LargeCell.java example

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package com.lowagie.examples.objects.tables.alternatives;

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

import com.lowagie.text.Document;
import com.lowagie.text.DocumentException;
import com.lowagie.text.PageSize;
import com.lowagie.text.Table;
import com.lowagie.text.pdf.PdfWriter;

/**
 * Using CellsFitPage for a Cell that doesn't fit the page.
 */
public class LargeCell {
    /**
     * Demonstrates the features of the old Table class.
     * @param args no arguments needed
     */
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        System.out.println("large cell");
        // step 1: creation of a document-object
        Document document = new Document(PageSize.A6);
        try {
            // step 2: creation of the writer-object
            PdfWriter.getInstance(document, new FileOutputStream("largecell.pdf"));
            // step 3: we open the document
            document.open();
            // step 4: we create a table and add it to the document
            Table table = new Table(3);
            table.setCellsFitPage(true);
            String text = "long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long long text";
            table.addCell("text");
            table.addCell("text");
            table.addCell("text");
            table.addCell(text);
            table.addCell(text + text);
            table.addCell(text);
            table.addCell("text");
            table.addCell("text");
            table.addCell("text");
            document.add(table);
        }
        catch(DocumentException de) {
            System.err.println(de.getMessage());
        }
        catch(IOException ioe) {
            System.err.println(ioe.getMessage());
        }
        // step 5: we close the document
        document.close();
    }
}