PdfContentByteColor.java Source code

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

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

public class PdfContentByteColor {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        Document document = new Document();
        try {
            PdfWriter writer = PdfWriter.getInstance(document, new FileOutputStream("PdfContentByteColor.pdf"));
            document.open();

            BaseFont bf = FontFactory.getFont(FontFactory.COURIER).getCalculatedBaseFont(false);

            PdfContentByte cb = writer.getDirectContent();
            cb.beginText();
            cb.setColorFill(new Color(0x00, 0xFF, 0x00));
            cb.setFontAndSize(bf, 12);
            cb.showTextAligned(PdfContentByte.ALIGN_CENTER, "Grass is green", 50, 70, 0);
            cb.endText();

        } catch (Exception ioe) {
            System.err.println(ioe.getMessage());
        }
        document.close();
    }
}