/** * Example written by Bruno Lowagie in answer to: * http://stackoverflow.com/questions/38236515 */ package sandbox.objects; import com.itextpdf.text.Chunk; import com.itextpdf.text.Document; import com.itextpdf.text.DocumentException; import com.itextpdf.text.Paragraph; import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfWriter; import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.draw.DottedLineSeparator; import java.io.File; import java.io.FileOutputStream; import java.io.IOException; import sandbox.WrapToTest; @WrapToTest public class DottedLineEnder { public static final String DEST = "results/objects/dotted_line_ender.pdf"; public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException, DocumentException { File file = new File(DEST); file.getParentFile().mkdirs(); new DottedLineEnder().createPdf(DEST); } public void createPdf(String dest) throws IOException, DocumentException { Document document = new Document(); PdfWriter.getInstance(document, new FileOutputStream(dest)); document.open(); DottedLineSeparator separator = new DottedLineSeparator(); Chunk c = new Chunk(separator); Paragraph p = new Paragraph("Ends with dots "); p.add(c); document.add(p); p = new Paragraph("This is a much longer paragraph that spans " + "several lines. The String used to create this paragraph " + "will be split automatically at the end of the line. The " + "final line of this paragraph will end in a dotted line. "); p.add(c); document.add(p); document.close(); } }