Use PdfPCell in tables of iText PDF

Table cells of iText PDF can be easily manipulated using the PdfPCell class. In this post we will see the how to use PdfPCell in tables of iText PDF.

com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfPCell

package com.kscodes.examples.itext;

import java.io.FileOutputStream;

import com.itextpdf.text.BaseColor;
import com.itextpdf.text.Document;
import com.itextpdf.text.Paragraph;
import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfPCell;
import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfPHeaderCell;
import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfPTable;
import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfWriter;

public class TableExample2 {

	public static void main(String args[]) {
		String PDF_OUTPUT_FILE = "K:\\Kscodes\\pdf\\itext-cell-tables.pdf";
		TableExample2 tableExample = new TableExample2();
		tableExample.createPDF(PDF_OUTPUT_FILE);
	}

	private void createPDF(String fileName) {
		// Create a Document object
		Document document = new Document();

		try {
			// Create a PdfWriter instance and use the document to write the pdf
			// to a specified location
			PdfWriter.getInstance(document, new FileOutputStream(fileName));

			// open the document
			document.open();

			// Create a Simple table
			PdfPTable table = new PdfPTable(3);

			// Add header details
			table.addCell(getHeaderCell("Fruit"));
			table.addCell(getHeaderCell("Quantity"));
			table.addCell(getHeaderCell("Price"));

			// Add Colorful data for first row
			table.addCell(getFirstRowFormatted("Apple"));
			table.addCell(getFirstRowFormatted("1"));
			table.addCell(getFirstRowFormatted("20"));

			// Add Rotated data for Second row
			table.addCell(getSecondRowFormatted("Orange"));
			table.addCell(getSecondRowFormatted("4"));
			table.addCell(getSecondRowFormatted("25"));

			document.add(table);

			// close the document
			document.close();

			System.out.println("PDF created at the location !!!");
		} catch (Exception e) {
			System.out.println("Exception occured :: " + e);
		}

	}

	private PdfPCell getHeaderCell(String text) {
		PdfPCell headerCell = new PdfPHeaderCell();
		headerCell.setBackgroundColor(BaseColor.LIGHT_GRAY);
		headerCell.addElement(new Paragraph(text));
		return headerCell;

	}

	private PdfPCell getFirstRowFormatted(String text) {
		PdfPCell pdfpCell = new PdfPCell();
		pdfpCell.addElement(new Paragraph(text));
		pdfpCell.setBackgroundColor(BaseColor.ORANGE);
		return pdfpCell;
	}

	private PdfPCell getSecondRowFormatted(String text) {
		PdfPCell pdfpCell = new PdfPCell();
		pdfpCell.addElement(new Paragraph(text));
		pdfpCell.setRotation(90);
		return pdfpCell;
	}
}

package com.kscodes.examples.itext;

import java.io.FileOutputStream;

import com.itextpdf.text.BaseColor;

import com.itextpdf.text.Document;

import com.itextpdf.text.Paragraph;

import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfPCell;

import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfPHeaderCell;

import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfPTable;

import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfWriter;

public class TableExample2 {

public static void main(String args[]) {

String PDF_OUTPUT_FILE = "K:\\Kscodes\\pdf\\itext-cell-tables.pdf";

TableExample2 tableExample = new TableExample2();

tableExample.createPDF(PDF_OUTPUT_FILE);

}

private void createPDF(String fileName) {

// Create a Document object

Document document = new Document();

try {

// Create a PdfWriter instance and use the document to write the pdf

// to a specified location

PdfWriter.getInstance(document, new FileOutputStream(fileName));

// open the document

document.open();

// Create a Simple table

PdfPTable table = new PdfPTable(3);

// Add header details

table.addCell(getHeaderCell("Fruit"));

table.addCell(getHeaderCell("Quantity"));

table.addCell(getHeaderCell("Price"));

// Add Colorful data for first row

table.addCell(getFirstRowFormatted("Apple"));

table.addCell(getFirstRowFormatted("1"));

table.addCell(getFirstRowFormatted("20"));

// Add Rotated data for Second row

table.addCell(getSecondRowFormatted("Orange"));

table.addCell(getSecondRowFormatted("4"));

table.addCell(getSecondRowFormatted("25"));

document.add(table);

// close the document

document.close();

System.out.println("PDF created at the location !!!");

} catch (Exception e) {

System.out.println("Exception occured :: " + e);

}

private PdfPCell getHeaderCell(String text) {

PdfPCell headerCell = new PdfPHeaderCell();

headerCell.setBackgroundColor(BaseColor.LIGHT_GRAY);

headerCell.addElement(new Paragraph(text));

return headerCell;

}

private PdfPCell getFirstRowFormatted(String text) {

PdfPCell pdfpCell = new PdfPCell();

pdfpCell.addElement(new Paragraph(text));

pdfpCell.setBackgroundColor(BaseColor.ORANGE);

return pdfpCell;

}

private PdfPCell getSecondRowFormatted(String text) {

PdfPCell pdfpCell = new PdfPCell();

pdfpCell.addElement(new Paragraph(text));

pdfpCell.setRotation(90);

return pdfpCell;

}

Output
Use PdfPCell in tables of iText PDF