Itext Demo

Tables and fonts

/**
 * Example written by Bruno Lowagie in answer to the following question:
 * http://stackoverflow.com/questions/27577633/itext-library-exception-throwing-on-adding-blank-cell-with-space
 */
package sandbox.tables;   import com.itextpdf.text.BaseColor;
import com.itextpdf.text.Document;
import com.itextpdf.text.DocumentException;
import com.itextpdf.text.Element;
import com.itextpdf.text.Font;
import com.itextpdf.text.FontFactory;
import com.itextpdf.text.Phrase;
import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfPCell;
import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfPTable;
import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfWriter;
import sandbox.WrapToTest;   import java.io.File;
import java.io.FileOutputStream;
import java.io.IOException;   @WrapToTest
public class CellMethod {
    public static final String DEST = "results/tables/cell_method.pdf";
    public static final String FONT = "resources/fonts/FreeSans.ttf";   public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException,
            DocumentException {
        File file = new File(DEST);
        file.getParentFile().mkdirs();
        new CellMethod().createPdf(DEST);
    }   public void createPdf(String dest) throws IOException, DocumentException {
        Document document = new Document();
        PdfWriter.getInstance(document, new FileOutputStream(dest));
        document.open();
        PdfPTable table = new PdfPTable(2);
        table.addCell("Winansi");
        table.addCell(getNormalCell("Test", null, 12));
        table.addCell("Winansi");
        table.addCell(getNormalCell("Test", null, -12));
        table.addCell("Greek");
        table.addCell(getNormalCell("\u039d\u03cd\u03c6\u03b5\u03c2", "greek", 12));
        table.addCell("Czech");
        table.addCell(getNormalCell("\u010c,\u0106,\u0160,\u017d,\u0110", "czech", 12));
        table.addCell("Test");
        table.addCell(getNormalCell(" ", null, 12));
        table.addCell("Test");
        table.addCell(getNormalCell(" ", "greek", 12));
        table.addCell("Test");
        table.addCell(getNormalCell(" ", "czech", 12));
        document.add(table);
        document.close();
    }   public static PdfPCell getNormalCell(String string, String language, float size)
            throws DocumentException, IOException {
        if(string != null && "".equals(string)){
            return new PdfPCell();
        }
        Font f  = getFontForThisLanguage(language);
        if(size < 0) {
            f.setColor(BaseColor.RED);
            size = -size;
        }
        f.setSize(size);
        PdfPCell cell = new PdfPCell(new Phrase(string, f));
        cell.setHorizontalAlignment(Element.ALIGN_LEFT);
        return cell;
    }
    public static Font getFontForThisLanguage(String language) {
        if ("czech".equals(language)) {
            return FontFactory.getFont(FONT, "Cp1250", true);
        }
        if ("greek".equals(language)) {
            return FontFactory.getFont(FONT, "Cp1253", true);
        }
        return FontFactory.getFont(FONT, null, true);
    }
}

/**
 * Example written by Bruno Lowagie in answer to the following question:
 * http://stackoverflow.com/questions/29548762/why-is-my-table-not-being-generated-on-my-pdf-file-using-itextsharp
 */
package sandbox.tables;   import com.itextpdf.text.BaseColor;
import com.itextpdf.text.Document;
import com.itextpdf.text.DocumentException;
import com.itextpdf.text.Element;
import com.itextpdf.text.Font;
import com.itextpdf.text.FontFactory;
import com.itextpdf.text.Paragraph;
import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfPCell;
import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfPTable;
import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfWriter;   import java.io.File;
import java.io.FileOutputStream;
import java.io.IOException;
import sandbox.WrapToTest;   @WrapToTest
public class SimpleTable7 {
    public static final String DEST = "results/tables/simple_table7.pdf";   public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException,
            DocumentException {
        File file = new File(DEST);
        file.getParentFile().mkdirs();
        new SimpleTable7().createPdf(DEST);
    }
    public void createPdf(String dest) throws IOException, DocumentException {
        Document document = new Document();
        PdfWriter.getInstance(document, new FileOutputStream(dest));
        document.open();
        Font titleFont = FontFactory.getFont(FontFactory.COURIER_BOLD, 11, BaseColor.BLACK);
        Paragraph docTitle = new Paragraph("UCSC Direct - Direct Payment Form", titleFont);
        document.add(docTitle);
        Font subtitleFont = FontFactory.getFont("Times Roman", 9, BaseColor.BLACK);
        Paragraph subTitle = new Paragraph("(not to be used for reimbursement of services)", subtitleFont);
        document.add(subTitle);
        Font importantNoticeFont = FontFactory.getFont("Courier", 9, BaseColor.RED);
        Paragraph importantNotice = new Paragraph("Important: Form must be filled out in Adobe Reader or Acrobat Professional 8.1 or above. To save completed forms, Acrobat Professional is required. For technical and accessibility assistance, contact the Campus Controller's Office.", importantNoticeFont);
        document.add(importantNotice);   PdfPTable table = new PdfPTable(10); // the arg is the number of columns
        PdfPCell cell = new PdfPCell(docTitle);
        cell.setColspan(3);
        cell.setBorder(PdfPCell.NO_BORDER);
        cell.setHorizontalAlignment(Element.ALIGN_LEFT);
        table.addCell(cell);
        PdfPCell cellCaveat = new PdfPCell(subTitle);
        cellCaveat.setColspan(2);
        cellCaveat.setBorder(PdfPCell.NO_BORDER);
        table.addCell(cellCaveat);
        PdfPCell cellImportantNote = new PdfPCell(importantNotice);
        cellImportantNote.setColspan(5);
        cellImportantNote.setBorder(PdfPCell.NO_BORDER);
        table.addCell(cellImportantNote);
        document.add(table);   document.add(new Paragraph(20, "This is the same table, created differently", subtitleFont));
        table = new PdfPTable(3);
        table.setWidths(new int[]{3, 2, 5});
        cell.setColspan(1);
        table.addCell(cell);
        cellCaveat.setColspan(1);
        table.addCell(cellCaveat);
        cellImportantNote.setColspan(1);
        table.addCell(cellImportantNote);
        document.add(table);   document.close();
    }  }

Table and cell events to draw borders

package sandbox.tables;   import com.itextpdf.text.Document;
import com.itextpdf.text.DocumentException;
import com.itextpdf.text.Paragraph;
import com.itextpdf.text.Phrase;
import com.itextpdf.text.Rectangle;
import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfContentByte;
import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfPCell;
import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfPCellEvent;
import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfPTable;
import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfPTableEvent;
import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfWriter;   import java.io.File;
import java.io.FileOutputStream;
import java.io.IOException;   import sandbox.WrapToTest;   @WrapToTest
public class DottedLineCell {   public static final String DEST = "results/tables/dotted_line_cell.pdf";   class DottedCells implements PdfPTableEvent {   public void tableLayout(PdfPTable table, float[][] widths,
            float[] heights, int headerRows, int rowStart,
            PdfContentByte[] canvases) {
            PdfContentByte canvas = canvases[PdfPTable.LINECANVAS];
            canvas.setLineDash(3f, 3f);
            float llx = widths[0][0];
            float urx = widths[0][widths.length];
            for (int i = 0; i < heights.length; i++) {
                canvas.moveTo(llx, heights[i]);
                canvas.lineTo(urx, heights[i]);
            }
            for (int i = 0; i < widths.length; i++) {
                for (int j = 0; j < widths[i].length; j++) {
                    canvas.moveTo(widths[i][j], heights[i]);
                    canvas.lineTo(widths[i][j], heights[i+1]);
                }
            }
            canvas.stroke();
        }
    }   class DottedCell implements PdfPCellEvent {
        public void cellLayout(PdfPCell cell, Rectangle position,
            PdfContentByte[] canvases) {
            PdfContentByte canvas = canvases[PdfPTable.LINECANVAS];
            canvas.setLineDash(3f, 3f);
            canvas.rectangle(position.getLeft(), position.getBottom(),
                position.getWidth(), position.getHeight());
            canvas.stroke();
        }
    }   public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException, DocumentException {
        File file = new File(DEST);
        file.getParentFile().mkdirs();
        new DottedLineCell().createPdf(DEST);
    }   public void createPdf(String dest) throws IOException, DocumentException {
        DottedLineCell app = new DottedLineCell();
        Document document = new Document();
        PdfWriter.getInstance(document, new FileOutputStream(dest));
        document.open();
        document.add(new Paragraph("Table event"));
        PdfPTable table = new PdfPTable(3);
        table.setTableEvent(app.new DottedCells());
        table.getDefaultCell().setBorder(PdfPCell.NO_BORDER);
        table.addCell("A1");
        table.addCell("A2");
        table.addCell("A3");
        table.addCell("B1");
        table.addCell("B2");
        table.addCell("B3");
        table.addCell("C1");
        table.addCell("C2");
        table.addCell("C3");
        document.add(table);
        document.add(new Paragraph("Cell event"));
        table = new PdfPTable(1);
        PdfPCell cell = new PdfPCell(new Phrase("Test"));
        cell.setCellEvent(app.new DottedCell());
        cell.setBorder(PdfPCell.NO_BORDER);
        table.addCell(cell);
        document.add(table);
        document.close();
    }
}

