org.xhtmlrenderer.simple

Class PDFRenderer

java.lang.Object

org.xhtmlrenderer.simple.PDFRenderer

public class PDFRenderer
extends java.lang.Object

PDFRenderer supports headless rendering of XHTML documents, outputting to PDF format. There are two static utility methods, one for rendering a URL, renderToPDF(String, String) and one for rendering a File, renderToPDF(File, String)

You can use this utility from the command line by passing in the URL or file location as first parameter, and PDF path as second parameter:

 java -cp %classpath% org.xhtmlrenderer.simple.PDFRenderer  
 

Author:

Pete Brant, Patrick Wright

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
PDFRenderer()

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static void	main(java.lang.String[] args) Renders a file or URL to a PDF.
static void	renderToPDF(java.io.File file, java.lang.String pdf) Renders the XML file as a PDF file at the target location.
static void	renderToPDF(java.io.File file, java.lang.String pdf, java.lang.Character pdfVersion) Renders the XML file as a PDF file at the target location.
static void	renderToPDF(java.lang.String url, java.lang.String pdf) Renders the XML file at the given URL as a PDF file at the target location.
static void	renderToPDF(java.lang.String url, java.lang.String pdf, java.lang.Character pdfVersion) Renders the XML file at the given URL as a PDF file at the target location.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

PDFRenderer

public PDFRenderer()

Method Detail

renderToPDF

public static void renderToPDF(java.lang.String url,
               java.lang.String pdf)
                        throws java.io.IOException,
                               com.lowagie.text.DocumentException

Renders the XML file at the given URL as a PDF file at the target location.

Parameters:

url - url for the XML file to render

pdf - path to the PDF file to create

Throws:

java.io.IOException - if the URL or PDF location is invalid

com.lowagie.text.DocumentException - if an error occurred while building the Document.

renderToPDF

public static void renderToPDF(java.lang.String url,
               java.lang.String pdf,
               java.lang.Character pdfVersion)
                        throws java.io.IOException,
                               com.lowagie.text.DocumentException

Renders the XML file at the given URL as a PDF file at the target location.

Parameters:

url - url for the XML file to render

pdf - path to the PDF file to create

pdfVersion - version of PDF to output; null uses default version

Throws:

java.io.IOException - if the URL or PDF location is invalid

com.lowagie.text.DocumentException - if an error occurred while building the Document.

renderToPDF

public static void renderToPDF(java.io.File file,
               java.lang.String pdf)
                        throws java.io.IOException,
                               com.lowagie.text.DocumentException

Renders the XML file as a PDF file at the target location.

Parameters:

file - XML file to render

pdf - path to the PDF file to create

Throws:

java.io.IOException - if the file or PDF location is invalid

com.lowagie.text.DocumentException - if an error occurred while building the Document.

renderToPDF

public static void renderToPDF(java.io.File file,
               java.lang.String pdf,
               java.lang.Character pdfVersion)
                        throws java.io.IOException,
                               com.lowagie.text.DocumentException

Renders the XML file as a PDF file at the target location.

Parameters:

file - XML file to render

pdf - path to the PDF file to create

pdfVersion - version of PDF to output; null uses default version

Throws:

java.io.IOException - if the file or PDF location is invalid

com.lowagie.text.DocumentException - if an error occurred while building the Document.

main

public static void main(java.lang.String[] args)
                 throws java.io.IOException,
                        com.lowagie.text.DocumentException

Renders a file or URL to a PDF. Command line use: first argument is URL or file path, second argument is path to PDF file to generate.

Parameters:

args - see desc

Throws:

java.io.IOException - if source could not be read, or if PDF path is invalid

com.lowagie.text.DocumentException - if an error occurs while building the document