name :	com/bethecoder/tutorials/itext/tests/AnchorExample.java
Author :	Sudhakar KV
Email :	[email protected]


package com.bethecoder.tutorials.itext.tests;



import java.io.FileNotFoundException;

import java.io.FileOutputStream;



import com.itextpdf.text.Anchor;

import com.itextpdf.text.Document;

import com.itextpdf.text.DocumentException;

import com.itextpdf.text.PageSize;

import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfWriter;



public class AnchorExample {



  /**

   * @param args

   * @throws DocumentException 

   * @throws FileNotFoundException 

   */

  public static void main(String[] args) throws FileNotFoundException, DocumentException  {



    Document document = new Document(PageSize.A4); 

    PdfWriter.getInstance(document, new FileOutputStream("test17.pdf"));

    

    //Open the document before adding any content

    document.open();

    

    Anchor anchor = new Anchor("BE THE CODER");

    anchor.setReference("http://bethecoder.com");

    document.add(anchor);

    

    //Close the document

    document.close();

  }



}

Anchor Example