RoundedCorners.java

/**
 * This example was written by Bruno Lowagie in answer to the following questions:
 * http://stackoverflow.com/questions/30106862/left-and-right-top-round-corner-for-rectangelroundrectangle
 */
package sandbox.tables;   import com.itextpdf.text.Document;
import com.itextpdf.text.DocumentException;
import com.itextpdf.text.Phrase;
import com.itextpdf.text.Rectangle;
import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfContentByte;
import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfPCell;
import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfPCellEvent;
import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfPTable;
import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfWriter;   import java.io.File;
import java.io.FileOutputStream;
import java.io.IOException;
import sandbox.WrapToTest;   @WrapToTest
public class RoundedCorners {   public static final String DEST = "results/tables/rounded_corners.pdf";   class SpecialRoundedCell implements PdfPCellEvent {
        public void cellLayout(PdfPCell cell, Rectangle position,
            PdfContentByte[] canvases) {
            PdfContentByte canvas = canvases[PdfPTable.LINECANVAS];
            float llx = position.getLeft() + 2;
            float lly = position.getBottom() + 2;
            float urx = position.getRight() - 2;
            float ury = position.getTop() - 2;
            float r = 4;
            float b = 0.4477f;
            canvas.moveTo(llx, lly);
            canvas.lineTo(urx, lly);
            canvas.lineTo(urx, ury - r);
            canvas.curveTo(urx, ury - r * b, urx - r * b, ury, urx - r, ury);
            canvas.lineTo(llx + r, ury);
            canvas.curveTo(llx + r * b, ury, llx, ury - r * b, llx, ury - r);
            canvas.lineTo(llx, lly);
            canvas.stroke();
        }
    }   public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException, DocumentException {
        File file = new File(DEST);
        file.getParentFile().mkdirs();
        new RoundedCorners().createPdf(DEST);
    }   public void createPdf(String dest) throws IOException, DocumentException {
        Document document = new Document();
        PdfWriter.getInstance(document, new FileOutputStream(dest));
        document.open();
        PdfPTable table = new PdfPTable(3);
        PdfPCell cell = getCell("These cells have rounded borders at the top.");
        table.addCell(cell);
        cell = getCell("These cells aren't rounded at the bottom.");
        table.addCell(cell);
        cell = getCell("A custom cell event was used to achieve this.");
        table.addCell(cell);
        document.add(table);
        document.close();
    }   public PdfPCell getCell(String content) {
        PdfPCell cell = new PdfPCell(new Phrase(content));
        cell.setCellEvent(new SpecialRoundedCell());
        cell.setPadding(5);
        cell.setBorder(PdfPCell.NO_BORDER);
        return cell;
    }
}

DottedLineHeader.java

package sandbox.tables;   import com.itextpdf.text.Document;
import com.itextpdf.text.DocumentException;
import com.itextpdf.text.Paragraph;
import com.itextpdf.text.Rectangle;
import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfContentByte;
import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfPCell;
import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfPCellEvent;
import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfPTable;
import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfPTableEvent;
import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfWriter;   import java.io.File;
import java.io.FileOutputStream;
import java.io.IOException;
import sandbox.WrapToTest;   @WrapToTest
public class DottedLineHeader {   public static final String DEST = "results/tables/dotted_line_header.pdf";   class DottedHeader implements PdfPTableEvent {   public void tableLayout(PdfPTable table, float[][] widths,
            float[] heights, int headerRows, int rowStart,
            PdfContentByte[] canvases) {
            PdfContentByte canvas = canvases[PdfPTable.LINECANVAS];
            canvas.setLineDash(3f, 3f);
            float x1 = widths[0][0];
            float x2 = widths[0][widths.length];
            canvas.moveTo(x1, heights[0]);
            canvas.lineTo(x2, heights[0]);
            canvas.moveTo(x1, heights[headerRows]);
            canvas.lineTo(x2, heights[headerRows]);
            canvas.stroke();
        }
    }   class DottedCell implements PdfPCellEvent {
        public void cellLayout(PdfPCell cell, Rectangle position,
            PdfContentByte[] canvases) {
            PdfContentByte canvas = canvases[PdfPTable.LINECANVAS];
            canvas.setLineDash(3f, 3f);
            canvas.moveTo(position.getLeft(), position.getTop());
            canvas.lineTo(position.getRight(), position.getTop());
            canvas.moveTo(position.getLeft(), position.getBottom());
            canvas.lineTo(position.getRight(), position.getBottom());
            canvas.stroke();
        }
    }   public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException, DocumentException {
        File file = new File(DEST);
        file.getParentFile().mkdirs();
        new DottedLineHeader().createPdf(DEST);
    }   public void createPdf(String dest) throws IOException, DocumentException {
        Document document = new Document();
        PdfWriter.getInstance(document, new FileOutputStream(dest));
        document.open();
        document.add(new Paragraph("Table event"));
        PdfPTable table = new PdfPTable(3);
        table.setTableEvent(new DottedHeader());
        table.getDefaultCell().setBorder(PdfPCell.NO_BORDER);
        table.addCell("A1");
        table.addCell("A2");
        table.addCell("A3");
        table.setHeaderRows(1);
        table.addCell("B1");
        table.addCell("B2");
        table.addCell("B3");
        table.addCell("C1");
        table.addCell("C2");
        table.addCell("C3");
        document.add(table);
        document.add(new Paragraph("Cell event"));
        table = new PdfPTable(3);
        table.getDefaultCell().setBorder(PdfPCell.NO_BORDER);
        table.getDefaultCell().setCellEvent(new DottedCell());
        table.addCell("A1");
        table.addCell("A2");
        table.addCell("A3");
        table.getDefaultCell().setCellEvent(null);
        table.addCell("B1");
        table.addCell("B2");
        table.addCell("B3");
        table.addCell("C1");
        table.addCell("C2");
        table.addCell("C3");
        document.add(table);
        document.close();
    }
}

CustomBorder.java

/**
 * Example written by Bruno Lowagie in answer to the following question:
 * http://stackoverflow.com/questions/23935566/table-borders-not-expanding-properly-in-pdf-using-itext
 */
package sandbox.tables;   import com.itextpdf.text.Document;
import com.itextpdf.text.DocumentException;
import com.itextpdf.text.Phrase;
import com.itextpdf.text.Rectangle;
import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfContentByte;
import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfPCell;
import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfPRow;
import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfPTable;
import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfPTableEventAfterSplit;
import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfWriter;   import java.io.File;
import java.io.FileOutputStream;
import java.io.IOException;
import sandbox.WrapToTest;   @WrapToTest
public class CustomBorder {   public static final String DEST = "results/tables/custom_border.pdf";   public static final String TEXT = "This is some long paragraph that will be added over and over again to prove a point. It should result in rows that are split and rows that aren't.";   public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException, DocumentException {
        File file = new File(DEST);
        file.getParentFile().mkdirs();
        new CustomBorder().createPdf(DEST);
    }   class BorderEvent implements PdfPTableEventAfterSplit {   protected int rowCount;
        protected boolean bottom = true;
        protected boolean top = true;   public void setRowCount(int rowCount) {
        	this.rowCount = rowCount;
        }   public void splitTable(PdfPTable table) {
	    	if (table.getRows().size() != rowCount) {
    	        bottom = false;
	    	}
        }   public void afterSplitTable(PdfPTable table, PdfPRow startRow, int startIdx) {
        	if (table.getRows().size() != rowCount) {
            // if the table gains a row, a row was split
                rowCount = table.getRows().size();
                top = false;
            }
        }   public void tableLayout(PdfPTable table, float[][] width, float[] height,
                int headerRows, int rowStart, PdfContentByte[] canvas) {
            float widths[] = width[0];
            float y1 = height[0];
            float y2 = height[height.length - 1];
            PdfContentByte cb = canvas[PdfPTable.LINECANVAS];
            for (int i = 0; i < widths.length; i++) {
                cb.moveTo(widths[i], y1);
                cb.lineTo(widths[i], y2);
            }
            float x1 = widths[0];
            float x2 = widths[widths.length - 1];
            for (int i = top ? 0 : 1; i < (bottom ? height.length : height.length - 1); i++) {
                cb.moveTo(x1, height[i]);
                cb.lineTo(x2, height[i]);
            }
            cb.stroke();
            cb.resetRGBColorStroke();
            bottom = true;
            top = true;
        }
    }   public void createPdf(String dest) throws IOException, DocumentException {
        Document document = new Document();
        PdfWriter.getInstance(document, new FileOutputStream(dest));
        document.open();
        PdfPTable table = new PdfPTable(2);
        table.setTotalWidth(500);
        table.setLockedWidth(true);
        BorderEvent event = new BorderEvent();
        table.setTableEvent(event);
        table.setWidthPercentage(100);
        table.getDefaultCell().setBorder(Rectangle.NO_BORDER);
        table.setSplitLate(false);
        PdfPCell cell = new PdfPCell(new Phrase(TEXT));
        cell.setBorder(Rectangle.NO_BORDER);
        for (int i = 0; i < 60; ) {
            table.addCell("Cell " + (++i));
            table.addCell(cell);
        }
        event.setRowCount(table.getRows().size());
        document.add(table);
        document.close();
    }
}

