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 adding a Chunk to PDF document which is the smallest unit of text that can be added to a PDF.

File Name :	com/bethecoder/tutorials/itext/tests/ChunkExample.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.BaseColor;

import com.itextpdf.text.Chunk;

import com.itextpdf.text.Document;

import com.itextpdf.text.DocumentException;

import com.itextpdf.text.Font;

import com.itextpdf.text.FontFactory;

import com.itextpdf.text.PageSize;

import com.itextpdf.text.Paragraph;

import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfWriter;



public class ChunkExample {



  /**

   * @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("test22.pdf"));

    

    //Open the document before adding any content

    document.open();

    

    Paragraph paragraph = new Paragraph("BE THE CODER");

    paragraph.add("\n");  //new line

    

    //the smallest significant part of text that can be added to a document

    Chunk chunk = new Chunk("be the coder",

        FontFactory.getFont(FontFactory.COURIER, 16, 

            Font.ITALIC, BaseColor.BLUE));

    chunk.setBackground(BaseColor.YELLOW);

    

    paragraph.add(chunk);

    document.add(paragraph);

    

    //Close the document

    document.close();

  }



}

Chunk Example