com.timesheet.export.AbstractITextPdfViewCustom.java Source code

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package com.timesheet.export;

import com.itextpdf.text.Document;
import com.itextpdf.text.DocumentException;
import com.itextpdf.text.PageSize;
import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfWriter;
import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
import java.io.OutputStream;
import java.util.Map;
import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;
import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse;
import org.springframework.web.servlet.view.AbstractView;

/**
 *
 * @author unixmac
 */
public abstract class AbstractITextPdfViewCustom extends AbstractView {

    public AbstractITextPdfViewCustom() {
        setContentType("application/pdf");
    }

    @Override
    protected boolean generatesDownloadContent() {
        return true;
    }

    @Override
    protected void renderMergedOutputModel(Map<String, Object> model, HttpServletRequest request,
            HttpServletResponse response) throws Exception {
        String pdfOption = model.get("pdfoption").toString();

        if (pdfOption.equals("download")) {
            /*Set response header for download*/
            response.setHeader("Pragma", "public");
            response.setHeader("Expires", "0");
            response.setHeader("Cache-Control", "must-revalidate, post-check=0, pre-check=0");
            response.setHeader("Content-type", "application/pdf");
            response.setHeader("Content-Disposition", "attachment; filename=bookings.pdf");
            response.setHeader("Content-Transfer-Encoding", "binary");
        }

        // IE workaround: write into byte array first.
        ByteArrayOutputStream baos = createTemporaryOutputStream();

        // Apply preferences and build metadata.
        Document document = newDocument();
        PdfWriter writer = newWriter(document, baos);
        prepareWriter(model, writer, request);
        buildPdfMetadata(model, document, request);

        // Build PDF document.
        document.open();
        buildPdfDocument(model, document, writer, request, response);
        document.close();

        // Flush to HTTP response.
        writeToResponse(response, baos);
    }

    protected Document newDocument() {
        return new Document(PageSize.A4);
    }

    protected PdfWriter newWriter(Document document, OutputStream os) throws DocumentException {
        return PdfWriter.getInstance(document, os);
    }

    protected void prepareWriter(Map<String, Object> model, PdfWriter writer, HttpServletRequest request)
            throws DocumentException {

        writer.setViewerPreferences(getViewerPreferences());
    }

    protected int getViewerPreferences() {
        return PdfWriter.ALLOW_PRINTING | PdfWriter.PageLayoutSinglePage;
    }

    protected void buildPdfMetadata(Map<String, Object> model, Document document, HttpServletRequest request) {
    }

    protected abstract void buildPdfDocument(Map<String, Object> model, Document document, PdfWriter writer,
            HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response) throws Exception;
}