CustomBorder2.java

/**
 * Example written by Bruno Lowagie in answer to the following question:
 * http://stackoverflow.com/questions/23935566/table-borders-not-expanding-properly-in-pdf-using-itext
 */
package sandbox.tables;   import com.itextpdf.text.Document;
import com.itextpdf.text.DocumentException;
import com.itextpdf.text.Phrase;
import com.itextpdf.text.Rectangle;
import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfContentByte;
import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfPCell;
import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfPRow;
import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfPTable;
import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfPTableEventAfterSplit;
import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfWriter;   import java.io.File;
import java.io.FileOutputStream;
import java.io.IOException;
import sandbox.WrapToTest;   @WrapToTest
public class CustomBorder2 {   public static final String DEST = "results/tables/custom_border2.pdf";   public static final String TEXT = "This is some long paragraph that will be added over and over again to prove a point. It should result in rows that are split and rows that aren't.";   public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException, DocumentException {
        File file = new File(DEST);
        file.getParentFile().mkdirs();
        new CustomBorder2().createPdf(DEST);
    }   class BorderEvent implements PdfPTableEventAfterSplit {   protected boolean bottom = true;
        protected boolean top = true;   public void splitTable(PdfPTable table) {
    	    bottom = false;
        }   public void afterSplitTable(PdfPTable table, PdfPRow startRow, int startIdx) {
        	top = false;
        }   public void tableLayout(PdfPTable table, float[][] width, float[] height,
                int headerRows, int rowStart, PdfContentByte[] canvas) {
            float widths[] = width[0];
            float y1 = height[0];
            float y2 = height[height.length - 1];
            float x1 = widths[0];
            float x2 = widths[widths.length - 1];
            PdfContentByte cb = canvas[PdfPTable.LINECANVAS];
            cb.moveTo(x1, y1);
            cb.lineTo(x1, y2);
            cb.moveTo(x2, y1);
            cb.lineTo(x2, y2);
            if (top) {
                cb.moveTo(x1, y1);
                cb.lineTo(x2, y1);
            }
            if (bottom) {
                cb.moveTo(x1, y2);
                cb.lineTo(x2, y2);
            }
            cb.stroke();
            cb.resetRGBColorStroke();
            bottom = true;
            top = true;
        }
    }   public void createPdf(String dest) throws IOException, DocumentException {
        Document document = new Document();
        PdfWriter.getInstance(document, new FileOutputStream(dest));
        document.open();
        PdfPTable table = new PdfPTable(2);
        table.setTotalWidth(500);
        table.setLockedWidth(true);
        BorderEvent event = new BorderEvent();
        table.setTableEvent(event);
        table.setWidthPercentage(100);
        table.getDefaultCell().setBorder(Rectangle.NO_BORDER);
        table.setSplitLate(false);
        PdfPCell cell = new PdfPCell(new Phrase(TEXT));
        cell.setBorder(Rectangle.NO_BORDER);
        for (int i = 0; i < 60; ) {
            table.addCell("Cell " + (++i));
            table.addCell(cell);
        }
        document.add(table);
        document.close();
    }
}

DottedLineCell2.java

package sandbox.tables;   import com.itextpdf.text.Document;
import com.itextpdf.text.DocumentException;
import com.itextpdf.text.Phrase;
import com.itextpdf.text.Rectangle;
import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfContentByte;
import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfPCell;
import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfPCellEvent;
import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfPTable;
import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfWriter;   import java.io.File;
import java.io.FileOutputStream;
import java.io.IOException;   import sandbox.WrapToTest;   @WrapToTest
public class DottedLineCell2 {   public static final String DEST = "results/tables/dotted_line_cell2.pdf";   class DottedCell implements PdfPCellEvent {
        private int border = 0;
        public DottedCell(int border) {
            this.border = border;
        }
        public void cellLayout(PdfPCell cell, Rectangle position,
            PdfContentByte[] canvases) {
            PdfContentByte canvas = canvases[PdfPTable.LINECANVAS];
            canvas.saveState();
            canvas.setLineDash(0, 4, 2);
            if ((border & PdfPCell.TOP) == PdfPCell.TOP) {
                canvas.moveTo(position.getRight(), position.getTop());
                canvas.lineTo(position.getLeft(), position.getTop());
            }
            if ((border & PdfPCell.BOTTOM) == PdfPCell.BOTTOM) {
                canvas.moveTo(position.getRight(), position.getBottom());
                canvas.lineTo(position.getLeft(), position.getBottom());
            }
            if ((border & PdfPCell.RIGHT) == PdfPCell.RIGHT) {
                canvas.moveTo(position.getRight(), position.getTop());
                canvas.lineTo(position.getRight(), position.getBottom());
            }
            if ((border & PdfPCell.LEFT) == PdfPCell.LEFT) {
                canvas.moveTo(position.getLeft(), position.getTop());
                canvas.lineTo(position.getLeft(), position.getBottom());
            }
            canvas.stroke();
            canvas.restoreState();
        }
    }   public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException, DocumentException {
        File file = new File(DEST);
        file.getParentFile().mkdirs();
        new DottedLineCell2().createPdf(DEST);
    }   public void createPdf(String dest) throws IOException, DocumentException {
        Document document = new Document();
        PdfWriter.getInstance(document, new FileOutputStream(dest));
        document.open();   PdfPTable table;
        PdfPCell cell;   table = new PdfPTable(4);
        table.setSpacingAfter(30);
        cell = new PdfPCell(new Phrase("left border"));
        cell.setBorder(PdfPCell.NO_BORDER);
        cell.setCellEvent(new DottedCell(PdfPCell.LEFT));
        table.addCell(cell);
        cell = new PdfPCell(new Phrase("right border"));
        cell.setBorder(PdfPCell.NO_BORDER);
        cell.setCellEvent(new DottedCell(PdfPCell.RIGHT));
        table.addCell(cell);
        cell = new PdfPCell(new Phrase("top border"));
        cell.setBorder(PdfPCell.NO_BORDER);
        cell.setCellEvent(new DottedCell(PdfPCell.TOP));
        table.addCell(cell);
        cell = new PdfPCell(new Phrase("bottom border"));
        cell.setBorder(PdfPCell.NO_BORDER);
        cell.setCellEvent(new DottedCell(PdfPCell.BOTTOM));
        table.addCell(cell);
        document.add(table);   table = new PdfPTable(4);
        table.setSpacingAfter(30);
        cell = new PdfPCell(new Phrase("left and top border"));
        cell.setBorder(PdfPCell.NO_BORDER);
        cell.setCellEvent(new DottedCell(PdfPCell.LEFT | PdfPCell.TOP));
        table.addCell(cell);
        cell = new PdfPCell(new Phrase("right and bottom border"));
        cell.setBorder(PdfPCell.NO_BORDER);
        cell.setCellEvent(new DottedCell(PdfPCell.RIGHT | PdfPCell.BOTTOM));
        table.addCell(cell);
        cell = new PdfPCell(new Phrase("no border"));
        cell.setBorder(PdfPCell.NO_BORDER);
        table.addCell(cell);
        cell = new PdfPCell(new Phrase("full border"));
        cell.setBorder(PdfPCell.NO_BORDER);
        cell.setCellEvent(new DottedCell(PdfPCell.BOX));
        table.addCell(cell);
        document.add(table);
        document.close();
    }
}

