BE THE CODER > PDF > iTEXT Examples > Numbered List Example

iText is a free and open source library for creating and manipulating PDF documents in Java. The following example shows adding a numbered list to PDF document.

File Name :	com/bethecoder/tutorials/itext/tests/NumberedListExample.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.Chunk;

import com.itextpdf.text.Document;

import com.itextpdf.text.DocumentException;

import com.itextpdf.text.List;

import com.itextpdf.text.PageSize;

import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfWriter;



public class NumberedListExample {



  /**

   * @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("test13.pdf"));

    

    //Open the document before adding any content

    document.open();

    

    List numberedList = new List(true); //Create numbered list

    numberedList.add("ONE");

    numberedList.add("TWO");

    numberedList.add("THREE");

    numberedList.add("FOUR");

    

    document.add(numberedList);

    document.add(Chunk.NEWLINE); //Add a new line

    

    List numberedList2 = new List(true); //Create numbered list

    numberedList2.setFirst(1000);     //First number in the list

    numberedList2.setPostSymbol(":- ");    //The symbol to be appended to each item

    numberedList2.setPreSymbol("|-->");  //The symbol to be prepended to each item

    

    numberedList2.add("ONE");

    numberedList2.add("TWO");

    numberedList2.add("THREE");

    numberedList2.add("FOUR");

    document.add(numberedList2);

    

    //Close the document

    document.close();

  }



}