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* This code is part of the 'iText Tutorial'.
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*
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package com.lowagie.examples.directcontent;
import java.io.FileOutputStream;
import java.io.IOException;
import com.lowagie.text.LwgDocument;
import com.lowagie.text.DocumentException;
import com.lowagie.text.pdf.BaseFont;
import com.lowagie.text.pdf.PdfContentByte;
import com.lowagie.text.pdf.PdfTemplate;
import com.lowagie.text.pdf.PdfWriter;
/**
* Demonstrates the use of PdfTemplate.
*/
public class Templates {
/**
* @param args
*/
public static void main(String[] args) {
System.out.println("Templates");
// step 1: creation of a document-object
LwgDocument document = new LwgDocument();
try {
// step 2:
// we create a writer that listens to the document
// and directs a PDF-stream to a file
PdfWriter writer = PdfWriter.getInstance(document, new FileOutputStream("templates.pdf"));
// step 3: we open the document
document.open();
// step 4: we grab the ContentByte and do some stuff with it
PdfContentByte cb = writer.getDirectContent();
// we create a PdfTemplate
PdfTemplate template = cb.createTemplate(500, 200);
// we add some graphics
template.moveTo(0, 200);
template.lineTo(500, 0);
template.stroke();
template.setRGBColorStrokeF(255f, 0f, 0f);
template.circle(250f, 100f, 80f);
template.stroke();
// we add some text
template.beginText();
BaseFont bf = BaseFont.createFont(BaseFont.HELVETICA, BaseFont.CP1252, BaseFont.NOT_EMBEDDED);
template.setFontAndSize(bf, 12);
template.setTextMatrix(100, 100);
template.showText("Text at the position 100,100 (relative to the template!)");
template.endText();
template.sanityCheck();
// we add the template on different positions
cb.addTemplate(template, 0, 0);
cb.addTemplate(template, 0, 1, -1, 0, 500, 200);
cb.addTemplate(template, .5f, 0, 0, .5f, 100, 400);
// we go to a new page
document.newPage();
cb.addTemplate(template, 0, 400);
cb.addTemplate(template, 2, 0, 0, 2, -200, 400);
cb.sanityCheck();
}
catch(DocumentException de) {
System.err.println(de.getMessage());
}
catch(IOException ioe) {
System.err.println(ioe.getMessage());
}
// step 5: we close the document
document.close();
}
}