CustomBorder3.java

package sandbox.tables;   import com.itextpdf.text.Document;
import com.itextpdf.text.DocumentException;
import com.itextpdf.text.Phrase;
import com.itextpdf.text.Rectangle;
import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfContentByte;
import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfPCell;
import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfPCellEvent;
import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfPTable;
import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfWriter;   import java.io.File;
import java.io.FileOutputStream;
import java.io.IOException;   import sandbox.WrapToTest;   @WrapToTest
public class CustomBorder3 {   public static final String DEST = "results/tables/custom_border_3.pdf";   interface LineDash {
        public void applyLineDash(PdfContentByte canvas);
    }   class SolidLine implements LineDash {
        public void applyLineDash(PdfContentByte canvas) { }
    }   class DottedLine implements LineDash {
        public void applyLineDash(PdfContentByte canvas) {
            canvas.setLineCap(PdfContentByte.LINE_CAP_ROUND);
            canvas.setLineDash(0, 4, 2);
        }
    }   class DashedLine implements LineDash {
        public void applyLineDash(PdfContentByte canvas) {
            canvas.setLineDash(3, 3);
        }
    }   class CustomBorder implements PdfPCellEvent {
        protected LineDash left;
        protected LineDash right;
        protected LineDash top;
        protected LineDash bottom;
        public CustomBorder(LineDash left, LineDash right,
                LineDash top, LineDash bottom) {
            this.left = left;
            this.right = right;
            this.top = top;
            this.bottom = bottom;
        }
        public void cellLayout(PdfPCell cell, Rectangle position,
            PdfContentByte[] canvases) {
            PdfContentByte canvas = canvases[PdfPTable.LINECANVAS];
            if (top != null) {
                canvas.saveState();
                top.applyLineDash(canvas);
                canvas.moveTo(position.getRight(), position.getTop());
                canvas.lineTo(position.getLeft(), position.getTop());
                canvas.stroke();
                canvas.restoreState();
            }
            if (bottom != null) {
                canvas.saveState();
                bottom.applyLineDash(canvas);
                canvas.moveTo(position.getRight(), position.getBottom());
                canvas.lineTo(position.getLeft(), position.getBottom());
                canvas.stroke();
                canvas.restoreState();
            }
            if (right != null) {
                canvas.saveState();
                right.applyLineDash(canvas);
                canvas.moveTo(position.getRight(), position.getTop());
                canvas.lineTo(position.getRight(), position.getBottom());
                canvas.stroke();
                canvas.restoreState();
            }
            if (left != null) {
                canvas.saveState();
                left.applyLineDash(canvas);
                canvas.moveTo(position.getLeft(), position.getTop());
                canvas.lineTo(position.getLeft(), position.getBottom());
                canvas.stroke();
                canvas.restoreState();
            }
        }
    }   public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException, DocumentException {
        File file = new File(DEST);
        file.getParentFile().mkdirs();
        new CustomBorder3().createPdf(DEST);
    }   public void createPdf(String dest) throws IOException, DocumentException {
        Document document = new Document();
        PdfWriter.getInstance(document, new FileOutputStream(dest));
        document.open();   PdfPTable table;
        PdfPCell cell;
        LineDash solid = new SolidLine();
        LineDash dotted = new DottedLine();
        LineDash dashed = new DashedLine();   table = new PdfPTable(4);
        table.setSpacingAfter(30);
        cell = new PdfPCell(new Phrase("dotted left border"));
        cell.setBorder(PdfPCell.NO_BORDER);
        cell.setCellEvent(new CustomBorder(dotted, null, null, null));
        table.addCell(cell);
        cell = new PdfPCell(new Phrase("solid right border"));
        cell.setBorder(PdfPCell.NO_BORDER);
        cell.setCellEvent(new CustomBorder(null, solid, null, null));
        table.addCell(cell);
        cell = new PdfPCell(new Phrase("dashed top border"));
        cell.setBorder(PdfPCell.NO_BORDER);
        cell.setCellEvent(new CustomBorder(null, null, dashed, null));
        table.addCell(cell);
        cell = new PdfPCell(new Phrase("bottom border"));
        cell.setBorder(PdfPCell.NO_BORDER);
        cell.setCellEvent(new CustomBorder(null, null, null, solid));
        table.addCell(cell);
        document.add(table);   table = new PdfPTable(4);
        table.setSpacingAfter(30);
        cell = new PdfPCell(new Phrase("dotted left and solid top border"));
        cell.setBorder(PdfPCell.NO_BORDER);
        cell.setCellEvent(new CustomBorder(dotted, null, solid, null));
        table.addCell(cell);
        cell = new PdfPCell(new Phrase("dashed right and dashed bottom border"));
        cell.setBorder(PdfPCell.NO_BORDER);
        cell.setCellEvent(new CustomBorder(null, dashed, null, dashed));
        table.addCell(cell);
        cell = new PdfPCell(new Phrase("no border"));
        cell.setBorder(PdfPCell.NO_BORDER);
        table.addCell(cell);
        cell = new PdfPCell(new Phrase("full solid border"));
        cell.setBorder(PdfPCell.NO_BORDER);
        cell.setCellEvent(new CustomBorder(solid, solid, solid, solid));
        table.addCell(cell);
        document.add(table);
        document.close();
    }
}

CustomBorder4.java

package sandbox.tables;   import com.itextpdf.text.Document;
import com.itextpdf.text.DocumentException;
import com.itextpdf.text.Phrase;
import com.itextpdf.text.Rectangle;
import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfContentByte;
import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfPCell;
import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfPCellEvent;
import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfPTable;
import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfWriter;   import java.io.File;
import java.io.FileOutputStream;
import java.io.IOException;   import sandbox.WrapToTest;   @WrapToTest
public class CustomBorder4 {   public static final String DEST = "results/tables/custom_border_4.pdf";   abstract class CustomBorder implements PdfPCellEvent {
        private int border = 0;
        public CustomBorder(int border) {
            this.border = border;
        }
        public void cellLayout(PdfPCell cell, Rectangle position,
            PdfContentByte[] canvases) {
            PdfContentByte canvas = canvases[PdfPTable.LINECANVAS];
            canvas.saveState();
            setLineDash(canvas);
            if ((border & PdfPCell.TOP) == PdfPCell.TOP) {
                canvas.moveTo(position.getRight(), position.getTop());
                canvas.lineTo(position.getLeft(), position.getTop());
            }
            if ((border & PdfPCell.BOTTOM) == PdfPCell.BOTTOM) {
                canvas.moveTo(position.getRight(), position.getBottom());
                canvas.lineTo(position.getLeft(), position.getBottom());
            }
            if ((border & PdfPCell.RIGHT) == PdfPCell.RIGHT) {
                canvas.moveTo(position.getRight(), position.getTop());
                canvas.lineTo(position.getRight(), position.getBottom());
            }
            if ((border & PdfPCell.LEFT) == PdfPCell.LEFT) {
                canvas.moveTo(position.getLeft(), position.getTop());
                canvas.lineTo(position.getLeft(), position.getBottom());
            }
            canvas.stroke();
            canvas.restoreState();
        }   public abstract void setLineDash(PdfContentByte canvas);
    }   class SolidBorder extends CustomBorder {
        public SolidBorder(int border) { super(border); }
        public void setLineDash(PdfContentByte canvas) {}
    }
    class DottedBorder extends CustomBorder {
        public DottedBorder(int border) { super(border); }
        public void setLineDash(PdfContentByte canvas) {
            canvas.setLineCap(PdfContentByte.LINE_CAP_ROUND);
            canvas.setLineDash(0, 4, 2);
        }
    }
    class DashedBorder extends CustomBorder {
        public DashedBorder(int border) { super(border); }
        public void setLineDash(PdfContentByte canvas) {
            canvas.setLineDash(3, 3);
        }
    }   public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException, DocumentException {
        File file = new File(DEST);
        file.getParentFile().mkdirs();
        new CustomBorder4().createPdf(DEST);
    }   public void createPdf(String dest) throws IOException, DocumentException {
        Document document = new Document();
        PdfWriter.getInstance(document, new FileOutputStream(dest));
        document.open();   PdfPTable table;
        PdfPCell cell;   table = new PdfPTable(4);
        table.setSpacingAfter(30);
        cell = new PdfPCell(new Phrase("dotted left border"));
        cell.setBorder(PdfPCell.NO_BORDER);
        cell.setCellEvent(new DottedBorder(PdfPCell.LEFT));
        table.addCell(cell);
        cell = new PdfPCell(new Phrase("solid right border"));
        cell.setBorder(PdfPCell.NO_BORDER);
        cell.setCellEvent(new SolidBorder(PdfPCell.RIGHT));
        table.addCell(cell);
        cell = new PdfPCell(new Phrase("solid top border"));
        cell.setBorder(PdfPCell.NO_BORDER);
        cell.setCellEvent(new SolidBorder(PdfPCell.TOP));
        table.addCell(cell);
        cell = new PdfPCell(new Phrase("dashed bottom border"));
        cell.setBorder(PdfPCell.NO_BORDER);
        cell.setCellEvent(new DashedBorder(PdfPCell.BOTTOM));
        table.addCell(cell);
        document.add(table);   table = new PdfPTable(4);
        table.setSpacingAfter(30);
        cell = new PdfPCell(new Phrase("dotted left and dashed top border"));
        cell.setBorder(PdfPCell.NO_BORDER);
        cell.setCellEvent(new DottedBorder(PdfPCell.LEFT));
        cell.setCellEvent(new DashedBorder(PdfPCell.TOP));
        table.addCell(cell);
        cell = new PdfPCell(new Phrase("solid right and dotted bottom border"));
        cell.setBorder(PdfPCell.NO_BORDER);
        cell.setCellEvent(new DottedBorder(PdfPCell.BOTTOM));
        cell.setCellEvent(new SolidBorder(PdfPCell.RIGHT));
        table.addCell(cell);
        cell = new PdfPCell(new Phrase("no border"));
        cell.setBorder(PdfPCell.NO_BORDER);
        table.addCell(cell);
        cell = new PdfPCell(new Phrase("full border"));
        cell.setBorder(PdfPCell.NO_BORDER);
        cell.setCellEvent(new DottedBorder(PdfPCell.LEFT | PdfPCell.RIGHT));
        cell.setCellEvent(new SolidBorder(PdfPCell.TOP));
        cell.setCellEvent(new DashedBorder(PdfPCell.BOTTOM));
        table.addCell(cell);
        document.add(table);
        document.close();
    }
}

