Create Column With SimpleColumn : Column « PDF « Java Tutorial

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3. Column

import java.io.BufferedReader;
import java.io.FileOutputStream;
import java.io.FileReader;

import com.lowagie.text.Document;
import com.lowagie.text.Element;
import com.lowagie.text.PageSize;
import com.lowagie.text.Phrase;
import com.lowagie.text.pdf.ColumnText;
import com.lowagie.text.pdf.PdfContentByte;
import com.lowagie.text.pdf.PdfWriter;

public class MainClass {
  public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
    Document document = new Document(PageSize.A4);
    PdfWriter writer = PdfWriter.getInstance(document, new FileOutputStream("2.pdf"));
    document.open();
    PdfContentByte cb = writer.getDirectContent();
    StringBuffer sb = new StringBuffer(1024);
    BufferedReader reader = new BufferedReader(new FileReader("a.txt"));
    int c;
    while ((c = reader.read()) > -1) {
      sb.append((char) c);
    }
    reader.close();
    ColumnText ct = new ColumnText(cb);
    ct.setSimpleColumn(new Phrase(sb.toString()), 36, 36, PageSize.A4.width() - 36, PageSize.A4
        .height() - 36, 18, Element.ALIGN_JUSTIFIED);
    int status = ColumnText.START_COLUMN;
    while (ColumnText.hasMoreText(status)) {
      status = ct.go();
      ct.setYLine(PageSize.A4.height() - 36);
      document.newPage();
    }
    document.close();
  }
}