com.geek.tutorial.itext.servlet.PDFServlet.java Source code

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/*
 *  iText Tutorials
 *
 * Project Info:  http://www.geek-tutorials.com/java/itext/itext_index.php
 *
 * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
 * under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by the
 * Free Software Foundation;
 * either version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
 *
 * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
 * ANY WARRANTY;
 * without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A
 * PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
 * See the GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
 *
 *  You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
 *  License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
 *  Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA
 *
 * [Java is a trademark or registered trademark of Sun Microsystems, Inc. 
 * in the United States and other countries.]
 *
 *
 * Created on July 20, 2007
 * @Author geek-tutorials.com
 * 
 */

package com.geek.tutorial.itext.servlet;

import javax.servlet.*;
import javax.servlet.http.*;

import com.lowagie.text.pdf.PdfPTable;
import com.lowagie.text.pdf.PdfPCell;
import com.lowagie.text.pdf.PdfWriter;
import com.lowagie.text.Document;
import com.lowagie.text.DocumentException;

import java.io.*;
import java.util.*;

public class PDFServlet extends HttpServlet {

    public void init(ServletConfig config) throws ServletException {
        super.init(config);
    }

    public void doGet(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response)
            throws ServletException, IOException {
        doPost(request, response);
    }

    public void doPost(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response)
            throws ServletException, IOException {

        response.setContentType("application/pdf"); // Code 1
        Document document = new Document();
        try {
            PdfWriter.getInstance(document, response.getOutputStream()); // Code 2
            document.open();

            // Code 3
            PdfPTable table = new PdfPTable(2);
            table.addCell("1");
            table.addCell("2");
            table.addCell("3");
            table.addCell("4");
            table.addCell("5");
            table.addCell("6");

            // Code 4
            document.add(table);
            document.close();
        } catch (DocumentException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
    }

}