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Write PDF file in Java using iText

Quickly Java — Thu, 25 Oct 2012 03:20:16 +0000

In this tutorial we will see how to write PDF file in Java using iText library. Review the code listed below. Running this program will generate a PDF file at location c:/itext.pdf. You can change the location in the program to suit your platform: Write PDF file in Java using iText code explanation: 1) The [...]

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PDF Generation in Java: iText Tutorial

Quickly Java — Sat, 06 Oct 2012 23:54:09 +0000

iText is a free and open source PDF library (License Type: AGPL) for Java. It is unarguably the best and most efficient PDF library currently available for Java. Adding PDF support to your application for functionalities like reporting can be an excellent idea given that PDF is a well accepted format and easy to share. [...]

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Read PDF file in Java using iText

Quickly Java — Sat, 06 Oct 2012 23:53:53 +0000

In this post we will read PDF file in Java using iText library. The Java program will assume there is a PDF file at location c:/temp/test.pdf. Change this path according to your environment. Here is the code to read PDF file in Java using iText: Explanation of some important code line: 1) The line below [...]

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How to fix issues with your eclipse while working on Java 7

Quickly Java — Tue, 02 Oct 2012 05:35:50 +0000

If you have recently installed Java 7, chances are that you might be facing errors using the brand new features of Java 7. This is because of Eclipse Java 7 compliance issue of the compiler. Follow the steps listed below to fix these errors and run programs using new features of Java in eclipse. 1) [...]

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Java 7 Multi Catch Block

Quickly Java — Tue, 02 Oct 2012 05:21:35 +0000

In the pre Java 7 world, you would handle exceptions by writing separate catch blocks for different types of exceptions that can occur in the try block. In case of related exception, the derived class exception are listed above the base class exception, e.g. FileNotFoundException should be listed above IOException since former is derived from [...]

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Java 7 Try with Resources Statement

Quickly Java — Tue, 02 Oct 2012 05:09:31 +0000

In the pre Java 7 world, you would typically acquire and use resources inside a try block, handle exceptions in the catch block(s) and release the resources in the finally block. The finally block is always executed irrespective of whether exceptions occur or not. The Java 7 try with resources statement eliminates the need for [...]

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Java 7 Switch String Support

Quickly Java — Tue, 02 Oct 2012 04:42:17 +0000

Java 7 switch String support should have been added long way back! It was first requested 17 years ago!! Until the previous version it supported variables and expressions which resolved into int, byte, short or char only. But now with the addition of String support, it will surely save a lot of complex if-else structures [...]

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Java 7 Features with Examples

Quickly Java — Tue, 02 Oct 2012 04:15:35 +0000

There are a lot of new features added in JDK 7. In this series of tutorials we will review some of these new Java 7 features with examples. Here is the index of tutorial. We will keep adding to this list in the coming time. Java 7 Features with Examples 1. Java 7 Features with [...]

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Java Null Pointer Check

Quickly Java — Sat, 22 Sep 2012 05:32:07 +0000

In this post we will see a simple method to put a Java null pointer check in place with minimal effort. NullPointerException unarguably is the worst nightmare for a Java developer. You can see this exception on even some of the reputed sites on the internet. Basically you get this exception when you are trying [...]

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Class.forName Example

Quickly Java — Sat, 22 Sep 2012 04:43:55 +0000

In this post we will see a Class.forName Example and how it can be used to create dynamic objects. Class.forName is commonly used while creating JDBC connections, but developers rarely know what it means. It is a very unique way provided by Java to dynamically create objects without even knowing the class name at the [...]

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