Highlighting text
highlightbyaddingcontent
JAVA
JAVA
/*
* This example was written in answer to the question:
* http://stackoverflow.com/questions/33952183
*/
package sandbox.stamper;
import com.itextpdf.text.BaseColor;
import com.itextpdf.text.DocumentException;
import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfContentByte;
import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfReader;
import com.itextpdf.text.pdf.PdfStamper;
import java.io.File;
import java.io.FileOutputStream;
import java.io.IOException;
/**
*
* @author Bruno Lowagie (iText Software)
*/
public class HighLightByAddingContent {
public static final String SRC = "resources/pdfs/hello.pdf";
public static final String DEST = "results/stamper/hello_highlighted.pdf";
public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException, DocumentException {
File file = new File(DEST);
file.getParentFile().mkdirs();
new HighLightByAddingContent().manipulatePdf(SRC, DEST);
}
public void manipulatePdf(String src, String dest) throws IOException, DocumentException {
PdfReader reader = new PdfReader(src);
PdfStamper stamper = new PdfStamper(reader, new FileOutputStream(dest));
PdfContentByte canvas = stamper.getUnderContent(1);
canvas.saveState();
canvas.setColorFill(BaseColor.YELLOW);
canvas.rectangle(36, 786, 66, 16);
canvas.fill();
canvas.restoreState();
stamper.close();
reader.close();
}
}