Paragraph Positions : Paragraph « PDF « Java Tutorial

1. Java Tutorial
2. PDF
3. Paragraph

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.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 document = new Document(PageSize.A4);
    PdfWriter writer = PdfWriter.getInstance(document, new FileOutputStream("2.pdf"));
    document.open();
    PdfContentByte cb = writer.getDirectContent();
    BufferedReader reader = new BufferedReader(new FileReader("a.txt"));
    String line;
    Paragraph p;
    float pos;
    while ((line = reader.readLine()) != null) {
      p = new Paragraph("    " + line);
      p.setAlignment(Element.ALIGN_JUSTIFIED);
      document.add(p);
      pos = writer.getVerticalPosition(false);
      cb.moveTo(0, pos);
      cb.lineTo(PageSize.A4.width(), pos);
      cb.stroke();
      if (pos < 90)
        document.newPage();
    }
    reader.close();
    document.close();
  }
}