PdfView.java

package com.transformuk.bdt.view;

import java.util.List;
import java.util.Map;

import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;
import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse;

import org.springframework.stereotype.Component;

import com.itextpdf.text.BaseColor;
import com.itextpdf.text.Document;
import com.itextpdf.text.Font;
import com.itextpdf.text.FontFactory;
import com.itextpdf.text.Paragraph;
import com.itextpdf.text.Phrase;
import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfPCell;
import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfPTable;
import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfWriter;
import com.transformuk.bdt.domain.Answer;

@Component
public class PdfView extends AbstractPdfView {
 
    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
	@Override
    protected void buildPdfDocument(Map<String, Object> model, Document doc,
            PdfWriter writer, HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response)
            throws Exception {
        // get data model which is passed by the Spring container
        List<Answer> listAnswers = (List<Answer>) model.get("listAnswers");
         
        doc.add(new Paragraph("Here's your Answers"));
         
        PdfPTable table = new PdfPTable(4);
        table.setWidthPercentage(100.0f);
        table.setWidths(new float[] {3.0f, 2.0f, 2.0f, 2.0f});
        table.setSpacingBefore(10);
         
        // define font for table header row
        Font font = FontFactory.getFont(FontFactory.HELVETICA);
        font.setColor(BaseColor.WHITE);
         
        // define table header cell
        PdfPCell cell = new PdfPCell();
        cell.setBackgroundColor(BaseColor.BLUE);
        cell.setPadding(5);
         
        // write table header
        cell.setPhrase(new Phrase("Answer 1", font));
        table.addCell(cell);
         
        cell.setPhrase(new Phrase("Answer 2", font));
        table.addCell(cell);
 
        cell.setPhrase(new Phrase("Answer 3", font));
        table.addCell(cell);
         
        cell.setPhrase(new Phrase("Published Date", font));
        table.addCell(cell);
         
        // write table row data
        for (Answer answer : listAnswers) {
            table.addCell(answer.getAnswer1());
            table.addCell(answer.getAnswer2());
            table.addCell(answer.getAnswer3());
            table.addCell(answer.getAnsweredDate());
            //table.addCell(String.valueOf(answer.getPrice()));
        }
         
        doc.add(table);
         
    }

	
 
}