TableBorder.java

/*
 * Example written by Bruno Lowagie in answer to the following question:
 * http://stackoverflow.com/questions/35340003
 */
package sandbox.tables;   import com.itextpdf.text.Document;
import com.itextpdf.text.DocumentException;
import com.itextpdf.text.Rectangle;
import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfContentByte;
import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfPTable;
import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfPTableEvent;
import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfWriter;
import java.io.File;
import java.io.FileOutputStream;
import java.io.IOException;
import sandbox.WrapToTest;     /**
 * @author Bruno Lowagie (iText Software)
 */
@WrapToTest
public class TableBorder {   public static final String DEST = "results/tables/table_border_outer_only.pdf";   public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException,
            DocumentException {
        File file = new File(DEST);
        file.getParentFile().mkdirs();
        new TableBorder().createPdf(DEST);
    }   public void createPdf(String dest) throws IOException, DocumentException {
        Document document = new Document();
        PdfWriter.getInstance(document, new FileOutputStream(dest));
        document.open();
        PdfPTable table = new PdfPTable(4);
        table.setTableEvent(new BorderEvent());
        table.getDefaultCell().setBorder(Rectangle.NO_BORDER);
        for(int aw = 0; aw < 16; aw++){
            table.addCell("hi");
        }
        document.add(table);
        document.close();
    }   public class BorderEvent implements PdfPTableEvent {
        public void tableLayout(PdfPTable table, float[][] widths, float[] heights, int headerRows, int rowStart, PdfContentByte[] canvases) {
            float width[] = widths[0];
            float x1 = width[0];
            float x2 = width[width.length - 1];
            float y1 = heights[0];
            float y2 = heights[heights.length - 1];
            PdfContentByte cb = canvases[PdfPTable.LINECANVAS];
            cb.rectangle(x1, y1, x2 - x1, y2 - y1);
            cb.stroke();
            cb.resetRGBColorStroke();
        }
    }
}

CellTitle.java

/*
 * Example written by Bruno Lowagie in answer to the following question:
 * http://stackoverflow.com/questions/35746651
 */
package sandbox.tables;   import com.itextpdf.text.BaseColor;
import com.itextpdf.text.Chunk;
import com.itextpdf.text.Document;
import com.itextpdf.text.DocumentException;
import com.itextpdf.text.Element;
import com.itextpdf.text.Phrase;
import com.itextpdf.text.Rectangle;
import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.ColumnText;
import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfContentByte;
import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfPCell;
import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfPCellEvent;
import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfPTable;
import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfWriter;
import java.io.File;
import java.io.FileOutputStream;
import java.io.IOException;
import sandbox.WrapToTest;   /**
 * @author Bruno Lowagie (iText Software)
 */
@WrapToTest
public class CellTitle {   public static final String DEST = "results/tables/cell_title.pdf";   class Title implements PdfPCellEvent {
        protected String title;   public Title(String title) {
            this.title = title;
        }   public void cellLayout(PdfPCell cell, Rectangle position,
            PdfContentByte[] canvases) {
            Chunk c = new Chunk(title);
            c.setBackground(BaseColor.LIGHT_GRAY);
            PdfContentByte canvas = canvases[PdfPTable.TEXTCANVAS];
            ColumnText.showTextAligned(canvas, Element.ALIGN_LEFT,
                new Phrase(c), position.getLeft(5), position.getTop(5), 0);
        }
    }   public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException, DocumentException {
        File file = new File(DEST);
        file.getParentFile().mkdirs();
        new CellTitle().createPdf(DEST);
    }   public void createPdf(String dest) throws IOException, DocumentException {
        Document document = new Document();
        PdfWriter.getInstance(document, new FileOutputStream(dest));
        document.open();
        PdfPTable table = new PdfPTable(1);
        PdfPCell cell = getCell("The title of this cell is title 1", "title 1");
        table.addCell(cell);
        cell = getCell("The title of this cell is title 2", "title 2");
        table.addCell(cell);
        cell = getCell("The title of this cell is title 3", "title 3");
        table.addCell(cell);
        document.add(table);
        document.close();
    }   public PdfPCell getCell(String content, String title) {
        PdfPCell cell = new PdfPCell(new Phrase(content));
        cell.setCellEvent(new Title(title));
        cell.setPadding(5);
        return cell;
    }  }

Splitting tables

Splitting.java

/*
 * Example written by Bruno Lowagie in answer to the following question:
 * http://stackoverflow.com/questions/33286841/stop-itext-table-from-spliting-on-new-page
 */
package sandbox.tables;   import com.itextpdf.text.Document;
import com.itextpdf.text.DocumentException;
import com.itextpdf.text.Paragraph;
import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfPCell;
import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfPTable;
import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfWriter;
import java.io.File;
import java.io.FileOutputStream;
import java.io.IOException;   /**
 *
 * @author Bruno Lowagie (iText Software)
 */
public class Splitting {
    public static final String DEST = "results/tables/splitting.pdf";
    public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException,
            DocumentException {
        File file = new File(DEST);
        file.getParentFile().mkdirs();
        new Splitting().createPdf(DEST);
    }   public void createPdf(String dest) throws IOException, DocumentException {
        Document document = new Document();
        PdfWriter.getInstance(document, new FileOutputStream(dest));
        document.open();
        Paragraph p = new Paragraph("Test");
        PdfPTable table = new PdfPTable(2);
        for (int i = 1; i < 6; i++) {
            table.addCell("key " + i);
            table.addCell("value " + i);
        }
        for (int i = 0; i < 40; i++) {
            document.add(p);
        }
        document.add(table);
        for (int i = 0; i < 38; i++) {
            document.add(p);
        }
        PdfPTable nesting = new PdfPTable(1);
        PdfPCell cell = new PdfPCell(table);
        cell.setBorder(PdfPCell.NO_BORDER);
        nesting.addCell(cell);
        document.add(nesting);
        document.close();
    }
}

Splitting2.java

/*
 * Example written by Bruno Lowagie in answer to the following question:
 * http://stackoverflow.com/questions/33286841/stop-itext-table-from-spliting-on-new-page
 */
package sandbox.tables;   import com.itextpdf.text.Document;
import com.itextpdf.text.DocumentException;
import com.itextpdf.text.Paragraph;
import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfPTable;
import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfWriter;
import java.io.File;
import java.io.FileOutputStream;
import java.io.IOException;
import sandbox.WrapToTest;   /**
 *
 * @author Bruno Lowagie (iText Software)
 */
@WrapToTest
public class Splitting2 {
    public static final String DEST = "results/tables/splitting2.pdf";
    public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException,
            DocumentException {
        File file = new File(DEST);
        file.getParentFile().mkdirs();
        new Splitting2().createPdf(DEST);
    }   public void createPdf(String dest) throws IOException, DocumentException {
        Document document = new Document();
        PdfWriter.getInstance(document, new FileOutputStream(dest));
        document.open();
        Paragraph p = new Paragraph("Test");
        PdfPTable table = new PdfPTable(2);
        for (int i = 1; i < 6; i++) {
            table.addCell("key " + i);
            table.addCell("value " + i);
        }
        for (int i = 0; i < 40; i++) {
            document.add(p);
        }
        document.add(table);
        for (int i = 0; i < 38; i++) {
            document.add(p);
        }
        table.setKeepTogether(true);
        document.add(table);
        document.close();
    }
}

