/** * Example written by Bruno Lowagie in answer to: * http://stackoverflow.com/questions/20119709/itext-hyphen-in-table-cell * * We create a table with and we add a word that needs to be hyphenated. */ package sandbox.tables; import com.itextpdf.text.Chunk; import com.itextpdf.text.Document; import com.itextpdf.text.DocumentException; import com.itextpdf.text.PageSize; import com.itextpdf.text.Phrase; import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.HyphenationAuto; import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfPTable; import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfWriter; import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.hyphenation.Hyphenation; import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.hyphenation.Hyphenator; import java.io.File; import java.io.FileOutputStream; import java.io.IOException; import sandbox.WrapToTest; @WrapToTest public class HyphenationExample { public static final String DEST = "results/tables/hyphenation_table.pdf"; public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException, DocumentException { File file = new File(DEST); file.getParentFile().mkdirs(); new HyphenationExample().createPdf(DEST); } public void createPdf(String dest) throws IOException, DocumentException { Hyphenator h = new Hyphenator("de", "DE", 2, 2); Hyphenation s = h.hyphenate("Leistungsscheinziffer"); System.out.println(s); Document document = new Document(PageSize.A4, 0, 0, 0, 0); PdfWriter.getInstance(document, new FileOutputStream(dest)); document.open(); PdfPTable table = new PdfPTable(1); table.setWidthPercentage(10); Chunk chunk = new Chunk("Leistungsscheinziffer"); chunk.setHyphenation(new HyphenationAuto("de", "DE", 2,2)); table.addCell(new Phrase(chunk)); Phrase phrase = new Phrase(); phrase.setHyphenation(new HyphenationAuto("de", "DE", 2,2)); phrase.add(new Chunk("Leistungsscheinziffer")); table.addCell(phrase); document.add(table); document.close(); } }