Gerando Arquivos PDF em Java

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Um código funcional de como gerar arquivos PDF em java.

/*


* $Id: Chap0101.java,v 1.3 2002/02/28 09:08:57 blowagie Exp $
 * $Name:  $
 *
 * This code is free software. It may only be copied or modified
 * if you include the following copyright notice:
 *
 * --> Copyright 2001 by Bruno Lowagie <--
 *
 * This code is part of the 'iText Tutorial'.
 * You can find the complete tutorial at the following address:
 * http://www.lowagie.com/iText/tutorial/
 *
 * This code 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.
 *
 * itext@lowagie.com
 */

import java.io.FileOutputStream;
import java.io.IOException;

import com.lowagie.text.*;
import com.lowagie.text.pdf.PdfWriter;

public class Chap0101 {
    
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        
        System.out.println("Chapter 1 example 1: Hello World");
        
        // 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.getInstance(document, new 
             FileOutputStream("Chap0101.pdf"));
            
            // step 3: we open the document
            document.open();
            
            // step 4: we add a paragraph to the document
            document.add(new Paragraph("Hello World"));
            
        }
        catch(DocumentException de) {
            System.err.println(de.getMessage());
        }
        catch(IOException ioe) {
            System.err.println(ioe.getMessage());
        }
        
        // step 5: we close the document
        document.close();
    }
}