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package com.lowagie.examples.objects;
import java.io.FileOutputStream;
import java.io.IOException;
import com.lowagie.text.Chunk;
import com.lowagie.text.Document;
import com.lowagie.text.DocumentException;
import com.lowagie.text.FontFactory;
import com.lowagie.text.Paragraph;
import com.lowagie.text.Phrase;
import com.lowagie.text.pdf.PdfWriter;
/**
* Demonstrates some Paragraph functionality.
*
* @author blowagie
*/
public class Paragraphs {
/**
* Demonstrates some Paragraph functionality.
*
* @param args
* no arguments needed here
*/
public static void main(String[] args) {
System.out.println("the Paragraph object");
// step 1: creation of a document-object
Document document = new Document();
try {
// step 2:
// we create a writer that listens to the document
PdfWriter.getInstance(document, new FileOutputStream("Paragraphs.pdf"));
// step 3: we open the document
document.open();
// step 4:
Paragraph p1 = new Paragraph(new Chunk(
"This is my first paragraph. ",
FontFactory.getFont(FontFactory.HELVETICA, 10)));
p1.add("The leading of this paragraph is calculated automagically. ");
p1.add("The default leading is 1.5 times the fontsize. ");
p1.add(new Chunk("You can add chunks "));
p1.add(new Phrase("or you can add phrases. "));
p1.add(new Phrase(
"Unless you change the leading with the method setLeading, the leading doesn't change if you add text with another leading. This can lead to some problems.",
FontFactory.getFont(FontFactory.HELVETICA, 18)));
document.add(p1);
Paragraph p2 = new Paragraph(new Phrase(
"This is my second paragraph. ", FontFactory.getFont(
FontFactory.HELVETICA, 12)));
p2.add("As you can see, it started on a new line.");
document.add(p2);
Paragraph p3 = new Paragraph("This is my third paragraph.",
FontFactory.getFont(FontFactory.HELVETICA, 12));
document.add(p3);
} catch (DocumentException de) {
System.err.println(de.getMessage());
} catch (IOException ioe) {
System.err.println(ioe.getMessage());
}
// step 5: we close the document
document.close();
}
}