Java tutorial
package com.vimbox.hr; import com.itextpdf.text.Document; import com.itextpdf.text.DocumentException; import com.itextpdf.text.Image; import com.itextpdf.text.Rectangle; import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfPCell; import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfPTable; import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfWriter; import java.io.FileInputStream; import java.io.IOException; import java.io.OutputStream; import javax.servlet.ServletException; import javax.servlet.annotation.WebServlet; import javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet; import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest; import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse; @WebServlet(name = "LicensePDFGenerator", urlPatterns = { "/licenses/*" }) public class LicensePDFGenerator extends HttpServlet { /** * Processes requests for both HTTP <code>GET</code> and <code>POST</code> * methods. * * @param request servlet request * @param response servlet response * @throws ServletException if a servlet-specific error occurs * @throws IOException if an I/O error occurs */ protected void processRequest(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response) throws ServletException, IOException { response.setContentType("application/pdf"); String fileName = request.getParameter("license_name"); String ext = fileName.substring(fileName.lastIndexOf(".") + 1); String path = System.getProperty("user.dir") + "/documents/licenses/" + fileName; path = path.replaceAll("%20", " "); if (ext.equalsIgnoreCase("pdf")) { FileInputStream baos = new FileInputStream(path); OutputStream os = response.getOutputStream(); byte buffer[] = new byte[8192]; int bytesRead; while ((bytesRead = baos.read(buffer)) != -1) { os.write(buffer, 0, bytesRead); } os.flush(); os.close(); } else { try { // Document Settings // Document document = new Document(); PdfWriter.getInstance(document, response.getOutputStream()); document.open(); // Loading MC // PdfPTable table = new PdfPTable(1); table.setWidthPercentage(100); // the cell object PdfPCell cell; Image img = Image.getInstance(path); int indentation = 0; float scaler = ((document.getPageSize().getWidth() - document.leftMargin() - document.rightMargin() - indentation) / img.getWidth()) * 100; img.scalePercent(scaler); //img.scaleAbsolute(80f, 80f); cell = new PdfPCell(img); cell.setBorder(Rectangle.NO_BORDER); table.addCell(cell); document.add(table); //-----------------------------------// document.close(); } catch (DocumentException de) { throw new IOException(de.getMessage()); } } } // <editor-fold defaultstate="collapsed" desc="HttpServlet methods. Click on the + sign on the left to edit the code."> /** * Handles the HTTP <code>GET</code> method. * * @param request servlet request * @param response servlet response * @throws ServletException if a servlet-specific error occurs * @throws IOException if an I/O error occurs */ @Override protected void doGet(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response) throws ServletException, IOException { processRequest(request, response); } /** * Handles the HTTP <code>POST</code> method. * * @param request servlet request * @param response servlet response * @throws ServletException if a servlet-specific error occurs * @throws IOException if an I/O error occurs */ @Override protected void doPost(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response) throws ServletException, IOException { processRequest(request, response); } /** * Returns a short description of the servlet. * * @return a String containing servlet description */ @Override public String getServletInfo() { return "Short description"; }// </editor-fold> }