/* * Example written in answer to: * http://stackoverflow.com/questions/35454039 */ package sandbox.barcodes; import com.itextpdf.text.BaseColor; import com.itextpdf.text.Document; import com.itextpdf.text.DocumentException; import com.itextpdf.text.Rectangle; import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.Barcode128; import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfContentByte; import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfTemplate; import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfWriter; import java.io.File; import java.io.FileOutputStream; import java.io.IOException; import sandbox.WrapToTest; @WrapToTest public class BarcodeBackground { public static final String DEST = "results/barcodes/barcode_background.pdf"; public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException, DocumentException { File file = new File(DEST); file.getParentFile().mkdirs(); new BarcodeBackground().createPdf(DEST); } public void createPdf(String dest) throws IOException, DocumentException { Document document = new Document(); PdfWriter writer = PdfWriter.getInstance(document, new FileOutputStream(dest)); document.open(); PdfContentByte canvas = writer.getDirectContent(); Barcode128 code128 = new Barcode128(); code128.setCode("12345XX789XXX"); code128.setCodeType(Barcode128.CODE128); PdfTemplate template = code128.createTemplateWithBarcode( canvas, BaseColor.BLACK, BaseColor.BLACK); float x = 36; float y = 750; float w = template.getWidth(); float h = template.getHeight(); canvas.saveState(); canvas.setColorFill(BaseColor.LIGHT_GRAY); canvas.rectangle(x, y, w, h); canvas.fill(); canvas.restoreState(); canvas.addTemplate(template, 36, 750); document.close(); } }