101 - a very simple table

JAVA

/**
 * Example written by Bruno Lowagie and Nishanthi Grashia in answer to the following question:
 * http://stackoverflow.com/questions/24359321/adding-row-to-a-table-in-pdf-using-itext
 */
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;

@WrapToTest
public class SimpleTable {
    public static final String DEST = "results/tables/simple_table.pdf";

    public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException,
            DocumentException {
        File file = new File(DEST);
        file.getParentFile().mkdirs();
        new SimpleTable().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 aw = 0; aw < 16; aw++){
            table.addCell("hi");
        }
        document.add(table);
        document.close();
    }

}

JAVA

/*
 * This example was written in answer to the question
 * http://stackoverflow.com/questions/39203479
 */
package sandbox.tables;

import com.itextpdf.text.Document;
import com.itextpdf.text.DocumentException;
import com.itextpdf.text.Element;
import com.itextpdf.text.Font;
import com.itextpdf.text.Font.FontFamily;
import com.itextpdf.text.Image;
import com.itextpdf.text.Phrase;
import com.itextpdf.text.Rectangle;
import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.Barcode128;
import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfContentByte;
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;

/**
 * @author Bruno Lowagie (iText Software)
 */
@WrapToTest
public class SmallTable {
    public static final String DEST = "results/tables/small_table.pdf";

    public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException, DocumentException {
        File file = new File(DEST);
        file.getParentFile().mkdirs();
        new SmallTable().createPdf(DEST);
    }
    public void createPdf(String dest) throws IOException, DocumentException {
        Rectangle small = new Rectangle(290,100);
        Font smallfont = new Font(FontFamily.HELVETICA, 10);
        Document document = new Document(small, 5, 5, 5, 5);
        PdfWriter writer = PdfWriter.getInstance(document, new FileOutputStream(dest));
        document.open();
        PdfPTable table = new PdfPTable(2);
        table.setTotalWidth(new float[]{ 160, 120 });
        table.setLockedWidth(true);
        PdfContentByte cb = writer.getDirectContent();
        // first row
        PdfPCell cell = new PdfPCell(new Phrase("Some text here"));
        cell.setFixedHeight(30);
        cell.setBorder(Rectangle.NO_BORDER);
        cell.setColspan(2);
        table.addCell(cell);
        // second row
        cell = new PdfPCell(new Phrase("Some more text", smallfont));
        cell.setFixedHeight(30);
        cell.setVerticalAlignment(Element.ALIGN_MIDDLE);
        cell.setBorder(Rectangle.NO_BORDER);
        table.addCell(cell);
        Barcode128 code128 = new Barcode128();
        code128.setCode("14785236987541");
        code128.setCodeType(Barcode128.CODE128);
        Image code128Image = code128.createImageWithBarcode(cb, null, null);
        cell = new PdfPCell(code128Image, true);
        cell.setBorder(Rectangle.NO_BORDER);
        cell.setFixedHeight(30);
        table.addCell(cell);
        // third row
        table.addCell(cell);
        cell = new PdfPCell(new Phrase("and something else here", smallfont));
        cell.setBorder(Rectangle.NO_BORDER);
        cell.setHorizontalAlignment(Element.ALIGN_RIGHT);
        table.addCell(cell);
        document.add(table);
        document.close();
    }
}