How to create PDF document using IText Library?

The Portable Document Format (PDF) is a file format that helps to present data in a manner that is independent of application software, hardware, and operating systems. Each PDF file holds a description of a fixed-layout flat document, including text, fonts, graphics, and other information needed to display it.

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What is iText?

Similar to the above-listed softwares iText is a Java PDF library using which, you can develop Java programs that create, convert, and manipulate PDF documents.

Content of ITextTest.java

package com.t4b.java.itext.test; import java.io.File; import java.io.FileOutputStream; import java.io.IOException; import com.itextpdf.text.Document; import com.itextpdf.text.DocumentException; import com.itextpdf.text.Paragraph; import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfWriter; public class ITextTest { public static final String filename = "pdfs/hello.pdf"; public static void main(String[] args) { try { File file = new File(filename); file.getParentFile().mkdirs(); new ITextTest().createPdf(filename); } catch (DocumentException e) { e.printStackTrace(); } catch (IOException e) { } } public void createPdf(String filename) throws DocumentException, IOException { Document doc = new Document(); PdfWriter.getInstance(doc, new FileOutputStream(filename)); doc.open(); doc.addTitle("This is Title"); doc.add(new Paragraph("This is simple paragraph!")); doc.add(new Paragraph("This is another paragraph!")); doc.close(); } }

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