RightToLeftPDF.java Source code

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import java.io.FileOutputStream;

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

public class RightToLeftPDF {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        try {
            Document document = new Document(PageSize.A4, 50, 50, 50, 50);
            PdfWriter writer = PdfWriter.getInstance(document, new FileOutputStream("RightToLeftPDF.pdf"));
            document.open();
            PdfContentByte cb = writer.getDirectContent();

            ColumnText ct = new ColumnText(cb);
            ct.setSimpleColumn(100, 100, 500, 800, 24, Element.ALIGN_LEFT);
            ct.setSpaceCharRatio(PdfWriter.NO_SPACE_CHAR_RATIO);
            ct.setLeading(0, 1);
            ct.setRunDirection(PdfWriter.RUN_DIRECTION_RTL);
            ct.setAlignment(Element.ALIGN_CENTER);
            ct.addText(new Chunk("ABCD"));
            ct.go();
            ct.setAlignment(Element.ALIGN_JUSTIFIED);
            ct.addText(new Chunk("ABCD"));
            ct.go();
            ct.setAlignment(Element.ALIGN_CENTER);
            ct.addText(new Chunk("ABCD"));
            ct.go();

            document.close();
        } catch (Exception e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
    }
}