How to create a PDF with multiple pages from a Graphics object with Java and itext

Question

I have an abstract class with an abstract method draw(Graphics2D g2), and the methods print(), showPreview(), printPDF(). For each document in my Java program, I implement

Answer 1

I was having trouble following the above code (some of the methods appear to have changed in the current itextpdf version). Here's my solution:

import com.itextpdf.awt.PdfGraphics2D;
import com.itextpdf.text.Document;
import com.itextpdf.text.PageSize;
import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfContentByte;
import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfTemplate;
import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfWriter;
import java.awt.Color;
import java.awt.Dimension;
import java.awt.Graphics2D;
import java.awt.event.WindowEvent;
import java.io.FileOutputStream;
import java.io.OutputStream;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JLabel;
import javax.swing.JPanel;
import net.miginfocom.swing.MigLayout;

public class PanelToPDF {

    private static JFrame frame= new JFrame();
    private static JPanel view= new JPanel();
    private static float pageWidth= PageSize.A4.getWidth();
    private static float pageHeight= PageSize.A4.getHeight();

    public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
        System.out.println("Page width = " + pageWidth + ", height = " + pageHeight);

        initPane();
        createMultipagePDF();

        frame.dispatchEvent(new WindowEvent(frame, WindowEvent.WINDOW_CLOSING));
    }


    private static void initPane() {
        view.setLayout(new MigLayout());
        view.setBackground(Color.WHITE);

        for (int i= 1; i <= 160; ++i) {
            JLabel label= new JLabel("This is a test! " + i);
            label.setForeground(Color.BLACK);
            view.add(label, "wrap");

            JPanel subPanel= new JPanel();
            subPanel.setBackground(Color.RED);
            view.add(subPanel);
        }

        frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
        frame.setSize(new Dimension(Math.round(pageWidth), Math.round(pageHeight)));
        frame.add(view);
        frame.setVisible(true);
    }

    private static void createMultipagePDF() throws Exception {
        // Calculate the number of pages required. Use the preferred size to get
        // the entire panel height, rather than the panel height within the JFrame
        int numPages= (int) Math.ceil(view.getPreferredSize().height / pageHeight); // int divided by float

        // Output to PDF
        OutputStream os= new FileOutputStream("test.pdf");
        Document doc= new Document();
        PdfWriter writer= PdfWriter.getInstance(doc, os);
        doc.open();
        PdfContentByte cb= writer.getDirectContent();

        // Iterate over pages here
        for (int currentPage= 0; currentPage < numPages; ++currentPage) {
            doc.newPage(); // not needed for page 1, needed for >1

            PdfTemplate template= cb.createTemplate(pageWidth, pageHeight);
            Graphics2D g2d= new PdfGraphics2D(template, pageWidth, pageHeight * (currentPage + 1));
            view.printAll(g2d);
            g2d.dispose();

            cb.addTemplate(template, 0, 0);
        }

        doc.close();
    }