TableSplitTest.java

/**
 * Example written by Ramesh in the context of a question on SO:
 * http://stackoverflow.com/questions/29345454/itext-avoid-row-splitting-in-table
 */
package sandbox.tables;   import com.itextpdf.text.BaseColor;
import com.itextpdf.text.Chunk;
import com.itextpdf.text.Document;
import com.itextpdf.text.DocumentException;
import com.itextpdf.text.Element;
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.itextpdf.text.pdf.draw.LineSeparator;   import java.io.File;
import java.io.FileOutputStream;
import java.io.IOException;
import sandbox.WrapToTest;   @WrapToTest
public class TableSplitTest {
    public static final String DEST = "results/tables/split_test.pdf";   public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException, DocumentException {
        File file = new File(DEST);
        file.getParentFile().mkdirs();
        new TableSplitTest().createPdf(DEST);
    }   public void createPdf(String dest) throws DocumentException, IOException {
        Document document = new Document();
        PdfWriter.getInstance(document, new FileOutputStream(dest));
        document.setMargins(15, 15, 55, 35);
        document.open();
        String[] header = new String[] { "Header1", "Header2", "Header3",
            "Header4", "Header5" };
	String[] content = new String[] { "column 1", "column 2",
            "some Text in column 3", "Test data ", "column 5" };
        PdfPTable table = new PdfPTable(header.length);
	table.setHeaderRows(1);
	table.setWidths(new int[] { 3, 2, 4, 3, 2 });
        table.setWidthPercentage(98);
        table.setSpacingBefore(15);
        table.setSplitLate(false);
	for (String columnHeader : header) {
            PdfPCell headerCell = new PdfPCell();
            headerCell.addElement(new Phrase(columnHeader, FontFactory.getFont(FontFactory.HELVETICA, 10, Font.BOLD)));
            headerCell.setHorizontalAlignment(Element.ALIGN_CENTER);
            headerCell.setVerticalAlignment(Element.ALIGN_MIDDLE);
            headerCell.setBorderColor(BaseColor.LIGHT_GRAY);
            headerCell.setPadding(8);
            table.addCell(headerCell);
	}
        for (int i = 0; i < 15; i++) {
            int j = 0;
            for (String text : content) {
                if (i == 13 && j == 3) {
                    text = "Test data \n Test data \n Test data";
                }
                j++;
                PdfPCell cell = new PdfPCell();
                cell.addElement(new Phrase(text, FontFactory.getFont(FontFactory.HELVETICA, 10, Font.NORMAL)));
                cell.setBorderColor(BaseColor.LIGHT_GRAY);
                cell.setPadding(5);
                table.addCell(cell);
            }
        }
        document.add(table);
        document.add(new Phrase("\n"));
        LineSeparator separator = new LineSeparator();
        separator.setPercentage(98);
        separator.setLineColor(BaseColor.LIGHT_GRAY);
        Chunk linebreak = new Chunk(separator);
        document.add(linebreak);
        for (int k = 0; k < 5; k++) {
            Paragraph info = new Paragraph("Some title", FontFactory.getFont(FontFactory.HELVETICA, 10, Font.NORMAL));
            info.setSpacingBefore(12f);
            document.add(info);
            table = new PdfPTable(header.length);
            table.setHeaderRows(1);
            table.setWidths(new int[] { 3, 2, 4, 3, 2 });
            table.setWidthPercentage(98);
            table.setSpacingBefore(15);
            table.setSplitLate(false);
            for (String columnHeader : header) {
                PdfPCell headerCell = new PdfPCell();
                headerCell.addElement(new Phrase(columnHeader, FontFactory.getFont(FontFactory.HELVETICA, 10, Font.BOLD)));
                headerCell.setHorizontalAlignment(Element.ALIGN_CENTER);
                headerCell.setVerticalAlignment(Element.ALIGN_MIDDLE);
                headerCell.setBorderColor(BaseColor.LIGHT_GRAY);
                headerCell.setPadding(8);
                table.addCell(headerCell);
            }
            for (String text : content) {
                PdfPCell cell = new PdfPCell();
                cell.addElement(new Phrase(text, FontFactory.getFont(FontFactory.HELVETICA, 10, Font.NORMAL)));
                cell.setBorderColor(BaseColor.LIGHT_GRAY);
                cell.setPadding(5);
                table.addCell(cell);
            }
            document.add(table);
            separator = new LineSeparator();
            separator.setPercentage(98);
            separator.setLineColor(BaseColor.LIGHT_GRAY);
            linebreak = new Chunk(separator);
            document.add(linebreak);
        }
        document.close();
    }   }

SplitRowAtSpecificRow.java

/**
 * Example written by Bruno Lowagie in answer to:
 * http://stackoverflow.com/questions/24665167/table-keeprowstogether-in-itext-5-5-1-doesnt-seem-to-work-correctly
 */   package sandbox.tables;   import com.itextpdf.text.Document;
import com.itextpdf.text.DocumentException;
import com.itextpdf.text.Phrase;
import com.itextpdf.text.Rectangle;
import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfPCell;
import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfPTable;
import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfWriter;   import java.io.File;
import java.io.FileOutputStream;
import java.io.IOException;
import sandbox.WrapToTest;   @WrapToTest
public class SplitRowAtSpecificRow {
    public static final String DEST = "results/tables/split_at_row.pdf";   public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException, DocumentException {
        File file = new File(DEST);
        file.getParentFile().mkdirs();
        new SplitRowAtSpecificRow().createPdf(DEST);
    }   public void createPdf(String dest) throws IOException, DocumentException {
        PdfPTable table = new PdfPTable(1);
        table.setTotalWidth(550);
        table.setLockedWidth(true);
        for (int i = 0; i < 10; i++) {
            PdfPCell cell;
            if (i == 9) {
                cell = new PdfPCell(new Phrase("Two\nLines"));
            }
            else {
                cell = new PdfPCell(new Phrase(Integer.toString(i)));
            }
            table.addCell(cell);
        }
        Document document = new Document(new Rectangle(612, 242));
        PdfWriter.getInstance(document, new FileOutputStream(dest));
        document.open();
        table.setSplitLate(false);
        table.setBreakPoints(8);
        document.add(table);
        document.close();
    }
}

SplitRowAtEndOfPage.java

/**
 * Example written by Bruno Lowagie in answer to:
 * http://stackoverflow.com/questions/24616920/last-row-in-itext-table-extending-when-it-shouldnt
 */   package sandbox.tables;   import com.itextpdf.text.Document;
import com.itextpdf.text.DocumentException;
import com.itextpdf.text.Phrase;
import com.itextpdf.text.Rectangle;
import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfPCell;
import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfPTable;
import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfWriter;   import java.io.File;
import java.io.FileOutputStream;
import java.io.IOException;
import sandbox.WrapToTest;   @WrapToTest
public class SplitRowAtEndOfPage {
    public static final String DEST = "results/tables/split_row_at_end_of_page.pdf";   public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException, DocumentException {
        File file = new File(DEST);
        file.getParentFile().mkdirs();
        new SplitRowAtEndOfPage().createPdf(DEST);
    }   public void createPdf(String dest) throws IOException, DocumentException {
        PdfPTable table = new PdfPTable(1);
        table.setTotalWidth(550);
        table.setLockedWidth(true);
        for (int i = 0; i < 10; i++) {
            PdfPCell cell;
            if (i == 9) {
                cell = new PdfPCell(new Phrase("Two\nLines"));
            }
            else {
                cell = new PdfPCell(new Phrase(Integer.toString(i)));
            }
            table.addCell(cell);
        }
        Document document = new Document(new Rectangle(612, 242));
        PdfWriter.getInstance(document, new FileOutputStream(dest));
        document.open();
        table.setSplitLate(false);
        document.add(table);
        document.close();
    }
}

Rowspan and splitting

SplittingAndRowspan.java

/*
 * Example written by Bruno Lowagie in answer to the following question:
 * http://stackoverflow.com/questions/35356847
 */
package sandbox.tables;   import com.itextpdf.text.Document;
import com.itextpdf.text.DocumentException;
import com.itextpdf.text.Paragraph;
import com.itextpdf.text.Rectangle;
import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfPCell;
import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfPTable;
import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfWriter;
import java.io.File;
import java.io.FileOutputStream;
import java.io.IOException;
import sandbox.WrapToTest;   @WrapToTest
/**
 * @author Bruno Lowagie (iText Software)
 */
public class SplittingAndRowspan {
    public static final String DEST = "results/tables/splitting_and_rowspan.pdf";   public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException,
            DocumentException {
        File file = new File(DEST);
        file.getParentFile().mkdirs();
        new SplittingAndRowspan().createPdf(DEST);
    }   public void createPdf(String dest) throws IOException, DocumentException {
        Document document = new Document(new Rectangle(300, 150));
        PdfWriter.getInstance(document, new FileOutputStream(dest));
        document.open();
        document.add(new Paragraph("Table with setSplitLate(true):"));
        PdfPTable table = new PdfPTable(2);
        table.setSpacingBefore(10);
        PdfPCell cell = new PdfPCell();
        cell.addElement(new Paragraph("G"));
        cell.addElement(new Paragraph("R"));
        cell.addElement(new Paragraph("P"));
        cell.setRowspan(3);
        table.addCell(cell);
        table.addCell("row 1");
        table.addCell("row 2");
        table.addCell("row 3");
        document.add(table);
        document.add(new Paragraph("Table with setSplitLate(false):"));
        table.setSplitLate(false);
        document.add(table);
        document.close();
    }
}

SplittingNestedTable1.java

/*
 * Example written by Bruno Lowagie in answer to the following question:
 * http://stackoverflow.com/questions/35356847
 */
package sandbox.tables;   import com.itextpdf.text.Document;
import com.itextpdf.text.DocumentException;
import com.itextpdf.text.Paragraph;
import com.itextpdf.text.Rectangle;
import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfPCell;
import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfPTable;
import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfWriter;
import java.io.File;
import java.io.FileOutputStream;
import java.io.IOException;
import sandbox.WrapToTest;   @WrapToTest
/**
 * @author Bruno Lowagie (iText Software)
 */
public class SplittingNestedTable1 {
    public static final String DEST = "results/tables/splitting_nested_table1.pdf";   public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException,
            DocumentException {
        File file = new File(DEST);
        file.getParentFile().mkdirs();
        new SplittingNestedTable1().createPdf(DEST);
    }   public void createPdf(String dest) throws IOException, DocumentException {
        Document document = new Document(new Rectangle(300, 150));
        PdfWriter.getInstance(document, new FileOutputStream(dest));
        document.open();
        document.add(new Paragraph("Table with setSplitLate(true):"));
        PdfPTable table = new PdfPTable(2);
        table.setSpacingBefore(10);
        PdfPCell cell = new PdfPCell();
        cell.addElement(new Paragraph("G"));
        cell.addElement(new Paragraph("R"));
        cell.addElement(new Paragraph("O"));
        cell.addElement(new Paragraph("U"));
        cell.addElement(new Paragraph("P"));
        table.addCell(cell);
        PdfPTable inner = new PdfPTable(1);
        inner.addCell("row 1");
        inner.addCell("row 2");
        inner.addCell("row 3");
        inner.addCell("row 4");
        inner.addCell("row 5");
        cell = new PdfPCell(inner);
        cell.setPadding(0);
        table.addCell(cell);
        document.add(table);
        document.newPage();
        document.add(new Paragraph("Table with setSplitLate(false):"));
        table.setSplitLate(false);
        document.add(table);
        document.close();
    }
}

