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Demonstrates how you can write PDF syntax directly to a document
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/*
* $Id: Literal.java,v 1.3 2005/05/09 11:52:49 blowagie Exp $
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*
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//package com.lowagie.examples.directcontent.graphics;
import java.io.FileOutputStream;
import java.io.IOException;
import com.lowagie.text.Document;
import com.lowagie.text.DocumentException;
import com.lowagie.text.pdf.PdfContentByte;
import com.lowagie.text.pdf.PdfWriter;
/**
* Demonstrates how you can write PDF syntax directly to a document.
*/
public class LiteralPDF {
/**
* @param args
*/
public static void main(String[] args) {
System.out.println("Literal PDF Syntax");
Document.compress = false;
// step 1: creation of a document-object
Document document = new Document();
try {
// step 2:
// we create a writer that listens to the document
// and directs a PDF-stream to a file
PdfWriter writer = PdfWriter.getInstance(document, new FileOutputStream("LiteralPDF.pdf"));
// step 3: we open the document
document.open();
// step 4: we grab the ContentByte and do some stuff with it
PdfContentByte cb = writer.getDirectContent();
String star = "0.3 g\n15.000 27.000 m\n"
+ "7.947 5.292 l\n26.413 18.708 l\n"
+ "3.587 18.708 l\n22.053 5.292 l\nf\n"
+ "45.000 57.000 m\n37.947 35.292 l\n"
+ "56.413 48.708 l\n33.587 48.708 l\n"
+ "52.053 35.292 l\nf\n"
+ "0.7 g\n15.000 57.000 m\n"
+ "7.947 35.292 l\n26.413 48.708 l\n"
+ "3.587 48.708 l\n22.053 35.292 l\nf\n"
+ "45.000 27.000 m\n37.947 5.292 l\n"
+ "56.413 18.708 l\n33.587 18.708 l\n"
+ "52.053 5.292 l\nf";
cb.setLiteral(star);
}
catch(DocumentException de) {
System.err.println(de.getMessage());
}
catch(IOException ioe) {
System.err.println(ioe.getMessage());
}
// step 5: we close the document
document.close();
}
}
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