package sandbox.objects; import com.itextpdf.text.Document; import com.itextpdf.text.DocumentException; import com.itextpdf.text.Paragraph; import com.itextpdf.text.Rectangle; import com.itextpdf.text.log.LoggerFactory; import com.itextpdf.text.log.SysoLogger; import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.ColumnText; import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfContentByte; import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfPCell; import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfPTable; import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfWriter; import java.io.File; import java.io.FileOutputStream; import java.io.IOException; import sandbox.WrapToTest; @WrapToTest public class TableInColumn { public static final String DEST = "results/objects/table_in_column.pdf"; private int status = ColumnText.START_COLUMN; private float y_position = 0; public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException, DocumentException { LoggerFactory.getInstance().setLogger(new SysoLogger()); File file = new File(DEST); file.getParentFile().mkdirs(); new TableInColumn().createPdf(DEST); } public void createPdf(String dest) throws IOException, DocumentException { // step 1 Document document = new Document(); // step 2 PdfWriter writer = PdfWriter.getInstance(document, new FileOutputStream(dest)); // step 3 document.open(); // step 4 PdfContentByte pagecanvas = writer.getDirectContent(); PdfPTable table; PdfPCell cell = new PdfPCell(); for (int i = 1; i <= 30; i++) cell.addElement(new Paragraph("Line " + i)); table = new PdfPTable(1); table.setSplitLate(false); table.addCell(cell); addTable(document, pagecanvas, table); document.newPage(); table = new PdfPTable(1); table.setSplitLate(false); table.addCell(cell); table.addCell(cell); addTable(document, pagecanvas, table); // step 5 document.close(); } public void addTable(Document document, PdfContentByte canvas, PdfPTable table) throws DocumentException { Rectangle pagedimension = new Rectangle(36, 36, 559, 806); System.out.println("Adding table to try"); drawColumnText(document, canvas, pagedimension, table, true); Rectangle rect; if (ColumnText.hasMoreText(status)) { rect = pagedimension; } else { rect = new Rectangle(36, 36, 559, 806 - ((y_position - 36) / 2)); } System.out.println("Adding table for real"); drawColumnText(document, canvas, rect, table, false); } public void drawColumnText(Document document, PdfContentByte canvas, Rectangle rect, PdfPTable table, boolean simulate) throws DocumentException { ColumnText ct = new ColumnText(canvas); ct.setSimpleColumn(rect); ct.addElement(table); status = ct.go(simulate); y_position = ct.getYLine(); System.out.println("First go: " + status); while (!simulate && ColumnText.hasMoreText(status)) { document.newPage(); ct.setSimpleColumn(rect); status = ct.go(simulate); System.out.println("Next go? " + status); } System.out.println("Final status: " + status); } }