Java tutorial
/* * To change this license header, choose License Headers in Project Properties. * To change this template file, choose Tools | Templates * and open the template in the editor. */ package com.afrisoftech.lib; import com.itextpdf.text.Document; import com.itextpdf.text.Element; import com.itextpdf.text.Font; import com.itextpdf.text.Phrase; import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.ColumnText; import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfContentByte; import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfPageEventHelper; import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfWriter; /** * * @author Charles Waweru <cwaweru@systempartners.biz> */ public class HeaderFooterHelper extends PdfPageEventHelper { Font ffont = new Font(Font.FontFamily.UNDEFINED, 5, Font.ITALIC); static public Phrase header = null; static public Phrase footer = null; public void onEndPage(PdfWriter writer, Document document) { PdfContentByte cb = writer.getDirectContent(); // Phrase header = new Phrase("this is a header", ffont); // Phrase footer = new Phrase("this is a footer", ffont); ColumnText.showTextAligned(cb, Element.ALIGN_CENTER, header, (document.right() - document.left()) / 2 + document.leftMargin(), document.top() + 10, 0); ColumnText.showTextAligned(cb, Element.ALIGN_CENTER, new Phrase(footer.getContent() + " " + String.valueOf(writer.getPageNumber())), (document.right() - document.left()) / 2 + document.leftMargin(), document.bottom() - 10, 0); } }