SplittingNestedTable2.java

/*
 * Example written by Bruno Lowagie in answer to the following question:
 * http://stackoverflow.com/questions/35356847
 */
package sandbox.tables;   import com.itextpdf.text.Document;
import com.itextpdf.text.DocumentException;
import com.itextpdf.text.Element;
import com.itextpdf.text.Paragraph;
import com.itextpdf.text.Phrase;
import com.itextpdf.text.Rectangle;
import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfPCell;
import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfPTable;
import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfWriter;
import java.io.File;
import java.io.FileOutputStream;
import java.io.IOException;
import sandbox.WrapToTest;   @WrapToTest
/**
 * @author Bruno Lowagie (iText Software)
 */
public class SplittingNestedTable2 {
    public static final String DEST = "results/tables/splitting_nested_table2.pdf";   public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException,
            DocumentException {
        File file = new File(DEST);
        file.getParentFile().mkdirs();
        new SplittingNestedTable2().createPdf(DEST);
    }   public void createPdf(String dest) throws IOException, DocumentException {
        Document document = new Document(new Rectangle(300, 150));
        PdfWriter.getInstance(document, new FileOutputStream(dest));
        document.open();
        document.add(new Paragraph("Table with setSplitLate(true):"));
        PdfPTable table = new PdfPTable(2);
        table.setSpacingBefore(10);
        PdfPCell cell = new PdfPCell( new Phrase("GROUPS"));
        cell.setRotation(90);
        cell.setVerticalAlignment(Element.ALIGN_MIDDLE);
        cell.setHorizontalAlignment(Element.ALIGN_CENTER);
        table.addCell(cell);
        PdfPTable inner = new PdfPTable(1);
        inner.addCell("row 1");
        inner.addCell("row 2");
        inner.addCell("row 3");
        inner.addCell("row 4");
        inner.addCell("row 5");
        cell = new PdfPCell(inner);
        cell.setPadding(0);
        table.addCell(cell);
        document.add(table);
        document.newPage();
        document.add(new Paragraph("Table with setSplitLate(false):"));
        table.setSplitLate(false);
        document.add(table);
        document.close();
    }
}

Rotating cell content

RotatedCell.java

/*
 * Example written by Bruno Lowagie in answer to:
 * http://stackoverflow.com/questions/37246838
 */
package sandbox.tables;   import com.itextpdf.text.Document;
import com.itextpdf.text.DocumentException;
import com.itextpdf.text.Element;
import com.itextpdf.text.Phrase;
import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfPCell;
import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfPTable;
import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfWriter;
import java.io.File;
import java.io.FileOutputStream;
import java.io.IOException;   /**
 * @author Bruno Lowagie (iText Software)
 */
public class RotatedCell {
    public static final String DEST = "results/tables/rotated_cell.pdf";   public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException,
            DocumentException {
        File file = new File(DEST);
        file.getParentFile().mkdirs();
        new RotatedCell().createPdf(DEST);
    }
    public void createPdf(String dest) throws IOException, DocumentException {
        Document document = new Document();
        PdfWriter.getInstance(document, new FileOutputStream(dest));
        document.open();
        PdfPTable table = new PdfPTable(8);
        for (int i = 0; i < 8; i++) {
            PdfPCell cell =
                new PdfPCell(new Phrase(String.format("May %s, 2016", i + 15)));
            cell.setRotation(90);
            cell.setVerticalAlignment(Element.ALIGN_MIDDLE);
            table.addCell(cell);
        }
        for(int i = 0; i < 16; i++){
            table.addCell("hi");
        }
        document.add(table);
        document.close();
    }  }

Repeating rows

HeaderRowRepeated.java

/**
 * This example is written by Bruno Lowagie in answer to the following question:
 * http://stackoverflow.com/questions/32582927/itext-pdfwriter-writing-table-header-if-the-few-table-rows-go-to-new-page
 */
package sandbox.tables;   import com.itextpdf.text.Document;
import com.itextpdf.text.DocumentException;
import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfPTable;
import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfWriter;
import java.io.File;
import java.io.FileOutputStream;
import java.io.IOException;
import sandbox.WrapToTest;   /**
 * @author iText
 */
@WrapToTest
public class HeaderRowRepeated {
    public static final String DEST = "results/tables/repeat_header_row.pdf";   public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException,
            DocumentException {
        File file = new File(DEST);
        file.getParentFile().mkdirs();
        new HeaderRowRepeated().createPdf(DEST);
    }
    public void createPdf(String dest) throws IOException, DocumentException {
        Document document = new Document();
        PdfWriter writer = PdfWriter.getInstance(document, new FileOutputStream(dest));
        document.open();
        // table with 2 columns:
        PdfPTable table = new PdfPTable(2);
        // header row:
        table.addCell("Key");
        table.addCell("Value");
        table.setHeaderRows(1);
        table.setSkipFirstHeader(true);
        // many data rows:
        for (int i = 1; i < 51; i++) {
            table.addCell("key: " + i);
            table.addCell("value: " + i);
        }
        document.add(table);
        document.close();
    }
}

RepeatLastRows.java

/**
 * This example is written by Bruno Lowagie in answer to the following question:
 * http://stackoverflow.com/questions/22153449/print-last-5-rows-to-next-page-itext-java
 */
package sandbox.tables;   import com.itextpdf.text.Document;
import com.itextpdf.text.DocumentException;
import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfContentByte;
import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfPTable;
import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfWriter;   import java.io.File;
import java.io.FileOutputStream;
import java.io.IOException;   import sandbox.WrapToTest;   @WrapToTest
public class RepeatLastRows {
    public static final String DEST = "results/tables/repeat_last_rows.pdf";   public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException,
            DocumentException {
        File file = new File(DEST);
        file.getParentFile().mkdirs();
        new RepeatLastRows().createPdf(DEST);
    }   public void createPdf(String dest) throws IOException, DocumentException {
        Document document = new Document();
        PdfWriter writer = PdfWriter.getInstance(document, new FileOutputStream(dest));
        document.open();
        // we create a table that spans the width of the page and that has 99 rows
        PdfPTable table = new PdfPTable(1);
        table.setTotalWidth(523);
        for (int i = 1; i < 100; i++)
            table.addCell("row " + i);
        // we add the table at an absolute position (starting at the top of the page)
        PdfContentByte canvas = writer.getDirectContent();
        int currentRowStart = 0;
        int currentRow = 0;
        int totalRows = table.getRows().size();
        while (true) {
            // available height of the page
            float available_height = 770;
            // how many rows fit the height?
            while (available_height > 0 && currentRow < totalRows) {
                available_height -= table.getRowHeight(currentRow++);
            }
            // we stop as soon as all the rows are counted
            if (currentRow == totalRows)
                break;
            // we draw part the rows that fit the page and start a new page
            table.writeSelectedRows(currentRowStart, --currentRow, 36, 806, canvas);
            document.newPage();
            currentRowStart = currentRow;
        }
        // if there are less than 5 rows left, we adjust the row start value
        if (currentRow - currentRowStart < 5)
            currentRowStart = currentRow - 5;
        // we write the remaining rows
        table.writeSelectedRows(currentRowStart, currentRow, 36, 806, canvas);
        document.close();
    }   }

