Creating Table of Contents using events
Example written in answer to the question Click How can I add titles of chapters in ColumnText?
createtocincolumn
JAVA
JAVA
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package com.itextpdf.samples.sandbox.events;
import com.itextpdf.kernel.geom.Rectangle;
import com.itextpdf.kernel.pdf.PdfDocument;
import com.itextpdf.kernel.pdf.PdfOutline;
import com.itextpdf.kernel.pdf.PdfPage;
import com.itextpdf.kernel.pdf.PdfWriter;
import com.itextpdf.kernel.pdf.navigation.PdfDestination;
import com.itextpdf.kernel.pdf.navigation.PdfExplicitDestination;
import com.itextpdf.layout.ColumnDocumentRenderer;
import com.itextpdf.layout.Document;
import com.itextpdf.layout.element.AreaBreak;
import com.itextpdf.layout.element.Cell;
import com.itextpdf.layout.element.Link;
import com.itextpdf.layout.element.Paragraph;
import com.itextpdf.layout.element.Table;
import com.itextpdf.layout.element.Text;
import com.itextpdf.layout.properties.UnitValue;
import com.itextpdf.layout.renderer.DrawContext;
import com.itextpdf.layout.renderer.IRenderer;
import com.itextpdf.layout.renderer.TextRenderer;
import java.io.File;
import java.util.AbstractMap;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;
public class CreateTOCinColumn {
public static final String DEST = "./target/sandbox/events/create_toc_in_column.pdf";
private static List<AbstractMap.SimpleEntry<String, PdfDestination>> list = new ArrayList<>();
public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
File file = new File(DEST);
file.getParentFile().mkdirs();
new CreateTOCinColumn().manipulatePdf(DEST);
}
protected void manipulatePdf(String dest) throws Exception {
PdfDocument pdfDoc = new PdfDocument(new PdfWriter(dest));
Document doc = new Document(pdfDoc);
Rectangle[] columns = {
new Rectangle(36, 36, 173, 770),
new Rectangle(213, 36, 173, 770),
new Rectangle(389, 36, 173, 770)
};
doc.setRenderer(new ColumnDocumentRenderer(doc, columns));
PdfOutline root = pdfDoc.getOutlines(false);
for (int i = 0; i <= 20; i++) {
int start = (i * 10) + 1;
int end = (i + 1) * 10;
String title = String.format("Numbers from %s to %s", start, end);
Text c = new Text(title);
TOCTextRenderer renderer = new TOCTextRenderer(c);
renderer.setRoot(root);
c.setNextRenderer(renderer);
doc.add(new Paragraph(c));
doc.add(createTable(start, end));
}
doc.add(new AreaBreak());
for (AbstractMap.SimpleEntry<String, PdfDestination> entry : list) {
Link c = new Link(entry.getKey(), entry.getValue());
doc.add(new Paragraph(c));
}
doc.close();
}
private static Table createTable(int start, int end) {
Table table = new Table(UnitValue.createPercentArray(2)).useAllAvailableWidth();
for (int i = start; i <= end; i++) {
table.addCell(new Cell().add(new Paragraph(String.valueOf(i))));
table.addCell(new Cell().add(new Paragraph("Test")));
}
return table;
}
private static class TOCTextRenderer extends TextRenderer {
protected PdfOutline root;
public TOCTextRenderer(Text modelElement) {
super(modelElement);
}
public void setRoot(PdfOutline root) {
this.root = root;
}
// If a renderer overflows on the next area, iText uses #getNextRenderer() method to create a new renderer for the overflow part.
