/** * This example was written by Bruno Lowagie in answer to the following question: * http://stackoverflow.com/questions/26983703/itext-how-to-stamp-image-on-existing-pdf-and-create-an-anchor */ package sandbox.annotations; import com.itextpdf.text.DocumentException; import com.itextpdf.text.Image; import com.itextpdf.text.Rectangle; import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfAnnotation; import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfBorderArray; import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfDestination; import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfReader; import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfStamper; import java.io.File; import java.io.FileOutputStream; import java.io.IOException; import sandbox.WrapToTest; @WrapToTest public class AddImageLink { public static final String SRC = "resources/pdfs/primes.pdf"; public static final String IMG = "resources/images/info.png"; public static final String DEST = "results/annotations/link_image.pdf"; public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException, DocumentException { File file = new File(DEST); file.getParentFile().mkdirs(); new AddImageLink().manipulatePdf(SRC, DEST); } public void manipulatePdf(String src, String dest) throws IOException, DocumentException { PdfReader reader = new PdfReader(src); PdfStamper stamper = new PdfStamper(reader, new FileOutputStream(dest)); Image img = Image.getInstance(IMG); float x = 10; float y = 650; float w = img.getScaledWidth(); float h = img.getScaledHeight(); img.setAbsolutePosition(x, y); stamper.getOverContent(1).addImage(img); Rectangle linkLocation = new Rectangle(x, y, x + w, y + h); PdfDestination destination = new PdfDestination(PdfDestination.FIT); PdfAnnotation link = PdfAnnotation.createLink(stamper.getWriter(), linkLocation, PdfAnnotation.HIGHLIGHT_INVERT, reader.getNumberOfPages(), destination); link.setBorder(new PdfBorderArray(0, 0, 0)); stamper.addAnnotation(link, 1); stamper.close(); } }