RepeatLastRows2.java

/**
 * This example is written by Bruno Lowagie in answer to the following question:
 * http://stackoverflow.com/questions/22153449/print-last-5-rows-to-next-page-itext-java
 */
package sandbox.tables;   import com.itextpdf.text.Document;
import com.itextpdf.text.DocumentException;
import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfContentByte;
import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfPTable;
import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfWriter;   import java.io.File;
import java.io.FileOutputStream;
import java.io.IOException;   import sandbox.WrapToTest;   @WrapToTest
public class RepeatLastRows2 {
    public static final String DEST = "results/tables/repeat_last_rows2.pdf";   public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException,
            DocumentException {
        File file = new File(DEST);
        file.getParentFile().mkdirs();
        new RepeatLastRows2().createPdf(DEST);
    }   public void createPdf(String dest) throws IOException, DocumentException {
        Document document = new Document();
        PdfWriter writer = PdfWriter.getInstance(document, new FileOutputStream(dest));
        document.open();
        // we create a table that spans the width of the page and that has 99 rows
        PdfPTable table = new PdfPTable(1);
        table.setTotalWidth(523);
        for (int i = 1; i < 100; i++)
            table.addCell("row " + i);
        // we add the table at an absolute position (starting at the top of the page)
        PdfContentByte canvas = writer.getDirectContent();
        int currentRowStart = 0;
        int currentRow = 0;
        int totalRows = table.getRows().size();
        while (true) {
            // available height of the page
            float available_height = 770;
            // how many rows fit the height?
            while (available_height > 0 && currentRow < totalRows) {
                available_height -= table.getRowHeight(currentRow++);
            }
            // we stop as soon as all the rows are counted
            if (currentRow == totalRows) {
                break;
            }
            // we draw part the rows that fit the page and start a new page
            table.writeSelectedRows(currentRowStart, --currentRow, 36, 806, canvas);
            document.newPage();
            currentRowStart = currentRow - 5;
            currentRow -= 5;
            if (currentRow < 1) {
                currentRow = 1;
                currentRowStart = 1;
            }
        }
        // we draw the remaining rows
        table.writeSelectedRows(currentRowStart, -1, 36, 806, canvas);
        document.close();
    }  }

Render data as table

ArrayToTable.java

/**
 * Example written by Bruno Lowagie in answer to the following question:
 * http://stackoverflow.com/questions/24404686/i-need-to-create-a-table-and-assign-the-values-into-the-table-in-pdf-using-javaf
 */
package sandbox.tables;   import com.itextpdf.text.Document;
import com.itextpdf.text.DocumentException;
import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfPTable;
import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfWriter;   import java.io.File;
import java.io.FileOutputStream;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.Arrays;
import java.util.List;
import sandbox.WrapToTest;   @WrapToTest
public class ArrayToTable {   public static final String DEST = "results/tables/array_to_table.pdf";   public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException, DocumentException {
        File file = new File(DEST);
        file.getParentFile().mkdirs();
        new ArrayToTable().createPdf(DEST);
    }   public void createPdf(String dest) throws IOException, DocumentException {
        Document document = new Document();
        PdfWriter.getInstance(document, new FileOutputStream(dest));
        document.open();
        PdfPTable table = new PdfPTable(8);
        table.setWidthPercentage(100);
        List<List<String>> dataset = getData();
        for (List<String> record : dataset) {
            for (String field : record) {
                table.addCell(field);
            }
        }
        document.add(table);
        document.close();
    }   public List<List<String>> getData() {
        List<List<String>> data = new ArrayList<List<String>>();
        String[] tableTitleList = {" Title", " (Re)set", " Obs", " Mean", " Std.Dev", " Min", " Max", "Unit"};
        data.add(Arrays.asList(tableTitleList));
        for (int i = 0; i < 10; ) {
            List<String> dataLine = new ArrayList<String>();
            i++;
            for (int j = 0; j < tableTitleList.length; j++) {
                dataLine.add(tableTitleList[j] + " " + i);
            }
            data.add(dataLine);
        }
        return data;
    }
}

UnitedStates.java

/**
 * This example was written by Bruno Lowagie.
 */
package sandbox.tables;   import com.itextpdf.text.Document;
import com.itextpdf.text.DocumentException;
import com.itextpdf.text.Font;
import com.itextpdf.text.Font.FontFamily;
import com.itextpdf.text.PageSize;
import com.itextpdf.text.Phrase;
import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfPTable;
import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfWriter;   import java.io.BufferedReader;
import java.io.File;
import java.io.FileOutputStream;
import java.io.FileReader;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.util.StringTokenizer;   import sandbox.WrapToTest;   @WrapToTest
public class UnitedStates {   public static final String DEST = "results/tables/united_states.pdf";
    public static final String DATA = "resources/data/united_states.csv";
    public static final Font FONT = new Font();
    public static final Font BOLD = new Font(FontFamily.HELVETICA, 12, Font.BOLD);   public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException, DocumentException {
        File file = new File(DEST);
        file.getParentFile().mkdirs();
        new UnitedStates().createPdf(DEST);
    }   public void createPdf(String dest) throws IOException, DocumentException {
        Document document = new Document(PageSize.A4.rotate());
        PdfWriter.getInstance(document, new FileOutputStream(dest));
        document.open();
        PdfPTable table = new PdfPTable(9);
        table.setWidthPercentage(100);
        table.setWidths(new int[]{4, 1, 3, 4, 3, 3, 3, 3, 1});
        BufferedReader br = new BufferedReader(new FileReader(DATA));
        String line = br.readLine();
        process(table, line, BOLD);
        table.setHeaderRows(1);
        while ((line = br.readLine()) != null) {
            process(table, line, FONT);
        }
        br.close();
        document.add(table);
        document.close();
    }   public void process(PdfPTable table, String line, Font font) {
        StringTokenizer tokenizer = new StringTokenizer(line, ";");
        while (tokenizer.hasMoreTokens()) {
            table.addCell(new Phrase(tokenizer.nextToken(), font));
        }
    }
}

RowColumnOrder.java

/*
 * Example written by Bruno Lowagie in answer to the following question:
 * http://stackoverflow.com/questions/37526223
 */
package sandbox.tables;   import com.itextpdf.text.Document;
import com.itextpdf.text.DocumentException;
import com.itextpdf.text.Paragraph;
import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfPTable;
import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfWriter;
import java.io.File;
import java.io.FileOutputStream;
import java.io.IOException;
import sandbox.WrapToTest;   @WrapToTest
public class RowColumnOrder {   public static final String DEST = "results/tables/row_column_order.pdf";   public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException, DocumentException {
        File file = new File(DEST);
        file.getParentFile().mkdirs();
        new RowColumnOrder().createPdf(DEST);
    }   public void createPdf(String dest) throws IOException, DocumentException {
        Document document = new Document();
        PdfWriter.getInstance(document, new FileOutputStream(dest));
        document.open();
        document.add(new Paragraph("By design tables are filled row by row:"));
        PdfPTable table = new PdfPTable(5);
        table.setSpacingBefore(10);
        table.setSpacingAfter(10);
        for (int i = 1; i <= 15; i++) {
            table.addCell("cell " + i);
        }
        document.add(table);   document.add(new Paragraph("If you want to change this behavior, you need to create a two-dimensional array first:"));
        String[][] array = new String[3][];
        int column = 0;
        int row = 0;
        for (int i = 1; i <= 15; i++) {
            if (column == 0) {
                array[row] = new String[5];
            }
            array[row++][column] = "cell " + i;
            if (row == 3) {
                column++;
                row = 0;
            }
        }
        table = new PdfPTable(5);
        table.setSpacingBefore(10);
        for (String[] r : array) {
            for (String c : r) {
                table.addCell(c);
            }
        }
        document.add(table);
        document.close();
    }
}

PdfPTable and PdfTemplate

TableTemplate.java

/**
 * Example written by Bruno Lowagie in answer to the following question:
 * http://stackoverflow.com/questions/22093993/itext-whats-an-easy-to-print-first-right-then-down
 */
package sandbox.tables;   import com.itextpdf.text.Document;
import com.itextpdf.text.DocumentException;
import com.itextpdf.text.Paragraph;
import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfContentByte;
import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfPCell;
import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfPTable;
import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfTemplate;
import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfWriter;   import java.io.File;
import java.io.FileOutputStream;
import java.io.IOException;   import sandbox.WrapToTest;   @WrapToTest
public class TableTemplate {   public static final String DEST = "results/tables/table_template.pdf";   public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException, DocumentException {
        File file = new File(DEST);
        file.getParentFile().mkdirs();
        new TableTemplate().createPdf(DEST);
    }   public void createPdf(String dest) throws IOException, DocumentException {
        Document document = new Document();
        PdfWriter writer = PdfWriter.getInstance(document, new FileOutputStream(dest));
        document.open();
        PdfPTable table = new PdfPTable(15);
        table.setTotalWidth(1500);
        PdfPCell cell;
        for (int r = 'A'; r <= 'Z'; r++) {
            for (int c = 1; c <= 15; c++) {
                cell = new PdfPCell();
                cell.setFixedHeight(50);
                cell.addElement(new Paragraph(String.valueOf((char) r) + String.valueOf(c)));
                table.addCell(cell);
            }
        }
        PdfContentByte canvas = writer.getDirectContent();
        PdfTemplate tableTemplate = canvas.createTemplate(1500, 1300);
        table.writeSelectedRows(0, -1, 0, 1300, tableTemplate);
        PdfTemplate clip;
        for (int j = 0; j < 1500; j += 500) {
            for (int i = 1300; i > 0; i -= 650) {
                clip = canvas.createTemplate(500, 650);
                clip.addTemplate(tableTemplate, -j, 650 - i);
                canvas.addTemplate(clip, 36, 156);
                document.newPage();
            }
        }
        document.close();
    }
}