Helper for creating pdf documents using itextpdf 5.5.9 (iText-4.2.0-com.itextpdf.jar)

itextpdf 5.5.9 or itext 4.2.0

Document document = new Document(); //required for pdfWriter instance
document.setMarginMirroring(true); //margins are copies into page
document.setMargins(36, 36, 108, 54); //set margins

Instance Instance = new Instance(); // required for pdfWriter setpageevent instance


//pdfWriter finally writes the document instance contents into the pdf file
PdfWriter pdfWriter = PdfWriter.getInstance(document,new FileOutputStream("Din/file/pdfname.pdf"));
pdfWriter.setCompressionLevel(0); //define compression
pdfWriter.setPdfVersion(PdfWriter.PDF_VERSION_1_7); //define pdf version
pdfWriter.setPageEvent(Instance); //sets the instance to the current page 


//define the footer
HeaderFooter footer = new HeaderFooter(new Phrase("Copyright © Dinesh. All rights reserved.",new Font(Font.HELVETICA,6, Font.NORMAL)), true);  
document.setFooter(footer);


//open to define the contents
document.open();


//space using paragraph instance
document.add(new Paragraph("       "));

//write in new page
document.newPage();	


PdfPTable pdfPTable = new PdfPTable(1);//1 column or new PdfPTable(6); //6 column
PdfPCell pdfPCell = new PdfPCell(new Phrase("content", HeaderFont));
pdfPCell.setHorizontalAlignment(Element.ALIGN_CENTER);or use Element.ALIGN_LEFT //ALIGN_CENTER mandate for all the cell
pdfPCell.setBorder(Rectangle.NO_BORDER);//No border for this cell mandate for all the cell
pdfPTable.addCell(pdfPCell);

//for table start(not to use Rectangle.NO_BORDER)

PdfPCell PdfPCell;//same cell instance for 1 row

PdfPCell = new PdfPCell(new Phrase("Name",Font_desc));
PdfPCell.setColspan(3);
PdfPCell.setHorizontalAlignment(Element.ALIGN_LEFT);
PdfPCell.setGrayFill(0.8f);
PdfPTable.addCell(PdfPCell); //prepare cell and add to table

PdfPCell = new PdfPCell(new Phrase("Dinesh",Font_desc1));
PdfPCell.setColspan(3);
PdfPCell.setHorizontalAlignment(Element.ALIGN_LEFT);
PdfPTable.addCell(PdfPCell); //prepare cell and add to table

//for table end

//defining table width for each column
Rectangle Rectangle = new Rectangle(275, 770);
PdfPTable samplePdfPTable = new PdfPTable(3);
samplePdfPTable.setWidthPercentage(new float[] { 40,80, 160 },Rectangle);

//space between table using Phrase instance in cell and cell's colspan and fixedheight
PdfPCell = new PdfPCell(new Phrase(""));
PdfPCell.setColspan(7);
PdfPCell.setFixedHeight(25);
PdfPCell.setBorder(PdfPCell.NO_BORDER);



PdfPTable.addCell(PdfPCell);


PdfPCell1.setColspan(3);
PdfPTable.addCell(PdfPCell1);



//setting the width to 100%
pdfPTable.setWidthPercentage(100);
//aligning the table 
pdfPTable.setHorizontalAlignment(Element.ALIGN_LEFT);


//always add cell to the table to the document 
document.add(pdfPTable);


//left padding to the pdfPCell
pdfPCell.setPaddingLeft(18);


//font relted
Font font = new Font(); or new Font(Font.HELVETICA, 6, Font.NORMAL);
font.setColor(Color.BLACK);
font.setSize(10);


font.setStyle(com.itextpdf.text.Font.BOLD)



//sample 6 column table //same name of pdfpcell instance and pdfptable 
//AFTER SETTING THE WIDTH PERCENTAGE DEFINE THE CELL AND ADD INTO SAME TABLE INSTANCE

try {
					PdfPTable.setWidthPercentage(new float[] { 10, 65, 28, 65, 32,70 }, Rectangle);
				} catch (DocumentException e) {
					e.printStackTrace();
				}
				Font Font = new Font();
				Font.setColor(Color.BLACK);
				Font.setStyle(com.itextpdf.text.Font.BOLD);
				Font.setSize(8);

				PdfPCell = new PdfPCell(new Phrase("No", Font));
				PdfPCell.setBackgroundColor(Color.MAGENTA);
				PdfPCell.setGrayFill(0.8f);
				PdfPTable.addCell(PdfPCell);


				PdfPCell = new PdfPCell(new Phrase("Name of OSS Component", Font));
				PdfPCell.setGrayFill(0.8f);
				PdfPTable.addCell(PdfPCell);

				PdfPCell = new PdfPCell(new Phrase("Component Version", Font));
				PdfPCell.setGrayFill(0.8f);
				PdfPTable.addCell(PdfPCell);

				//PdfPCell = new PdfPCell(new Phrase("Download Link", Font));
				//PdfPCell.setGrayFill(0.8f);
				//PdfPTable.addCell(PdfPCell);

				PdfPCell = new PdfPCell(new Phrase("License Name and Version", Font));
				PdfPCell.setGrayFill(0.8f);
				PdfPTable.addCell(PdfPCell);

				PdfPCell = new PdfPCell(new Phrase("License Chapter No. ", Font));
				PdfPCell.setGrayFill(0.8f);
				PdfPTable.addCell(PdfPCell);

				PdfPCell = new PdfPCell(new Phrase("CopyRight ", Font));
				PdfPCell.setGrayFill(0.8f);
				PdfPTable.addCell(PdfPCell);

				PdfPTable.setHorizontalAlignment(Element.ALIGN_LEFT);
				
				
				
				
				//PARAGRAPH
				Paragraph paragraph2 = new Paragraph("",font_license2);
				paragraph2.setSpacingBefore(15f);
				paragraph2.setSpacingAfter(50f);

//document close finally

document.close();