/*
* $Id$
*
* This code is part of the 'iText Tutorial'.
* You can find the complete tutorial at the following address:
* http://itextdocs.lowagie.com/tutorial/
*
* This code is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
* but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
* MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
*
* itext-questions@lists.sourceforge.net
*/
package com.lowagie.examples.objects.columns;
import java.awt.Color;
import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
import java.io.FileOutputStream;
import java.io.OutputStream;
import java.util.Random;
import com.lowagie.text.LwgDocument;
import com.lowagie.text.DocumentException;
import com.lowagie.text.LwgElement;
import com.lowagie.text.LwgFont;
import com.lowagie.text.FontFactory;
import com.lowagie.text.Paragraph;
import com.lowagie.text.pdf.MultiColumnText;
import com.lowagie.text.pdf.PdfWriter;
/**
* An example using MultiColumnText with irregular columns.
*/
public class MultiColumnR2L {
/**
* An example using MultiColumnText with irregular columns.
* @param args no arguments needed
*/
public static void main(String[] args) {
System.out.println("MultiColumnText Right to Left");
try {
LwgDocument document = new LwgDocument();
OutputStream out = new FileOutputStream("multicolumnR2L.pdf");
PdfWriter.getInstance(document, out);
document.open();
MultiColumnText mct = new MultiColumnText();
mct.setColumnsRightToLeft(true);
// set up 3 even columns with 10pt space between
mct.addRegularColumns(document.left(), document.right(), 10f, 3);
// Write some iText poems
for (int i = 0; i < 30; i++) {
mct.addElement(new Paragraph(String.valueOf(i + 1)));
mct.addElement(newPara(randomWord(noun), LwgElement.ALIGN_CENTER, LwgFont.BOLDITALIC));
for (int j = 0; j < 4; j++) {
mct.addElement(newPara(poemLine(), LwgElement.ALIGN_LEFT, LwgFont.NORMAL));
}
mct.addElement(newPara(randomWord(adverb), LwgElement.ALIGN_LEFT, LwgFont.NORMAL));
mct.addElement(newPara("\n\n", LwgElement.ALIGN_LEFT, LwgFont.NORMAL));
}
document.add(mct);
document.close();
} catch (DocumentException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
} catch (FileNotFoundException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
private static LwgElement newPara(String text, int alignment, int type) {
LwgFont font = FontFactory.getFont("Helvetica", 10, type, Color.BLACK);
Paragraph p = new Paragraph(text, font);
p.setAlignment(alignment);
p.setLeading(font.getSize() * 1.2f);
return p;
}
static Random rand = new Random();
static String[] verb = {"flows", "draws", "renders", "throws exception", "runs",
"crashes", "downloads", "usurps", "vexes", "whispers", "boils",
"capitulates", "crashes", "craves", "looks", "defies", "defers",
"defines", "envelops", "entombs", "falls", "fails", "halts",
"appears", "nags", "overflows", "burns", "dies", "writes",
"flushes"};
static String[] noun = {"ColumnText", "paragraph", "phrase", "chunk", "PdfContentByte",
"PdfPTable", "iText", "color", "vertical alignment", "horizontal alignment", "PdfWriter",
"ListItem", "PdfStamper", "PDF", "HTML", "XML", "column", "font",
"table", "FDF", "field", "NullPointerException", "CJK font"};
static String[] adjective = {"foul", "broken", "gray", "slow", "beautiful",
"throbbing", "sharp", "stout", "soundless", "neat",
"swift", "uniform", "upright", "vibrant", "dingy",
"vestigal", "messy", "sloppy", "baleful", "boastful",
"dark", "capricious", "concrete", "deliberate", "sharp",
"drunken", "undisciplined", "perfect", "bloated"};
static String[] adverb = {"randomly", "quickly", "triumphantly", "suggestively",
"slowly", "angrily", "uncomfortably", "finally", "unexpectedly",
"hysterically", "thinly", "dryly", "blazingly",
"terribly", "bleakly", "irritably", "dazzlingly", "expectantly",
"impersonally", "abruptly", "awfully", "caressingly", "completely",
"undesirably", "drolly", "hypocritically", "blankly",
"dimly"};
private static String randomWord(String[] type)
{
return type[rand.nextInt(type.length)];
}
/**
* Generates a random poem line.
* @return a poem that is generated with some keywords.
*/
public static String poemLine()
{
StringBuffer results = new StringBuffer(150);
results.append(randomWord(adjective));
results.append(' ');
results.append(randomWord(noun));
results.append(' ');
results.append(randomWord(verb));
results.append(' ');
results.append(randomWord(adverb));
results.append(", ");
return results.toString();
}
}