How do I create a List in iText?

By Wayan in iText PDF 0 Comment

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

<!-- https://search.maven.org/remotecontent?filepath=com/itextpdf/itextpdf/5.5.13.3/itextpdf-5.5.13.3.jar -->
<dependency>
    <groupId>com.itextpdf</groupId>
    <artifactId>itextpdf</artifactId>
    <version>5.5.13.3</version>
</dependency>

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