Boxable - A java library to build tables in PDF documents.

Boxable is a library that can be used to easily create tables in pdf documents. It uses the PDFBox PDF library under the hood.

Features

Build tables in pdf documents
Convert csv data into tables in pdf documents
Convert Lists into tables in pdf documents

Maven

<dependency>
    <groupId>com.github.dhorions</groupId>
    <artifactId>boxable</artifactId>
    <version>1.4</version>
</dependency>

For other build systems, check the Maven Central Repository.

Tutorial

A tutorial is being created and will be accessible at http://dhorions.github.io/boxable/. If you want to help, please let us know here.

Usage examples

Create a pdf from a csv file

String data = readData("https://s3.amazonaws.com/misc.quodlibet.be/Boxable/Eurostat_Immigration_Applications.csv");
BaseTable pdfTable = new BaseTable(yStart, yStartNewPage, bottomMargin, tableWidth, margin, doc, page, true,true);
DataTable t = new DataTable(pdfTable, page);
t.addCsvToTable(data, DataTable.HASHEADER, ';');
pdfTable.draw();

Output : CSVExamplePortrait.pdf

Create a pdf from a List

List<List> data = new ArrayList();
data.add(new ArrayList<>(
               Arrays.asList("Column One", "Column Two", "Column Three", "Column Four", "Column Five")));
for (int i = 1; i <= 100; i++) {
  data.add(new ArrayList<>(
               Arrays.asList("Row " + i + " Col One", "Row " + i + " Col Two", "Row " + i + " Col Three", "Row " + i + " Col Four", "Row " + i + " Col Five")));
BaseTable dataTable = new BaseTable(yStart, yStartNewPage, bottomMargin, tableWidth, margin, doc, page, true, true);
DataTable t = new DataTable(dataTable, page);
t.addListToTable(data, DataTable.HASHEADER);
dataTable.draw();
}

Output : ListExampleLandscape.pdf

Build tables in pdf documents

BaseTable table = new BaseTable(yStart, yStartNewPage, bottomMargin, tableWidth, margin, doc, page, true,
                drawContent);
//Create Header row
Row<PDPage> headerRow = table.createRow(15f);
Cell<PDPage> cell = headerRow.createCell(100, "Awesome Facts About Belgium");
cell.setFont(PDType1Font.HELVETICA_BOLD);
cell.setFillColor(Color.BLACK);
table.addHeaderRow(headerRow);
List<String[]> facts = getFacts();
for (String[] fact : facts) {
            Row<PDPage> row = table.createRow(10f);
            cell = row.createCell((100 / 3.0f) * 2, fact[0] );
            for (int i = 1; i < fact.length; i++) {
               cell = row.createCell((100 / 9f), fact[i]);
            }
}
table.draw();

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Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at

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