MainClass.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.Paragraph;
import com.lowagie.text.pdf.PdfWriter;

public class MainClass {

    public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
        Document document = new Document();
        PdfWriter.getInstance(document, new FileOutputStream("2.pdf"));
        document.open();
        Chunk c = new Chunk("this is a test");
        float w = c.getWidthPoint();
        Paragraph p = new Paragraph("The width of the chunk: '");
        p.add(c);
        p.add("' is ");

        p.add(String.valueOf(w));
        p.add(" points or ");
        p.add(String.valueOf(w / 72f));
        p.add(" inches or ");
        p.add(String.valueOf(w / 72f * 2.54f));
        p.add(" cm.");
        document.add(p);
        document.add(c);
        c.setHorizontalScaling(0.5f);
        document.add(c);
        document.close();
    }
}