Draw shape with PdfContentByte : PdfContentByte « PDF « Java Tutorial

1. Java Tutorial
2. PDF
3. PdfContentByte

import java.io.FileOutputStream;

import com.lowagie.text.Document;
import com.lowagie.text.Paragraph;
import com.lowagie.text.pdf.PdfContentByte;
import com.lowagie.text.pdf.PdfWriter;

public class MainClass {
  public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
    Document.compress = false;
    Document document = new Document();
    PdfWriter writer = PdfWriter.getInstance(document, new FileOutputStream("2.pdf"));
    document.open();
    document.add(new Paragraph("this is a test."));
    PdfContentByte cb = writer.getDirectContent();
    cb.moveTo(30, 70);
    cb.lineTo(49, 70);
    cb.lineTo(49, 80);
    cb.lineTo(30, 80);
    cb.closePath();
    cb.rectangle(30, 700, 460, 100);
    document.close();
  }
}