// If #getNextRenderer() isn't overridden, the default method will be used and thus the default rather than the custom
// renderer will be created
@Override
public IRenderer getNextRenderer() {
return new TOCTextRenderer((Text) modelElement);
}
@Override
public void draw(DrawContext drawContext) {
super.draw(drawContext);
Rectangle rect = getOccupiedAreaBBox();
PdfPage page = drawContext.getDocument().getPage(getOccupiedArea().getPageNumber());
PdfDestination dest = PdfExplicitDestination.createXYZ(page, rect.getLeft(), rect.getTop(), 0);
list.add(new AbstractMap.SimpleEntry<String, PdfDestination>(((Text) modelElement).getText(), dest));
PdfOutline curOutline = root.addOutline(((Text) modelElement).getText());
curOutline.addDestination(dest);
}
}
}
C#
C#
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.IO;
using iText.Kernel.Geom;
using iText.Kernel.Pdf;
using iText.Kernel.Pdf.Navigation;
using iText.Layout;
using iText.Layout.Element;
using iText.Layout.Properties;
using iText.Layout.Renderer;
namespace iText.Samples.Sandbox.Events
{
public class CreateTOCinColumn
{
public static readonly String DEST = "results/sandbox/events/create_toc_in_column.pdf";
private static IList<KeyValuePair<String, PdfDestination>> list =
new List<KeyValuePair<String, PdfDestination>>();
public static void Main(String[] args)
{
FileInfo file = new FileInfo(DEST);
file.Directory.Create();
new CreateTOCinColumn().ManipulatePdf(DEST);
}
protected void ManipulatePdf(String dest)
{
PdfDocument pdfDoc = new PdfDocument(new PdfWriter(dest));
Document doc = new Document(pdfDoc);
Rectangle[] columns =
{
new Rectangle(36, 36, 173, 770),
new Rectangle(213, 36, 173, 770),
new Rectangle(389, 36, 173, 770)
};
doc.SetRenderer(new ColumnDocumentRenderer(doc, columns));
PdfOutline root = pdfDoc.GetOutlines(false);
for (int i = 0; i <= 20; i++)
{
int start = (i * 10) + 1;
int end = (i + 1) * 10;
String title = String.Format("Numbers from {0} to {1}", start, end);
Text c = new Text(title);
TOCTextRenderer renderer = new TOCTextRenderer(c);
renderer.setRoot(root);
c.SetNextRenderer(renderer);
doc.Add(new Paragraph(c));
doc.Add(CreateTable(start, end));
}
doc.Add(new AreaBreak());
foreach (KeyValuePair<String, PdfDestination> entry in list)
{
Link c = new Link(entry.Key, entry.Value);
doc.Add(new Paragraph(c));
}
doc.Close();
}
private static Table CreateTable(int start, int end)
{
Table table = new Table(UnitValue.CreatePercentArray(2)).UseAllAvailableWidth();
for (int i = start; i <= end; i++)
{
table.AddCell(new Cell().Add(new Paragraph(i.ToString())));
table.AddCell(new Cell().Add(new Paragraph("Test")));
}
return table;
}
private class TOCTextRenderer : TextRenderer
{
protected PdfOutline root;
public TOCTextRenderer(Text modelElement) : base(modelElement)
{
}
public void setRoot(PdfOutline root)
{
this.root = root;
}
// If renderer overflows on the next area, iText uses getNextRender() method to create a renderer for the overflow part.
// If getNextRenderer isn't overriden, the default method will be used and thus a default rather than custom
// renderer will be created
public override IRenderer GetNextRenderer()
{
return new TOCTextRenderer((Text) modelElement);
}
public override void Draw(DrawContext drawContext)
{
base.Draw(drawContext);
Rectangle rect = GetOccupiedAreaBBox();
PdfPage page = drawContext.GetDocument().GetPage(GetOccupiedArea().GetPageNumber());
PdfDestination dest = PdfExplicitDestination.CreateXYZ(page, rect.GetLeft(), rect.GetTop(), 0);
list.Add(new KeyValuePair<String, PdfDestination>(((Text) modelElement).GetText(), dest));
PdfOutline curOutline = root.AddOutline(((Text) modelElement).GetText());
curOutline.AddDestination(dest);
}
}
}
}