SimpleAnnotationsDrawRectangleToShowAnnotation.java Source code

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import java.io.FileOutputStream;
import java.net.URL;

import com.lowagie.text.Annotation;
import com.lowagie.text.Chunk;
import com.lowagie.text.Document;
import com.lowagie.text.Image;
import com.lowagie.text.PageSize;
import com.lowagie.text.Paragraph;
import com.lowagie.text.pdf.PdfAction;
import com.lowagie.text.pdf.PdfContentByte;
import com.lowagie.text.pdf.PdfWriter;

public class SimpleAnnotationsDrawRectangleToShowAnnotation {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        Document document1 = new Document(PageSize.A4, 10, 10, 10, 10);
        try {
            PdfWriter writer1 = PdfWriter.getInstance(document1,
                    new FileOutputStream("SimpleAnnotationsDrawRectangleToShowAnnotation.pdf"));
            writer1.setPdfVersion(PdfWriter.VERSION_1_5);
            document1.open();

            Annotation a = new Annotation("authors", "Text for an annotation", 250f, 250f, 350f, 350f);

            document1.add(a);
            // draw rectangles to show where the annotations were added
            PdfContentByte cb1 = writer1.getDirectContent();
            cb1.rectangle(250, 700, 100, 100);
            cb1.rectangle(250, 550, 100, 100);
            cb1.rectangle(250, 400, 100, 100);
            cb1.rectangle(250, 250, 100, 100);
            cb1.stroke();

        } catch (Exception de) {
            de.printStackTrace();
        }
        document1.close();
    }
}