pdfGenerator.PdfGenerator.java Source code

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package pdfGenerator;

import com.itextpdf.text.Document;
import com.itextpdf.text.DocumentException;
import com.itextpdf.text.Element;
import com.itextpdf.text.Paragraph;
import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfPCell;
import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfPTable;
import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfWriter;
import java.io.FileOutputStream;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;

/**
 *
 * @author Dhaval
 */
public class PdfGenerator {

    String fileName;

    public PdfGenerator(String fileName) {
        this.fileName = fileName;
    }

    /**
     * Creates a PDF with information about the movies
     *
     * @param filename the name of the PDF file that will be created.
     * @param detailsTable details of students
     * @throws DocumentException
     * @throws IOException
     */
    public void createPdf(ArrayList<ArrayList<String>> detailsTable) throws IOException, DocumentException {
        Document document = new Document();
        PdfWriter.getInstance(document, new FileOutputStream(fileName));
        document.open();
        document.add(createTable(detailsTable));
        document.close();
    }

    private PdfPTable createTable(ArrayList<ArrayList<String>> detailsTable) {

        PdfPTable table = new PdfPTable(detailsTable.get(0).size());
        table.setWidthPercentage(100);

        List<String> headers = detailsTable.remove(0);

        for (String header : headers) {
            table.addCell(header);
        }

        table.setHeaderRows(0);

        for (List<String> studentDetails : detailsTable) {
            for (String studentDetail : studentDetails) {
                PdfPCell cell = new PdfPCell(new Paragraph(studentDetail));
                cell.setHorizontalAlignment(Element.ALIGN_LEFT);
                table.addCell(cell);
            }
        }
        return table;
    }

}