Save paint state : PdfContentByte « PDF « Java Tutorial

1. Java Tutorial
2. PDF
3. PdfContentByte

import java.io.FileOutputStream;

import com.lowagie.text.Document;
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();
    PdfContentByte cb = writer.getDirectContent();
    cb.saveState();
    for (int i = 25; i > 0; i--) {
      cb.setLineWidth((float) i / 10);
      cb.moveTo(40, 806 - (5 * i));
      cb.lineTo(320, 806 - (5 * i));
      cb.stroke();
    }
    cb.restoreState();
    document.close();
  }
}