Pause and resume a writer : PDF Writer « PDF « Java Tutorial

1. Java Tutorial
2. PDF
3. PDF Writer

import java.awt.Color;
import java.io.FileOutputStream;

import com.lowagie.text.Chunk;
import com.lowagie.text.Document;
import com.lowagie.text.Font;
import com.lowagie.text.FontFactory;
import com.lowagie.text.Paragraph;
import com.lowagie.text.pdf.PdfWriter;

public class MainClass {
  public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
    Document document = new Document();
    PdfWriter writerA = PdfWriter.getInstance(document, new FileOutputStream("2.pdf"));
    PdfWriter writerB = PdfWriter.getInstance(document, new FileOutputStream("3.pdf"));

    document.open();
    Font font = FontFactory.getFont(FontFactory.HELVETICA, 12, Font.UNDERLINE, new Color(0, 0, 255));
    Paragraph p1 = new Paragraph("1");
    Chunk chunk = new Chunk(" 2", font);
    chunk.setRemoteGoto("dog.pdf", "2");
    p1.add(chunk);

    Paragraph p2 = new Paragraph("test");

    writerB.pause();
    document.add(p1);
    writerB.resume();
    document.add(p2);
    writerA.resume();
    writerB.pause();
    document.newPage();
    document.add(new Paragraph("page 2"));
    document.newPage();
    document.add(new Paragraph("page 3"));
    writerB.resume();
    document.close();
  }
}