You can create a list in iText using the com.itextpdf.text.List
. This class represent a list. The list item is created using the com.itextpdf.text.ListItem
. You can create an ordered list or unordered list. To create ordered list pass the List.ORDERED
as the parameter to class List
. To create an unordered list pass the List.UNORDERED
.
Let’s see an example below:
package org.kodejava.itextpdf;
import com.itextpdf.text.Document;
import com.itextpdf.text.DocumentException;
import com.itextpdf.text.List;
import com.itextpdf.text.ListItem;
import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfWriter;
import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
import java.io.FileOutputStream;
public class ListDemo {
public static void main(String[] args) {
Document document = new Document();
try {
PdfWriter.getInstance(document, new FileOutputStream("ListDemo.pdf"));
document.open();
List ordered = new List(List.ORDERED);
ordered.add(new ListItem("Item 1"));
ordered.add(new ListItem("Item 2"));
ordered.add(new ListItem("Item 3"));
document.add(ordered);
List unordered = new List(List.UNORDERED);
unordered.add(new ListItem("Item 1"));
unordered.add(new ListItem("Item 2"));
unordered.add(new ListItem("Item 3"));
document.add(unordered);
} catch (DocumentException | FileNotFoundException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
} finally {
document.close();
}
}
}
Maven Dependencies
<dependency>
<groupId>com.itextpdf</groupId>
<artifactId>itextpdf</artifactId>
<version>5.5.13.3</version>
</dependency>
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