/** * Example written by Bruno Lowagie in answer to: * http://stackoverflow.com/questions/21628429/itextsharp-how-to-generate-a-report-with-dynamic-header-in-pdf-using-itextsharp */ package sandbox.events; import com.itextpdf.text.Document; import com.itextpdf.text.DocumentException; import com.itextpdf.text.Element; import com.itextpdf.text.Paragraph; import com.itextpdf.text.Phrase; import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.ColumnText; import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfContentByte; import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfPageEventHelper; import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfWriter; import java.io.File; import java.io.FileOutputStream; import java.io.IOException; import java.util.ArrayList; import java.util.List; import sandbox.WrapToTest; @WrapToTest public class VariableHeader { public static final String DEST = "results/events/variable_header.pdf"; public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException, DocumentException { File file = new File(DEST); file.getParentFile().mkdirs(); new VariableHeader().createPdf(DEST); } public class Header extends PdfPageEventHelper { protected Phrase header; public void setHeader(Phrase header) { this.header = header; } @Override public void onEndPage(PdfWriter writer, Document document) { PdfContentByte canvas = writer.getDirectContentUnder(); ColumnText.showTextAligned(canvas, Element.ALIGN_RIGHT, header, 559, 806, 0); } } public void createPdf(String filename) throws IOException, DocumentException { // step 1 Document document = new Document(); // step 2 PdfWriter writer = PdfWriter.getInstance(document, new FileOutputStream(filename)); Header event = new Header(); writer.setPageEvent(event); // step 3 document.open(); // step 4 List factors; for (int i = 2; i < 301; i++) { factors = getFactors(i); if (factors.size() == 1) { document.add(new Paragraph("This is a prime number!")); } for (int factor : factors) { document.add(new Paragraph("Factor: " + factor)); } event.setHeader(new Phrase(String.format("THE FACTORS OF %s", i))); document.newPage(); } // step 5 document.close(); } public static List getFactors(int n) { List factors = new ArrayList(); for (int i = 2; i <= n; i++) { while (n % i == 0) { factors.add(i); n /= i; } } return factors; } }